It didn't get very good feed back from critics and players so I stayed away from it.
The one 4X game I have prepurchased and have access to the alpha/beta of however is Star Lords which is shaping up to be a very real reimagining of Master of Orion 1 and 2. The company developing the game is a small Portuguese company called Arkavi Studios (formerly Neogen2 Creations). The game is $20 to purchase if I recall correctly and it gets you immediate access to the alpha and future releases including the full game.
http://starlords-game.com/main/The developer forums:
http://arkavistudios.com/community/index.php?board=5.0Preview on Space Sector from last August (been a lot of additions and improvements since then):
http://www.spacesector.com/blog/2012/08/star-lords-alpha-first-look-preview/