Ye. But I usually have the feeling that they tend to be tooo positive just after release, here. Even with ... not very good games. See Phantasmagoria 2 for most "extreme" example.
[Note: I actually liked the game for what it tried, and would pick it up if there's ever a Moo package offer. But, still, feel that it probably shouldn't ever pass beyond the 3 star category.]

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Believe it or not, I'll be buying this.

Bad Old Game.

Okay, I have to admit, I wasn't expecting this one. MOO 3's badness has been oversold a bunch by people who were disappointed by how less of a game it is than the previous 2. In short, it just did not live up to the pedigree. That said, it isn't a terrible game. Mods have made it quite respectable. Just try not to think of what a REAL MOO sequel should have been like. Of course, it would have been a lot like Galactic Civilizations 2, so you could always just go play that...

MoO3 would have dodged a lot of the hate it recieved had it not been called that. It still wouldn't have gotten great scores, but the reception would have been warmer.

So... Not so good? not being attached to the MoO series, and happy to use mods I may give it a shot in the future sometime when I'm done with many other games.

If it had been called anything else it would have been regarded as a middling to good game but its so different to the first 2 it was generally hated.. I'm willing to bet looking at its sales that many people never even tried it themselves.
personally with a couple of mods i prefer this to both galciv games problem is i cant remember their names any more.

GoG, please remove this game and replace it with a real classic.

And apparently there are 19 people who have played it recently enough for the first time to give it a meaningful rating...

FTFY.
I actually still own this game, and bought it at launch. I was expecting MOO2 with better graphics, instead I got a game that was more happy to play itself than to have me interact with it. I'm interested in the mods though. I again suggest that GOG find a more permanent way of hosting mods, 'cause the unpopularity of MOO3 may see its mods disappear.
One more thing that occurred to me: If GOG doesn't get the source code, how do they remove copy protection? A little reverse engineering, or does the publisher keep unencrypted copies lying around? I'm curious, because a lot of these old game publishers can barely manage to keep the game with copy protection bits in place, and seem to frequently format the source code server less than 6 months after the game's released.
That last statement was anecdotal evidence from fatbabies; take with cow-block sized grain of salt. No, I don't remember which game in particular they were referring to, but it was right around the 2001 tech bubble bursting.

One man's garbage is another man's treasure. Some people will want this to complete the collection. Some people will want it because they never played it the first time and want their own opinion.

Do NOT buy this game , it is really really bad... a disgrace on the master of orion series

Sheesh, it's like a Secret of Evermore discussion on a Secret of Mana board in here.

Bought this years ago and hated it. But i really wanna try it again, plus i think there are a couple of mods for it. Gonna give it another go.