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Master of Magic was about the best and I think they used the Civ engine as well.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Master_of_Magic

Many attempts to remake the game failed.

It is like the Bard's Tale series, hard to remake. The Bard's Tale remake was not as good as the original series for MS-DOS, Amiga, Apple //gs, Atari ST etc.

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And if anyone was a fan of the Master of Orion series (as they should be), it's getting a new game: http://www.gog.com/game/master_of_orion

I'm wary of it, but looking forward to it at the same time. I'm hoping for something like the XCom revival, but...

On the other hand, I recently started playing MOO2 again and it's just as fantastic as ever. Brilliantly balanced, quick to play, lots of different strategies, etc. I haven't found a 4X game since that really quite got all of the things right.

Try MoO1, a much better game. MoO2 is way too bloated for its own good.

(Get a recent fan patch for MoO1, if you play it.)

Even though I've spent more hours in MOO2, I also agree MOO1 is better. The mechanics make it a funner game.

Have you checked out http://www.moo2mod.com/ ? It's a great community keeping the MOO2 spirit alive :)

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