I'm just relieved that any games Stardock releases aren't abandoned. I think that the longevity of Elemental will facilitate all the good features from previous fantasy strategy games. It'll never replace the memory of good times with MOM, because it was the first solid game of it's kind.
I remember when I first played GalCiv2 and thought, "This is no MOO2..." After playing it, I really enjoyed the game and stopped thinking how the game can beat the best memories of an older game.
It's a good thing Stardock really values it's community. The community has limitless ideas, however most of the ideas probably aren't good ideas or feasible from a time/money standpoint. Expansions solve the latter.
One thing I haven't seen yet that I did like about MOM was the music when you casted a world spell in the overview screen. For me it added the "magic" to the magic. It such a small detail, but it's the little details like that which really take games over the top.
