The addition of racial traits is great and I like the fact that we can now choose from long-term strategies (maximize food with homestead/farms), short quick revolutions with elves or mid-term with druids/mana. What's bugging me is that they do not feel particularly overpowered, that is, I don't feel like there is a big step-change in progress from elves to druids for instance. I still have to grind for days to get production up to the same level I had before the assimilations so it doesn't feel very rewarding.
Not sure what the problem is with the 120 week limit. Use the first boxer to max out your gym, max out your second boxer and get all the trophies. I enjoyed it, but after the 2nd boxer it gets repetitive 4/5.
Really enjoyed the game, but there isn't much more to do once you have 500+ fighting trimps; after that it's just unlock world, get equipment from maps, upgrade equipment in 2-3 map runs, destroy world/ repeat. There needs to be some cool end-game content to keep us playing. In any case, cool game, really enjoyed the beginning.