Master of Orion - Gameplay
 

Farflame spotted these four gameplay videos for Master of Orion, that will be released tomorrow:

More information.

The game is already available on Steam and GOG…

This is the remastered game. Have they released the alpha on early access?

It says Early Access for me on Steam & GOG. On Steam it's 27 positive, 4 negative, if you're crazy enough to believe that.

meh… Early Access!! I don't think you should be able to rate a game in early access! It is just too early to properly comment!

Based on the recent livestream, this looks like a polished and slick version of the first MoO. It seems to have a few MoO2 features - but it's clearly not at that level of complexity and is obviously targeting a wider audience.

I have no reason to go back in time and play a lesser 4X game - and I'd much rather just replay MoO2.

That said, I hope the game does well and that they develop a proper MoO sequel at some point.

Well, I dont think so. First MoO didnt have star lanes and RT combat. It was fully TB.

I didn't say it was identical.

Star Lanes and real-time combat are the least of this game's problems.

From what I've read, people familiar with the older games seem to universally agree this new one is a dumbed-down version of the old. Not necessarily a bad game but dumbed down. That's a real shame. I am reluctantly letting this one drop off my radar.
Would have loved simply a modern coat of paint on the old MoO2.

One the plus side, while definitely a different kind of game, I hear the new 4.0 version of X-Rebirtn truly fixes that very rocky release. No one does post-release support as thoroughly as Egosoft. Just bought the most-recent expansion, currently on sale on Steam for the next 20 hours, for the thoroughly reasonable price of $8. Hope to find the time to give it a spin.