It's the most exciting multiplayer experience ever. Played it a thousand time with my friends, but it inevitably crashes when big armies start to appear. So we finally gave up... But then we found out about MAXR ( max reloaded), a max clone, multiplayer only over TCP/IP without the bugs. Learn the basics with the old max singleplayer missions etc, then play maxr with your friends. I can assure you, it 'll be the best money you ever spent on a game!