This game may seem boring or difficult at the beginning...but as soon as you learn how to play it (and use all the side things of espionage and assassian missions) you really begin to enjoy the strategy of everything. I was playing as the Alliance and trough spy missions was able to find out the Empire was building 8 advanced shipyards. I thought to myself, wow that is a lot-I wonder what that is for? I tried another spy mission loaded with spys and hero charactors to find out they were building another death star at that location. I was able to then send my fleet to attack before it was ever a threat. Simply awesome for a RTS without any scripted campaign.