This game is so damn great, its hard to describe. After playing just a couple games on a small, single star system, and spending over an hour on just 5 planets, I am hooked. After going into custom maps, and realizing that 5 planets was actually tiny on the grand scheme of things, I am totally boggled. This game has such a huge scale it is unbelievable. I thought five planets was though, and then I saw the multi-star games. Oh my god. Anyway, just a simple expression of my first opinions of the game, and how I am recently hooked on one of the best strategy games to date.