Space Empires V

Truly a loss when Strategy First bought out this developer only to kill one of the best strategy games out there because it was a threat to their game Gal Civ, we went from having true strategic and tactical combat to command to attack and watch pretty lights. I played this game so much even before I got it on steam and honestly wish they would bring games like this back. I love the different ways you could play this game, you wanted to be a true isolationist then that was possible in this game, you could easily be the race that was a aggressive swarm and anything in between. I really also loved the fact that if you where in a war that you couldn't win you could develop stealth technology and build a ship that could slip though their sensors and defense with a warhead that would make a star go super nova or even build a stealth mine layer along their attack routes to damage them before they get to your space. the game also got logistics right as well, your ships needed supplies to run and ordinance to fire it's weapons, with a logistics system, you couldn't wage war or defend your self. If this game ever came back as a real time instead of a turn base with updated easier to use UI and more features implemented I'd easily pay 100$ for it.