<story><title>Master of Orion</title><url>https://www.filfre.net/2020/01/master-of-orion/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ppeetteerr</author><text>This game, along with Master of Magic, Civ 1, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Dune 2, were the beginnings of strategy gaming for me. It&amp;#x27;s amazing to see that most of these games have been remade or copied (Stellaris, Age of Wonder, Civ 6, XCOM 2, Star Craft, respectively), and that the genre lives on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>yyyk</author><text>Despite the similar setting, Stellaris is a very very different game, almost a different genre. MOO focuses on almost Risk-style gameplay and combat and does an excellent job at it. Stellaris focuses on roleplay and economy management (and some mid-late game issues prevent it from being great IMHO).&lt;p&gt;It&amp;#x27;s telling that Stellaris&amp;#x27;s combat system offers less control than MOO&amp;#x27;s and that it has no spying. Another good example is the approach for diplomacy - the latest DLC won&amp;#x27;t have a UN victory condition like MOO but it will have the ability to issue Resolutions.</text></comment>
<story><title>Master of Orion</title><url>https://www.filfre.net/2020/01/master-of-orion/</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>ppeetteerr</author><text>This game, along with Master of Magic, Civ 1, XCOM: Enemy Unknown, and Dune 2, were the beginnings of strategy gaming for me. It&amp;#x27;s amazing to see that most of these games have been remade or copied (Stellaris, Age of Wonder, Civ 6, XCOM 2, Star Craft, respectively), and that the genre lives on.</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>the_af</author><text>Agreed.&lt;p&gt;XCOM (the original) to this day remains one of my favorite turn-based games. How you grew attached to your troopers! The remake is pretty good, too.&lt;p&gt;How do you find Stellaris, by the way? I&amp;#x27;m tempted by it but at the same time these days I simply don&amp;#x27;t have time for time-consuming, micro-managed 4X games that feel more like work than fun.</text></comment>