Master of Orion

[Arvoreen]

So does anyone have any opinion on this?

http://masteroforion.com/

PS: Who would of thought Wargaming.net would be behind this remake?

[The Brain]

Steam reviews make me stay away.

[dps]

I still play the original, and sometimes MoO2 (I own MoO3, but would hesitate to claim that I've ever actually played it--in fact I question whether anyone was ever able to actually play the thing).  What does the remake offer that should make me want to get it, too?

[Tonitrus]

I was watching one of the pre-access videos one time...apparently they outsourced game development to Argentina?

[viper37]

So does anyone have any opinion on this?

http://masteroforion.com/

PS: Who would of thought Wargaming.net would be behind this remake?

the reviews are pretty bad.  Even Stellaris is ranked better.  Wait for a special and buy Galciv 3 with all the DLCs so far.

[garbon]

On the other hand, a lot of reviews seem to be suggesting it is just a pretty version of the original.

[Duque de Bragança]

I was watching one of the pre-access videos one time...apparently they outsourced game development to Argentina?

Bad memories of the Highlander II movie shot and co-produced in Argentina? 

[viper37]

On the other hand, a lot of reviews seem to be suggesting it is just a pretty version of the original.

yes, but it's been 20 years.  20 years of evolution to redo the same thing?

[Tonitrus]

But...but...they got Mark Hamil to play a bird man!

[Richard Hakluyt]

It is a pretty remake of MOO2 with slightly fewer features.

I enjoyed it for a while then swiftly got bored, got my money's worth imo. So buy it if you are well-off or wait until it is on sale.

[Tamas]

It is, basically, a very professionally done remake of MOO2 with some changes.

The issue is, of course, that MOO2 remakes have been made regularly, especially in recent years.
Only a handful of the abundant  4x sci-fi offerings (Distant Worlds, Polaris Sector, Star Ruler 2, and Stellaris) were brave enough to set the MOO2 heritage aside.

So, this game is the best MOO2-style game out there, by a long margin especially if you consider UI and graphics. But the concept of MOO2-style games is worn out and old, at least for me.

[celedhring]

Was surprised when I saw a boy reading an article of this in one of those gaming magazines. I was intrigued. So it's basically just a MoO2 remastered version?