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It will have multiplayer, but it will be turn-based, not real-time combat like SFC2. I play SFC2 and OP from time to time as well. Both games are great, but I don't think it's fair to compare them. The SFC series is based on Star Fleet Battles and simulates combat ship-to-ship with possibly a couple of wingmen. The SE series is about managing an entire empire. Combat (in the SE series so far) doesn't have the detail of SFC (weapon arcs, hit&run raids, shield facings, transporter bombs, etc.) but it isn't meant to.