Yeah, I liked MOO2 the best. But I still liked MOO3 alright. Just not as much as MOO2. The new MOO was just plain horrible though. The best part of it was the voice overs...and some of those were also the worst part. I don't think I even finished it once. I ended up restarting it several times, but didn't play all the way through more than once, if that.

But, I think with a bit of change, it could be an alright game to play. But I think they pretty much abandoned it when it became obvious it wouldn't be successful, which was entirely their own fault.

I have looked for open source 4X space games many times, so I probably do really miss those days. Perhaps I should buy this one, since it's on sale for 75% off on GOG, but with crypto so far down I've gone into extreme savings mode. $10 now isn't much, but if I wait for another sale when I have far more money, it's a lot better. I think for now I'll see if there are any more open source games out now and wait.