I was excited to play the new version after years of playing the original, even recently. I liked the opening scenes and the race selection screen. But after losing the normal level twice and the easy level once I really have issues with the gameplay. 1st off I do not like the exploration is like traveling down a twisty road. You can't jump straight-line star to star. You need the follow the wacky highway. Now you have to watch your financial situation because once structures or ships are built they require maintenance. If you go into the red it starts randomly selling off your ships and buildings. I could not make it through the easy level without having my stuff sold off. You can't build up massive fleets of ships like you could do before because of the economics so the basic combat is different. The combat screen at first was exciting but it made no sense and I just started using auto combat. If you watch the combat it does not make sense. I applaud the guys for the effort they put into modernizing MOO and the graphics look great but the actual gameplay sucked the life out of the game. I am truly disappointed.

great turn based strategy game