The more I play this game, the more I like it. The more I read about the updates and see their frequency, the more I like. The more I see of the developers, the more I like. The more I play without the usual copy protection, the more I like. The more I play with an AI which does not rely on cheats, the more I like. Really, this whole package is something quite special in today's gaming world. I find myself with a lot of respect for Stardock. A lot. A damned good game and a damned good company and frequent updates which contain so much they truly are updates and not patches.

Anyone reading this thread who does not own a copy should go and buy one right now.

I am really looking forward to 1.1 as there is some great stuff in there, and I want to see what the as yet unmentioned items are. And yet, the amazing thing is that at the same time I do not care how long it takes to arrive - I'm playing a stable, mostly bug-free, deep and challenging game right now. It has so many options and so many ways to play that I can see it being a long time before I feel the need to shake things up with changes. I've only scratched the surface! I haven't played against AIs above normal, or won a game, or lost a game, or even completed a game, or tried any galaxy sizes aside from tiny and normal, or been a military superpower conquering the galaxy, or tried a race other than the Terrans, or built a custom race, or designed half the ships I want to try, or used espionage much, or been played a diplomacy heavy game, or ...