Civilization in space, that's what this awesome game is. Very addictive and hours of space fun!!!
To be honest the first time I played it, I thought, well this doesn't seem very much fun, but after you start understand all the details in this baby you will understand there is a strong game here, maybe not as deep as Civilization 4, but it's the closest that I've seen to a space version of that game. There also not much in a way of a diplomacy in the game so it's kill or be killed
The game is very customizable, you can have tons of other factions and over a hundred of worlds, but you may want to start small, because there is a lot you need to do in this game. Lot's of upgrading of planets, technologies and ship systems. Like most games of this type, to build resources you need to conquer or develop Worlds with good stuff to mine.
The game play is very addictive and there are just a million hours of fun here, the graphics and sounds are all there, and the game is huge, you really understand how large space is in this game. This is a winner, go out and buy this game, it's only $39 and Best Buy so there no reason to torrent this baby!