First game feedback

I've played the GC2 - 4.  Didn't like 4 all that much.  Tried out Supernova, and it's better in some ways, but it still didn't really click with me.  The research tree is done okay, but for a fifty percent bonus, it's rare to even leave the top three picks.  Colonies were a nice addition, and the AI gen is a *very* cool gimmick, but now for the bad news...

Actually managing a planet is an exercise in building 10 of the exact same building and lining up adjacencies.    You're often better off literally filling every single grid place with the same building type with a few building specials.  In order to stack up 1% increases.  It's just not fun.  At all.  And it's SO much more complicated than something like a Civ system with straight resources. It's silly levels of unenjoyable micromanagement.  And what do you get as a reward for this?  A hexgrid of icons.

I don't feel like the citizens mechanic actually improves the game.  I don't feel like sectors improve the game. 
I'm pretty sure they both make the game worse...

I'll be watching for improvements as time goes on.  But for now, I think the game is not for me.