You can't tell that much about a game from screen shots. And of course the NDA precludes us from talking about specifics. But Aaron wouldn't mind if I told you this:
SEV is going to rock.
This isn't just some hope based on Malfadors past performance. As beta tester I can see the game and it's potential. I can honestly say that I will be very suprised if anyone who is a fan of SEIV will be dissapointed by SEV. It's definetly going to be worthy of the mantle of Space Empires.
I'm sure this won't make it any easier on you to hear this, since you still have to wait on the game. But it's hard for me to wait to be able to talk about it. I think it's that good.