As a fan of MOO 2 for 20 years, I really enjoy this game (once I installed UCP and 5X - The Ultimate Balance Mod ;-) ). The game has really appealing graphics and voice acting, it feels like MOO and even adds some improvements to the formula (realtime fights being one of them). With mods, this game exactly fits the sweet-spot of the original… And this makes the only problem with it that much bitter - game is extremely unoptimized by towards the end (after about turn 200) - even on medium galaxy sizes turns start taking more and more time, easily reaching into a minute of calculation on a 4-core I7 (yet still utilizing just 1 core). Seriously, I would pay double the full price again if only they optimize it (and maybe add even more modability support? ).