Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars

This is basically a graphically enhanced reboot of the classic MOO 1 and 2 games of the 1990s. The current version of the game has proven stable with no crashes in nearly 300 hours of gameplay. You have a choice of ten races to play in the base game, each with their own traits, strengths and weaknesses. I have discovered through play that the races are not too well balanced - Meklar and Klackon are probably the strongest, with Mrsshan being the weakest - although knowing this can help to make games more interesting by using it as a handicapping system...
Multiplayer also works fairly well, and was stable for the two games I played. Space battles always use the auto-resolve option in multiplayer, presumably to save time since they can be lengthy endeavours. I found myself using auto-resolve in single player games for the battles most of the time anyway, so this wasn't an issue for me.
Ship designs can be modified using the blueprint editor, or even scrapped entirely. Colony management is very similar to the 90s games, with colonists being assigned to either research, farming food or production projects. You can set a per colonist tax rate for your empire, and use the game currency to rush builds in order to complete them in 1 turn. Terraforming projects are the exception, as these cannot be purchased in order to rush complete them.
There are 5 possible paths to victory in each game. The first 4 are Conquest, Technological, Economic, and Diplomatic. The fifth is simply to have the highest score after a set number of turns (default is 500).
Diplomacy with other races is fairly basic but serves it's purpose. You can set up embassies, trade treaties, research treaties, non aggression pacts, alliances and so forth. You can also build a spy centre and then train spies either to sabotage or steal from other players, or for use in counter-espionage to protect yourself from enemy spy activity.
The game also has workshop support. I haven't tried any of the mods yet, but some of them do come highly recommended.
Overall this is definitely a worthwhile purchase for anyone who enjoys 4x space strategy games. 9/10

This my carpal tunnel friendly 4X strategy game. No sound required, tv in the background friendly. Play single player against AI whenever other games in the rotation don't sound appealing at the moment. Kinda like playing chess, it takes some time to finish a game, but not paradox deep micromanagement.
Space 4X - Galaxy eXploration fun, Planet eXpansion fun, enemy eXploitation okay, eXtermination (war) fun. Colony development, Fleet/ship design and Logistics all fun. Much better than Civ to me, I've played all the Civs and this since MoO2, this is a good version.
After experience with vanilla, these mods take the game to the next level:
It's not the latest and greatest FPS, RPG, RTS, Open World Hack n Slash.. but it is classic strategy fun and it won't aggravate your wrist.
Use mirv missiles early-mid game and don't have the weakest military.

The game is not perfect but it's an enjoyable modern update of Moo 2. I think it got lost in a sea of games but if you're reading this review of Master of Orion then it's likely a game that you will enjoy.

I played the original MOO series when they first came out, and for nostalgia reasons I bought this. This is a re-skinned version of the original MOO 2. The vanilla version is mediocre and buggy. Using the Unofficial patch solves most of these problems, making it worth getting. MOO is the granddaddy of the 4X genre, so if you like them you should like this one.

Had the urge to play master of orion for the nostalgia. this is a nice upgrade with the same mechanics and better graphics

Use to play the original game back in the day. This is the modern update and it’s awesome. All the great fun I used to have and much more. I recommend this game for anyone who likes a great turn base strategy game.

Decent with 5X mods to balance the tech tree and unofficial patches to fix bugs. Still feels unfinished and unpolished and I wonder if the devs originally rushed this out the door.