I thought the game itself was not bad but the staff running the game don't care much about the people playing the game and treat them like garbage. I was only on the game for a few days and the next thing I know I was banned for no reasion at all. So were alot of people. I tryed to find out why and the next thing I knew I was banned from the fourm all together. No help, no reasion why just kicked out of the game all together. That is not much of a way to treat new player.

I would sure like to know what I did to be treated like that and why they think I am such a terrible person that they had to do that.

WHY WHY WHY banned me!!!!!!! I only had one account, I never talked to other players, and only attacked red named player, none of witch is against the rules. So WHY WHY WHY???????

Let me start out by saying that certain parts of every review below are correct. This game has a great concept, it IS technically "free", it can be fun, and it's very addicting.

That said, I have the feeling that anyone who has written a positive review here has not played the game very long. Once you get over the initial "this game is awesome!" phase, the problems with this game become increasingly evident.

I won't make many comments on the graphics and sound, as some others here have, as I am a firm believer that neither is absolutely necessary to make a good, enjoyable game.

Here are the problems, and they are many.
Like I said above, good game in concept, but elite players/cheaters ruin it for EVERYONE. New servers are started all the time, but these same players kill it off within a few weeks. The admins have no answer for this, and frankly don't seem to care, despite repeated pleas from the community to fix it. Any comments about the game not being fair/balanced are absolutely true. I played this for about a year and did very well with it, but got tired of the idiots who killed vets like myself and newbies alike. Literally weeks of work would be destroyed in a few short hours in most cases.

Herein lies the biggest problem with the game, the elite players are so bent on dominating the game that it makes it impossible for anyone, even other elite players who don't happen to be in the "clic", to even gain a semblance of a foothold. We're literally talking about 10-15 players (I'm not exaggerating) ruining the game for hundreds. Multiple posts made in the Starport forums by many, MANY users often get responses of: "If you don't like getting owned, play something else." Not a sign of a healthy, well balanced game.

The best thing that could happen to this game to make it better? Ban the players who ruin it for everyone else. It's not hard to figure out, and it would only be a handful of players anyway. Games are supposed to be fun, work is not fun. This game IS work. Don't waste your time, play something else.

This is not sour grapes, by the way. I left the game on good terms. I simply got tired of the utter lack of balance and the total absence of community. A community that was quashed by the elite players.

And no, I am not posting a bad review of this game because of what happened to me. Go ahead, try it. I'm pretty sure you'll hate it too.

Starport: Galactic Empires is an absolutely terrible game. (bad graphics, stupid patches, mean players, the list could go on forever) It is the biggest possible waste of time on the face of the Earth.

I spent 2 years building an empire (Yes, I wasted 2 fucking years of my life on this shit game), which at it's highest point consisted of 350,000 followers / 50 colonies. I had lots of so called "friends" (I did lots for them, but when I asked for anything, the response was basically "screw you") and one day an "elite" player came by and joined a fairly powerful corporation and decided to declare war on me for owning a Double Dome (a very rare colony). In the end, I ended up losing 2 years work in a few weeks just for owning something this Elite Asshole was jealous of.

Please, do not waste your time on this game.

This game costs absolutely NOTHING to play. Don't be fooled by the posts below by players who have been banned for cheating or are eating sour grapes. This is a GREAT, FREE online game - try it out and see!

This game is very addictive and can be fun to play. However, the main creator of the game has a habit of issuing patches that angers the community and usually do something that breaks the game. If you are looking to have your empire wiped out in a matter of days that took you months to create because of a stupid patch, this is the game for you!

This game is not free, to play you musrt purchase upgrades in order to maintain the "in game credit" needed for "rent". I thought "trent" went out with muds in the 90's. Cheating that costs "credits" for other players is encouraged because it generates more cash for the company. There are how to videos about cheating on you-tube. Obviously fair game play or game quality is not a high priotirity for this company. Avoid this game, if you want to play something free. If you have millions to waste on beeing a leet haxorz dewd, this is the game for you.

The player that posted the comment before mine is pretending to be Toonces, the main game dev. Personally, I love SGE. It's the space MMO that I was searching for for over a year, where you can colonize planets and have massive space battles. On top of that, it's free. This is one of my favorite games, and I highly recommend it to anybody that's patient enough to learn how to play a game well.

If you have no wish for good graphics, gameplay, or a nice community headed by administrators that care about you, then this game is for you. By far the biggest waste of time i have ever had.