A very well made game mechanics-wise. Playing the game is fun and the additions to the traditional space 4X formula are well thought out (such as the distant scanning of sectors -it adds new objects to compete for and colonize during the course of the game). What is detracts somewhat from the experience is the presentation: The graphics are only decent, the UI is not very pretty and the sound effects are lacking and not very varied. All in all I recommend this game to any fan of turn-based 4X space games, as long you don´t expect things to be much different from the classics in the genre.