I bought the originam Master of Orion after reading a stelar review in a magazine I read at the time. It was simple but very adictive. I loved it. When Master of Orion 2 came out I bought it as soon as it came out, no reviews. I expected a great experience and it delivered more and then some. It was more complex and grander than MOO and even more fun and addicting. I spent countless days and nights on that game, even getting a few friends hooked on it. So when I heard about Master of Orion 3, I put money asside even before the game was out. I even went to stores to ask on the release date and when they would have it so I could buy it and play what could only be one of the best games ever, right? Well.... It wasn't. I usually read manuals before playing games, but I knew MOO, so I installed it and started a new game. I'm not going to lie and say it was the only time I played it, but I assure you I didn't get 5 games out of it. The mechanics were horrible. The flow of the game was clunky. Nothing was as before. While MOO2 was a more complex, more entertaining, grander version of MOO, MOO3 was an amazing mess. Whomever thought this thing was a good release is the Joel Schumacher of MOO. What a letdown. 1 star as I can't give it zero.....
