Originally Posted by DArtagnan 
Sword of the Stars 2, assuming it will ever work, seems to be more of a wargame than a grand strategy game to me. Too much streamlining for the strategic planet development aspect, and too much focus on the tactical battles and the ship outfitting.
I actually like that the series focus is more on ship outfitting and tactical battles than planetary management. The first sots was my favorite 4x game by far. Even more than Moo2.