Recent reviews by this is bear

The initial ideas in this game are great. The 4X elements seem to have a lot more depth than the Civ series. However it's a bit of a mess. After install I had to mess around and do some research on why my menu screen had no text. Apparently it's a font issue. There's a read me in the program files that tells you what to do if you have this issue, so i guess it's something that's been there for a long time and was never properly fixed. Secondly the game loves to hang. You get a hang when you hit the turn button, a hang before combat, a hang before accessing planet management. It got worse over time to the point where it was practically unplayable. I'll revisit in a few patches.

TL;DR: Love the ideas and the seeming depth. Game breaking bugs.

Like Civ, Real-time and in space. The AI also isn't completely derpy in multiplayer.