Earlier iterations are buggier and have poorer dev tools. So the God intelligence has more need to smite and command the AIs within the game.
After a while the bugs are ironed out, so God can settle back and gently tweak parameters at a distance.
After a while the bugs are ironed out, so God can settle back and gently tweak parameters at a distance.
That explains the hands off approach God has lately with the human society.