Completely without warning, I have recently become interested in games set in space, a genre the charms of which had previously eluded me. Stupid me. Starfleet Command III has just arrived and I am enjoying it tremendously, but I want more...

Any thoughts on Freelancer? And has anybody got X3: Reunion yet? The screen shots for the second look amazing and the open-endedness (for want of a real word) of the campaign sounds great. However, there has been some talk about it being buggy and the StarForce copy protection being problematic(?).

Any other suggestions? (My taste tends to the tactical sim rather than grand strategy, but I make exceptions- the upcoming incarnation of Galactic Civilizations will probably be one, if I still have the "outward urge").

Speaking of "The Outward Urge": damn it, why hasn't somebody made a game of "The Day of the Triffids" ?!?