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[Koja]

I'm a huge fan of games that link tactical finesse with a bigger strategic picture. E.g. Battlefront, Go, etc.

Remember having fun on a 2D space shooter that was also kind of like a 4X game. Does anyone remember what I'm talking about? Played a bit like subspace, only with planetary control. Lots of ferrying colonists to populate worlds...

[Aqizzar]

Sounds like Reunion, but I never played it long enough to see any advanced features.  That probably wasn't it, because the only time you did anything in space was using a cockpit-themed menu.

[Pnx]

Alien Legacy

[WorkerDrone]

Flashtrek: Broken Mirror.

Well...Its 2D, you can claim planets, though only a few, and its in space.

Got your 3/5 at least.

[The Moonlit Knight]

Star Sonata is an MMORPG with that kinda gameplay; it's 2D, combat is real-time with somewhat of a shooter feel to it, and there are strategic elements in that the object of the game is to rule enough of the universe that you can become Emperor.

But I can't think of any single player games of the sort.

[rickvoid]

Galactic Civilizations sounds like what you're after: A 4X game with colonization, planetary improvements, a nice big research tree, and the joy of ferrying around frigging colonists.
Gal Civ 2 lets you design your own ships, as well.

[Sowelu]

Alien Legacy

²nd'ed.  It's not quite the same genre, but it's an extraordinarily good game.  Just get the disk version, not the inferior CD version with its crummy music and sub-par movies.

[Yanlin]

I'll throw in the hat for Civ IV BtS with the final frontier mod or whatever it is. But I'll call it as decent.

[Soulwynd]

This thread reminded me of this for some reason.

[Boksi]

Other possibilities include Starport GE, which sounds closer to what you described, or Starscape.

[a1s]

it could also be warpath. It's more of a beer-and-pretzel game, but it's 2d, there's shooting, ferrying of colonists to colonize planets, and it's in space.

[Koja]

Wow. Thanks a ton, guys.

This thread brought up a number of good games, most I have played before. Most of these were a blast. Subspace and Starport, particularly.

I think Starport GE was the one I was thinking, had a craving for something along these lines. Will probably roll up a Star Sonata character too, the game looks interesting after trolling the wiki for info.


Aside:
I like having a colony/base operating independantly off of a player avatar. Starport, Star Sonata, Survival Crisis Z, and Hinterlands all seem to hit this nerve with me. Very addictive; a side by side adventure/fortress mode in DF would be a slice of heaven for me.