The best turn-based strategy game ever made!
The first try is hard(its a very complex game), but after some minutes of tutorial and playing, its impossible to stop to play!
The gameplay is perfect, better than Civ-IV (its just my opinion!).
You have the total control of your civilization, from the peaceful way to the evil managing purpose. The researche upgrades are almost infinite, even at the huge galaxy setup.
Graphics are good, for the game map at least... a 3D universe where you can zoom on your ships... another good point(spacecrafts are very well detail and fun to see, even more if you create your own spacecraft). The bad point is when you invade a planet or an enemy civilization invade one of yours: a 2D simple screen like Nintendo 1982 where two armies fight with poor graphics. But The selection of the war technology you will use during the invasion and the random-like selection of your advantage power on the enemy forces is enough to keep your eyes on the screen: you don't want to push the skip button!
Sounds are good too. The tutorial is very well done, this girl do it well!! The space weapons sounds are very good(star wars like sounds). But you will hear almost no sounds in the game if you forget the cinematic and battles events.
to conclude, don't play to this game if you need sleep!!!!!!