On the more recent PC Gamer podcast I think Troy Goodfellow said it best: Elemental is boring. And although Version 1.2 or some other version might be worthwhile, right now the game isn't fun for me to play.
But more importantly, Stardock has lost my faith. I'm a new Stardock customer, someone who heard about their PC software for years but never tried any of it. And in the last six months I've spent at least a couple of hundred dollars on games and other software and I'm disappointed. It's not all bad, as GalCiv II is a well realized and fun game, but for the most part I just don't feel like Stardock delivers.
Today I uninstalled all Stardock games and software, as well as Impulse. I'm happy with my purchases from other online sites like Steam, GOG.COM, and Gamersgate, and unless Stardock can win me back, I won't be back.
There's just too many other great games and online digital store fonts, and to be honest, they deliver where's Impulse and Stardock have not.