Played my first game through multiplayer. (At King difficulty) I have to say the first 100 turns are the hardest yet most entertaining. You really struggle for expansion especially with Rome as your neighbour. They have managed to tweak the AI perfectly. The new AI use most if not all advantages against you to really test your skills. The game itself runs pretty smoothly on ultra settings (i7 6700k; GTX 970; 16GB RAM). Overall, it was what the people wanted.

Besides the poor hit reg and server lag, its a great game. Need more skins though. 10/10