   Complex and Exciting Space Browser Game?
  Howdy guys and gals,I've been on a bit of a hunt the past few days, drifting in and out of sites, reading old reviews, finding marginal information, and remaining more or less unsatisfied. I'm in search of a great space/sci-fi browser game.The games I'm currently finkling around in to see which might make the cut are OGame (Oh-game or oh-ga-me? I want to say latter but capitalizing the G makes me think otherwise), AstroEmpires, and Space Invasion. I've found SI and AE to be quite similar, even most the features sound identical, but neither are all that complex. I have a friend four years into AE and he said its come down to making fleet, losing half of it in a fight, and rebuilding to do it again. Granted a lot of games reach that level, but he can't customize anything besides the number of X ships he builds really. That seems a bit...boring...to me. OGame is doing the best so far with managing multiple resources and such, but I can only play about 5-10 minutes a day because it moves so slowly. (Tutorial part 2 requires waiting about one day to get the required resources) So other then waiting, I can't do much else.My next attempt is in WarDrome because apparently it has amazing customization, creating roles for the cadets on the ship, picking what weapons/components go where on the ship, etc. The difference is a limit of 200 ships per person (not an overly bad thing). What throws me off is the playerbase, I can't get a grasp of how large (or small) it really is, and a base of 100 people might be a bit too small for me (I may be wrong).So what I'm curious about is any other options out there or opinions on those three above. So far it looks like it will be a battle between OGame and WarDrome, but I have heard of a few others (Imperion, Origins Return, Warpfire) which I might look into this weekend to cover my bases. Any thoughts? Thanks for any suggestions!JustinIowa State   
  I think I might actually extend this beyond browser games too. Two friends recently purchased Space Empires V and are in the process of deciding whether it was worth it or not (we've heard of the bug infestation and marginally challenging AI). For the price of $15, you can't really go wrong, or even $10 for Space Empires IV, but I know very little about them. Anyone have some insight to offer?JustinIowa State   ;  Strange - I was looking for exactly the same thing the other day...I failed to find anything that interested me for more than 5 mins.  Ideally I wanted a web browser game similar to text-based MUDs with heavy RPG elements.There's a tonne of fantasy-games like that though, but there's only so much of that stuff I can take.   ;  I know exactly how you feel mate. At one point the body can only take so many elves and dragons before it needs a break to experience the great emptiness above. So far I'm putzing along in OGame but it better pick up at one point, I was hoping to be able to play more then three 5 minute periods per day :/   