If you people would make it so that pathfinding for fleets doesn't ignore systems with enemy vessels of all forms (empire, spacefaring species, the leviathans, etc) I'd probasbly give it 5 stars. However, due to the 6 month period between autosaves and the really stupid pathfinding, I just spent 2 hours reloading the same year 5 times.
The game is quite fun, the obvious comparisons to MOO and such are spot on. However, I have ran into a number of glitches, a couple of which have been game breaking (don't rush production on a planet that you think might get invaded EVER.) If the bugs get worked out of this game and perhaps a bit more lore get infused I can easily see this game hitting 4-5 stars.