Stellaris

   Paradox Development Studio finally brought their grand strategy series to cover galaxy expansion. And they did an overall pretty good job. Stellaris is already ahead most 4X and other similar space strategies, but it still has room for a lot of improvements. The diplomacy system is barebones (with war goals being more or less "broken"), spying is virtually nonexistent, there are still balancing issues, and late game can become a bit boring and micro intensive even with governors managing large sectors. Oh, and sadly, the AI is unimpressive. That being said, even with these flaws, the game is pretty great and doing a ton of things right, including having interesting story elements.