exactly, while CA is going for a more fast paced, quicker momentum game, hopefully with new ai, new battle system, and new graphics there will be tons of replayablitiy (and I think there will). Even playing the same faction again is now different because of individual faction tech trees. Plus with emergent factions, colonies, and like, you new know who you might end up facing.

For those turtles in the crowd who enjoyed the 50 years build up, it pulls some of that away, though hopefully with quicker armies and buildings a couple years will be more then enough time to build up before you begin.