This is the first game in my life bought in preorder and I do not regret it. It has the same good feeling of freezing threat like the first part. There are some new mechanics in building part that force me to plan and predict next moves which I like. Different societies makes the game even more interesting. Graph and sound is brilliant. The only thing I'd like to see are the small human beings when the camera is zoomed out to feel their faith even more. Anyway, I think I'll spend a lot of hours with this game.
RTS with magic (literally and figuratively). I had buy it as soon as I saw it on gog, but unfortunately I still play the pirate version, because this one from gog.com has some problems with resolution. I don't know why I can't run it with higher res. Anyway I still recommend this title :)