Excellent like all of Sid Meier's work Alpha Centauri is much like CIV2 in terms of gameplay but with a unique sci-fi backstory and flavour text that makes it a great piece of sci-fi in addition to being an addictive near perfect 4x game
Among the all-time greats an RPG whose story, writing and voice-work has yet to be surpassed. If you buy nothing else on GOG an account is still worth it just to get Torment.
While it isn't as good as MOO2 which is one of the all0time 4x greats, MOO3 is still worth a play, the interface is clunky and awkward but their is tremendous depth here. The weakest of the series by far but still a decent strategy game