Master of Orion

Played it when it first came out and enjoyed it. Tried to return to it today after buying and installing the expansion pack. Can't start a game. I get stuck on a spinning planet with music but no game menu. This happens right after the intro video so can't start anything. Win 10

It's an OK game. It doesn't do anything wrong in any major way, the mechanics are allright and I quite like the art style. Everything, from diplomacy over espionage to research, seems a bit shallow, but works. I also like the tactical combat. Again, it looks nice but, as with most aspects of the game, isn't very deep. The biggest problem this game has is the existence of Stellaris, which, in my opinion, is superior in almost every way. So go buy that, if you want to play a great 4X-game.

It's a average game, sadly the multiplayer is almost impossible to use. Really the game just introduced stuff from other franchises such as Civilizations and Stellaris. I think that the characters all well designed, but the space lanes just limit control of where you could go. The fuel cells in the 1st and second game allowed for further travel and I was disappointed when they weren't their. I remember in the second game when I took a fleet from one side of the galaxy and showed up on the other side, wiping out almost everything. In this game (without the jump gate) you would have to go from system to system to get to the other side of the galaxy. The game needs some updates and could have done better with its physics and not basing its systems on other games.

It is a nice game. I bought it on the other platform because there the game is also supported on linux. I do not understand why the GOG variant does not !

A platform that lets you own the games you buy, instead of licensing them to their owners.