Hello,

The Good

I just want to say first of all that the graphics for this game look great.  Very beautiful colors. 

Awesome colony and governor options.  I love how I can tell all my ships to go there and all my colonies to build or upgrade ships.  Phenominal job on that. 

Great with picking sides as well and granting points for that every time you land on a colony.  That is fun.

The Opportunity

Music and Sound Effects definitely need a lot of work.  I do not feel like playing this game for long periods of time because the music and sounds are dull.

Backstory Critical:  I know it is early release so maybe this is not ready yet but I really want to feal a reason to blow up the other races or why to ally with them or what they are striving to acheive.  I am looking forward to the compaign mode.

One note on the graphics though is that it is tough to see hex lines on the planet.  I kind of squint when I look at them and tell it to build something there.

Now, what about the planet side version of governor where I say I want 1 factory, 1 research lab, 1 market, 1 farm, and 1 morale improvement in that order on every colony?  Then manual overide for a few planets like my manufactoring and research capitals.

Maybe my computer is terrible but it felt pretty choppy playing in a medium galaxy towards the end.

I don't like being forced to change resources on a colony after it is done building.  Sometimes I just want to speed the game along and not build anything or change resources and am looking for the pass button there.  Or even a pass on all.

I do miss the quirky jokes when research is complete along with art.  Why can't there be a cool picture of your new technology with a fun sound effect.  Even a video for some showing a weapon being tested or a ship blasting off with a new engine!

Its a good game but it could be great.