Buying decision, not so easy...

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Can't agree with you Hawkwing, though you do bring up a good point.
I'd rather buy a game such as Space Empires III/IV knowing how a game flows, not neccisarily the options for creating one
I managed to play through 100 turns pretty quick with several other AI opponents in game and at the end there was still no clear winner, and I was ranked 2nd, and I probably could have won if I'd had 30 or so more turns, but then I might not have. (on .56... can't really play .99 since everything moves soooo sloowwww)