Haegemonia is a interesting take on a the space empire genre of games. It tends to be more focused on smaller missions involving a few planetary systems then a sweeping galactic conquest. It also has much stronger RTS elements through since you can pause the game at any time to issue orders fast reaction time becomes less important the over all strategy. The different branches of the technology tree are well balanced through it can be easy to become to generalized in weapons technology. Over all the games systems are very well designed with a zoomed out over all map for giving orders and a 3D zoomed in view for watching the action. There is a problem with placement in the 3D view however. It does not allow you to select the vertical plane to place units in so placement of space fortresses can be very frustrating when your enemy just fly under or over them by a large margin. Also the diplomacy system is very underdeveloped and there are almost no player controlled direct interactions with other races. Still the missions that are presented to be played are well designed resulting in a fun experience. I would recommend this to anybody who is a fan of conquering space.
