TL/DR: Reminds me of earlier GalCiv. I enjoyed it though it has some rough edges. You might like it too, but be willing to try it for a bit and restart once or twice to really figure out how the game plays.

I'll admit that I bought this game when it came out, looked at it for 13 minutes, decided I wasn't into it, and dropped it. For six years. But then I went browsing my library after those six years, looking for something I hadn't played and discovered this still had good reviews (impressive in it's own right), and fired it up. It's got some classic 4X vibes going for it, and while the UI/UX can be a little clumsy at times, it manages to remind me of how I felt playing the earlier Galactic Civilization 1 and 2 games--that feeling being one of genuine enjoyment, even with the somewhat rough UX and some missing QoL stuff like fleet management and rally points. It's possible I just missed them. Which is what happened with the terraforming system which I'm certain exists but can't find the button to actually terraform anything despite having the techs for it.

TL/DR: Reminds me of earlier GalCiv. I enjoyed it though it has some rough edges. You might like it too, but be willing to try it for a bit and restart once or twice to really figure out how the game plays. I'll admit that I bought this game when it came out, looked at it for 13 minutes, decided I wasn't into it, and dropped it. For six years. But then I went browsing my library after those six years, looking for something I hadn't played and discovered this still had good reviews (impressive in it's own right), and fired it up. It's got some classic 4X vibes going for it, and while the UI/UX can be a little clumsy at times, it manages to remind me of how I felt playing the earlier Galactic Civilization 1 and 2 games--that feeling being one of genuine enjoyment, even with the somewhat rough UX and some missing QoL stuff like fleet management and rally points. It's possible I just missed them. Which is what happened with the terraforming system which I'm certain exists but can't find the button to actually terraform anything despite having the techs for it.