I feel I’m betraying the strategy gamer creed, but I somewhat enjoyed precisely that easy to get into nature of the game.
In other words, it has legs enough for me.
I think it unlikely I will ever play a game as much as aow3, because few games have the staying power imho, and I am pretty time poor now, and my focus in life is on job etc. Boring stuff in other words.
So a “shallow” game appeals to me.
I might fire up space tyrant.