A must-have for hard-core strategists. Intriuging and visually stunning, this is a great game. However, the AI seems to have slight problems. Most complaints about this game are based in reality, but WAY exagerrated. If it was really so bad it wouldn't have gotten so many great reviews. If strategy games are not your thing though you'll hate it.

Brilliant, but not for everyone, it is shall we say an acquired taste.

After one year, I can say that this game is more complex that it looks at first glance. If you choose right difficulty level and BIG system, you will see that AI is not that bad as it seems, and automatic micromanagment is real helper after some 200 turns...

Simply the best, you all must be smoking pot!

Needs better Documentation. other then that its an awesome game.

It is weird it is complex but it is definitely fun. There is not so many bugs but the AI is really bad. At first it is very hard to play but when you know it you go very quickly. In fact you can leave what you don't like in this kind of game and just focus on what you like fight, developpement, exploration ... The AI can handle the developpment of your planet, it's too bad it does not handle well the combat but nothing a good patch can't change. Visit the infogram forum too you will learn a lot Try it, play and enjoy it is definitely a good game.… Expand

The game is good if you can spend the time building development plans for your planets and go through the Encyclopedia when neccesary. Though the game would be alot better if you could refit/upgrade your ships. Also for once I would like to see a game where the ships and planet etc are in scale other than that it's a good play.

I really liked it.

This(with the newest patch) is quite possibly the funnest game i have ever played. The patch made the AI challenging which is good, since before the AI would often just declare war for no reason. Without the patch the game is horrible due to faulty AI. Its all in the AI.

When i bought this game so many years ago, i was suprised that i could barely find anything about the game over the internet, it was like a ghost game, which must have had some credibility since it was no/3 of the series. Nevertheless, i learned how to play the game myself and grew to love the dynamics, the expanse of the galaxy and the general feel of being a dictator in a galaxy. It was the first TBS Space 4x game i ever played, and for me personally - nothing can ever come close. I realised the hatred, frustration and pure denial of this games existence by MoO fans (1 & 2), and after playing those two myself i can see why it was so terrible compared to the originals. But for me, MoO3 has always been a constant. Im just glad i never played the first two before i played the 3rd, otherwise i would have probably sided with the general consensus of this game.… Expand