Remember all the diplomacy, epic space/ground battles, immersive story and feeling of reign over the galaxy? Back in the day, I was completely astonished by this 4x gem, but sadly I have to say, it didn't age well. When I look out of the nostalgia, UI is messy, non-comprehensive and it's quite hard to grasp all the gaming complexity even thou game is dozing it to you in small portions. Without opening manual and some online tutorials, I've been struggling with merely basic operations as adding new fleets, combat, production, science... That said, after a few hours I have given up because instead of joy from conquering the universe, I've been fighting UX mostly.
