M.A.X. (not M.A.X. 2, just ignore the second part) is the best and deepest strategy game I played so far. I played it when it first came out, and now, a quarter of a century later, I still return to it again and again. I have been playing strategy games for all my life, including AoE, Anno, Total War and the Paradox games - so the "big names". I still have not found a game that delivers the same depth and need for planning as M.A.X. I would definitely recommend it for fans of strategy games.