Hawk52: Endless Space is pretty good. I agree with the thoughts that it's kind of "dry". Once you get into a game it really comes down to min/maxing, with little of the flare that other 4X games have in their systems or race attributes.
And while then game is relatively well explained, it's one of those strategy games that requires you to do the right things, or else the AI even on easy will crush you.
On the plus side, the dev's are really dedicated and have added a ton of stuff in free updates including a brand new race. So if you want a space TBS 4x (aka
PROPER 4x) and want to support hard working dev's, it's a really good choice.
I do like dedicated devs. Would you recommend it as a good intro to space 4x or would it be better to jsut buy Master of Orion 1+2 here?