I like that it has play by cloud functionality. It's a fun game that you can stretch out for months with a group of friends. I like the commander customization aspect.

The combat gets real tedious real quick. You just want to auto resolve the majority of it after a certain point.

The mechanics are fine, but offer little variation. The technology is basicly a drip-feed to unlock the basic structures that are the same for basicly everyt faction.
Which results in no faction feeling really unique. Their only difference comes from the racial abilities (Which are usually only 1 or 2 things)
And the conquer type you choose. (Void, Plague, or pacifist) U know, stuff like that.

It all boils down to the same stew in the end and it has therefore little replay value.

I did enjoy my time with it so it gets a thumbs up.

Excellent SciFi-derivate of a legendary series.