SvennoJ on 04 July 2014
Maybe you have the time and patience to delve into this
http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2014-06-27-distant-worlds-universe-review
Otherwise Master of Orion series should be available on GoG, that's the best.
Those are strategy games though, I never played the final stage of spore, not sure if it's what I think it is.
