Put it simply, I grew up with Master of Magic. I owned the floppy versione and the cd version. I love the classic and I love the remake. It's a bit different and it require sort of attunement, expecially in empire expansion. But is very faithful and full of quality of life improvements. Great work!
Let's start: I fell in love with MOO1 and 2 20 years ago.... and I kept waiting a real sequel. This gem is the most similar and satisfying "successor" I've found until now. It's not perfect, I miss leaders and the ability to forge my own race BUT it's very enjoyable and even hard to beat. I would prefer more options about planets and or starting planet, but it's a question of personal taste. In the end it's worth the price and I reccomend it to every 4x player.