Space strategy roll-call!

[Kekvit Irae]

Star Wars: Rebellion (as much as most hate it, I absolutely LOVE it)
Star Wars: Empires at War (ground battles suck, but large space battles are pretty epic and what I always imagine an updated Rebellion would be like)
Freelancer (loved it, though was disappointed that it didn't do much to expand on the Starlancer plot)
Imperium Galactica 2 (loved the game, but it eventually got to a point where it got boring once you built 50 battleships and overran everything)
Sins of the Solar Empire (I feel like I'm the only person to absolutely hate this game with a passion)
Maelstrom (NOT the 1993 Asteroids clone, nor the 2007 version)

[CBR]

Sins of the Solar Empire (I feel like I'm the only person to absolutely hate this game with a passion)

Ah a fellow Sins hater! Maybe I hate it because I got suckered into buying it. But ok that's just me foolishly thinking "space game = must be good"

I started out with VGA Planets and along with Stars! are the games I played the most back in the day. Played some MOO2 too of course and have tried out a few of the games on that list of yours Martok. Just never really found the magic.

Sword of the Stars has some of the right focus that I want in a game along with real time tactical combat. Still its VGA Planets I always look back at as it had logistics that no other game wants to deal with properly. Plus I liked the idea of not having any techs to research.


CBR

[drone]

First one I played was probably Spaceward Ho! (can't remember the version, it was around 1990). I've dabbled in Homeworld and Sword of the Stars, but never played them seriously. Bought MoO3 hoping it would be the end-all-be-all of space games, and was sorely disappointed. Played a lot of BotF, it's fun but there are problems (I really need to try the mods). MoOII is by far the best that I've played. At some point I should really try GalCiv2, but my gaming time is fairly limited these days.


time to install MoOII on my woman's laptop...

[Ferret]

I agree with Kekvit on the only two games I have of space strategy. Star Wars Empire at war had good but fairly limited space battles, and the rest of the game sucked pretty badly. Sins of a Solar Empire was boring as hell if you ask me, no variation between factions, no story/campaign. I played one game of it and haven't touched it since...

[TevashSzat]

I guess Homeworld 2 should also be on the list over there. I got it pretty cheaply somewhere and played through the campaign, but unistalled it after I had beaten it. IMO, while it does give you the general gamestyle feeling as Homeworld, there just isn't enough new features to make the sequel feel like it is actually innovating instead of just Homeworld with updated story. (Also, the fact that you have to jump right after finishing a mission is just awful....I want to be able to rebuild my army to prepare for the next mission.....the Garden of Kadesh missions come to mind here from Homeworld)

[Kekvit Irae]

Hate with a passion? "Dislike" I could understand, it is a rather shallow game after all, but it is definitely a decent game by any objective standard. What, then, is your beef with it?

This:

Sins of a Solar Empire was boring as hell if you ask me, no variation between factions, no story/campaign. I played one game of it and haven't touched it since...