I played a test game up to about 1AD, then started a normal game and played until the late industrial era but didn't finish. Then I tried a multiplayer game with Scienter, which we abandoned relatively quickly once it became clear how buggy MP is.

Civ is my favorite game series ever, and I am extremely disappointed in this game. It is, frankly, pretty boring. I haven't touched it in a week and far prefer to spend my time playing Minecraft and Borderlands. Hopefully patching will spruce it up, but I doubt it. If I want to play Civ now, I'll go play Civ IV instead.