I'm playing right now as England; so far it's all right. It looks pretty, and the combat is cool, but with the city-states the world feels crowded and small. I already found one bug, too - I have a city-state that is supposedly my ally, but I can't send a Great Merchant to their city without automatically declaring war, even though in the Diplomacy screen it specifically says I can move troops into their territory, never mind Great People.
I really don't like resource treaties now, which expire after 20 turns. In a game which seems aimed to remove a lot of the micro-management in older versions, it's perplexing. I do like that when you are asked to join in a war, there's an option "Give me 10 turns to prepare", though.
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