Great action, great graphics..
Researches are for Hostility, Harmony, Fleet and Artifacts.
Hostility is to upgrade shields, weapons, to unlock new designs,...
Harmony is to upgrade population, faster materials gain,....
Fleet is for Military, how much ships can you support, how many Capital ships you can have,...
Artifacts are gained from exploring planets, gives random bonuses.
In play there are Computer pirates, leveling there union and killing the person in game with the highest Bounty on it's head.
Pirates are easy to kill as long as you won't stay far away with researches, they are for slowing down your army not to really destroy you.
Few different nations, all different ships, planets,.....
There's black market to help you get materials, for example, you have 10 Crystal mines and 0 Metal mines, you click on Black market and trade Crystal for Metal....
You can get a whole view of the galaxy, there's one or more sun, some planets, some asteroids, Wormholes....
Easy to move your view.
Ships move fast between the planets, Hyperspace...
It's a good multiplayer game, as your games lasts a long time you can save your game, next day you get on, load the game and wait for the opponent you had a day before and play.
You can send materials to your allies, you can ally/war other players,....
Can be really long fights if you're trying to colonise other players planets, as you and he will be bringing reinforcements from your planets, the winner will be the one with more materials.
Fights can last for more hours too.