This is one of the best games ive EVER played. It really is that good guys! I rate this up there with company of heros and starcraft which are my two all time favourite games.
This game is like homeworld mixed with imperium galactica mixed with civilization mixed with a little warcraft III, its great! Everything in the game makes sense, im never left wondering "why isnt there a button to do X Y or Z" because theres always a button there for what i need, AI places structures itsself button, a stack button for the empire tree, the interface is great, i didnt even do the tutorials i just jumped right into a skirmish game and figured it out as i went along.
The graphics are good like in homeworld, the gameplay is similar to imperium galactica II (a lot more tactical though), the gameplay is also similar to civilization on large scale maps, and the capitol ships are like heros that level up like in warcraft III. This is a first class game! I am really ticked that i had to order it in from the USA because the european distributors dont know a good game when they see it, blind soabs. Only thing missing is a campaign, the story sounds really interesting from whats in the manual, i mentioned this before in another post that the story is one of the main reasons i took interest in this game. Hopefully they will make a campaign of some sort eventually as has been said on their forums. The game dosent need one but it would make this game very close to perfection in my eyes.