Master of Orion 2

Overall, I highly recommend it because the gameplay is fun and relatively easy to pick up but complex enough to give a great amount of depth, the replay value is immense due to the sheer number of races, race options, ship weapons, technology choices, and galaxy settings that are available to you, and the graphics look surprisingly good even by today's standards.

The graphics are still very beautiful and the interface is pretty clear considering this came out in the early nineties.

Master of Orion 2 is a fantastic turn-based "Explore, Expand, Exploit, Exterminate" (4X) game that takes place in the far future among the vastness of space and blends empire-building, tactical ship combat, and even diplomacy into one excellent package.

The difficulty levels actually allow you to learn as you go up each increment of difficulty.

It is incredibly fun and enjoyable as a single-player game and is perhaps even moreso when played multiplayer but unfortunately I have no experience with that.

The soundtrack is extremely well-composed since you can listen to the various songs for long periods of time without them irritating you which helps keep you engaged and hankering to play one more turn just to see what happens.