Policy Direction: As a gameplay element, this was incredible. There were even 'magnate' species or minor races that could add to the demographic complexity of the galaxy. Each empire (even the custom ones you could create) felt much more 'alive' than races in any game before or since. Almost every race had a distinct 'feel' to them. Race Variety: Huge number of races with race 'groups' that have their own histories and back-stories that are linked within one another.

3D space map: There's very few games that make good use of this if they use it at all. Moo3 did the following things extremely well that I almost never see in 4X games before and since.

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