It is, in my opinion, the single best pick out there, and the combination of Creative/Democracy is absolutely lethal. That way, they can't force you to declare war on another player. War with no one: get as many non-aggression, trade, & research pacts going as you can, but never agree to Alliance with anyone. Deny hiring any low level leaders in favor of waiting for better & more developed ones (I used to just hire as soon as they'd appear)

No beam weapon strategy: go all missiles & projectiles with high ECCM & missile upgrades like fast racks (shoot 2x in one turn). Scrap the ships to get their technologies. Hang back in battle and launch shuttles to take over enemy ships. Rush to get good ground combat technology + assault shuttles. It's different enough from MOO2 to still make it a lot of fun.ĮDIT: Fun strategies I've tried in the past: Last Christmas my wife bought me MOO 1 CD version, which rocked my socks. Warlord (for elite crews, & more command points from bases/colonies)Ĭarismatic(?) for better leaders & negotiation IIRC Generally would do custom races with a setup of something like: I used to play Psilon as well, but found that Creative was very OP and kinda made it boring. I'll have to give it a shot to make sure. I haven't tried it on 64 bit win7 yet, but didn't have trouble running it in xp. Man, this is one of my fav games of all time.

Suffice it to say, I highly recommend it! It might not have the most flashy 3D graphics around, but the features and depth are unparalleled.Īny other fans here? Share your stories, strategies, etc.! I've been able to beat the game on Impossible in a Huge galaxy with 6 computer opponents, which is my proudest accomplishment, though it took about 6 hours. Having played a handful of recent sim games, including Galactic Civilizations 2, I have to say that MOO2 still beats them all in my mind as a top sim. This version runs on 64bit OSes via DOSbox, and plays just like it did back in the day. Much to my delight, I've found that it's available on GOG for just $4, including the first MoO I used to play it all the time (since getting it in 1998) but was dismayed about a year ago when I couldn't find a version that ran on 64bit Windows. I'm a hardcore fan of this game (at least, the single player - haven't played multiplayer), which is considered to be one of the best turn-based strategy games of all time, and certainly one of the best space sim games around.

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