I've heard that some people prefer AC over BE and I don't really blame them. BE promised aliens and people thought of alien races, lol nope, just alien barbarians that have shit path finding. (Alien Siege worm thingy just goes back and forth between two tiles while you snipe it with a raged unit)
BE launch is disappointing, just like Civ V, people have been saying wait until it is on sale to get it. Although, those people believed the hype so I guess all they could do is wallow in disappointment.