This game is just great!
The graphic is really great but most important is that the gameplay is one of the best I have ever experienced. The story in the campaign mode is also interesting and the whole game is just addictive.
Even now, many years after its release I Still play it. The cool thing with this game is that it's not turned-based so you actually feel like you are the commander of a whole empire. And you can't relax you need to be alert all the time.
To play this game you need to be able to think logical. During the campaign many different hard tasks will come up (like pirates and exploding planets) and you always have to think of new ways to conquer the space. Will there ever be a Space strategy game as good as this again?