Ok, I was 22 when MOM came out. I loved it. But, come on, the game was broken.
It had no balance. It had no AI.
Can anyone say: Highmen Paladins (I get the races over the years confused from other games - but these suckers were spell immune, on horses and kicked everythings butt).....
The AI would often have anemic amounts of cities and units on the hardest settings.
Any focused strategy AT ALL with any race spelled certain victory - no matter what.
Now compare that to GalCiv2's AI - it beats me. Still. Not a lot, but it does beat me.
I'm hopeful for the same with Elemental.
Would I like to see more real differences between races? Yes. More cool spells and effects? Yes.
But while I loved MOM, I think it is apples and oranges.
J