ok awesome well yeah for anyone trying to figure it out well let me tell you i have put probably 20+ hours into it already and damn...there is a LOT of shit involved. I mean one match can seriously go on for a long time. And by long time I mean many many hours. I still don't really have a solid grasp on some things like city upkeep and whatnot and how to solve overcrowding leading to unhappiness. I am the type tho that likes to try for the fastest military win possible but I always seem to get sidetracked and then before you know it I have 5 cities and I only wanted one pumping out fast troops.
Anyways play it for a week or so and IMO keep the difficulty of the PC on a somewhat medium level to get a decent challenge.