Fragile Allegiance

I bought this game as i loved it in the past. I still love it. Exactly like i remember it

Pretty good game, from easy to very challenging, different options between diplomacy and fighting, differenr races, the need to manage different colonies, trading, spies, it really has it all. Especially good considering how old this game is. Graphics aren't great, but the game itself is

One of the best games ever made

It's all about the economics. Everything hinges on money, including research. I like to capture astroids, use engines to park them in a corner, and build up till I can have a few attack asteroids with nothing but missle and ship facilities. Then I break out and wreak aliens days. Simple gameplay loop but very satisfying.

This game, while not being too sophisticated by modern standards, was a great fun and advanced 4x title for its time. Diplomacy is all well and good while you're building up your empire, but the game really shines when you start slugging it out for supremacy. There's a good variety of ships and missiles you can research and build to dominate the enemy, but for extra fun buy black market purchases to give you some new tools and hard to find resources to throw those asteroid annihilators or species killing viral infections at an unsuspecting world.