The middle stages are a little limiting. My girlfriend, for example, has no interest in the end-game Space stage, but she would love to play through the Creature, Tribal or even Civ parts. The problem is that it doesn't take long to take over the whole planet and once you do there's nothing much left other than to evolve.
Maybe if there was a random event to bounce your creatures to another planet or something it would give you the chance to keep playing and have a goal. An abduction would be a good one, an asteroid hit or something would work too. You could even work on taking over the galaxy without ever developing technology.
My only other real gripe is that my own planets are pretty much defenseless. I had an army of flying and driving machines, so why do I need to fly back home to save them when they get attacked? Building turrets is useless at that stage because their range is so short it doesn't even hit the bomber ships.
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