In MOO2, you can research FOREVER. Once you've researched all the tech areas available, you start researching what I think it calls 'Advanced Technologies'. From that point on, instead of getting new items, you just make your existing stuff smaller.
I find this approach to be extremely realistic and am quite disappointed not to find something similar in SEIV. SEIV is the better game with more stuff to research. But its research will forever pale in comparison to MOO2's while it remains possible to research everything and then have your research labs sitting idle.
Comments welcome as always.
