What a great time for turn based strategy fans who are also into sci-fi. First we get the decent, but flawed Civilization: Beyond Earth, then the micromanagement heavy, but interesting Star Drive 2, a couple of other smaller ones, and finally the recently released Galactic Civilization 3, which actually got really good reviews (Metacritic: 84).
It looked like the trend was finally dying down, and I would be able to catch up on all of them, when suddenly and out of nowhere the above trailer appeared.

The hype was strong for a minute. I didn’t play the first 2 games in the series until only a couple of years ago, but to my surprise, they still held up quite well and I immediately understood why people loved them.
But who is actually developing the new one? Let’s take a look.

Ok, so Wargaming, the folks behind the f2p World of Tanks, bought the license and NGD Studios is developing it for them. What did they release again?

Champions of Regnum? Never heard of it. A f2p MMORPG with mixed ratings. 

Bunch of Heroes. I’ve played that. Enjoyable enough top-down shooter, but hardly something worth having. 

And Adventure Time: Finn and Jake’s Epic Quest. Steam users gave it a mostly positive, but you don’t find many reviews that say it’s really good, just that it’s worth the low price.That’s all? That’s all.
So what can we really expect from this? In short: nothing. My hype is gone, so should be yours. Supposedly “key members from the original title’s team” will work on it, but the original is rather old now and despite those games still holding up, there have been quite a few advancements in the genre.
The best thing that could come out of this is a simple, easy to get into space 4x, because those are still a rarity, despite a resurgence in the genre.

Any thoughts on this? Did you play any of the previous MOO games? Which did you like best? 1&2, or the more complex 3? Tell us in the comments.