kumquatq3 Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) Great games are always more than the sum of their feature sets, and Galactic Civilizations II is a great game. Galactic Civilizations II does indeed boast a very impressive list of cool features, but it also has that extra "something" that separates pretty good games from Hall of Fame material. In the case of Galactic Civilizations II, an epic spacestrategy game set in space, that extra element is a design that is clearly focused on catering to the desires of the player, rather than on trying to stuff the designer's preferences down your throat. From installation to end game, it is clear that this is not only one of the best turn-based strategy games to grace a PC, but one in which the player is treated like royalty. ::::::::::Link::::::::: Sounds, well, amazing. Not a fan of multiplayer (minus Starcraft and GoldenEye) anyways Edited March 3, 2006 by kumquatq3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 It's a pretty fun game. Only complaints that I have so far after playing it all evening, are admittedly minor things like the screen not scrolling diagonally for some reason and I don't like the colour they used for the fog of war. I spent an hour just researching things as high as I could so that I could build cool ships which took up the next two hours. " Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Leferd Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Best strategy game ever. "Things are funny...are comedic, because they mix the real with the absurd." - Buzz Aldrin."P-O-T-A-T-O-E" - Dan Quayle Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Looks interesting Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 The game is excellent. If only they had multiplayer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) Still not quite as good as Master of Orion 2. But close. I like some of the AI bugs. Like the little minor races being at war with some big empire on the opposite side of the map from them, far enough away that neither empire's ships can reach each other, and the little minor race whines to me that they're being horribly crushed and require my aid despite being in no danger whatsoever. Edited March 3, 2006 by Oerwinde The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Can you create your own race like in Moo2? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darque Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I am totally tracking this down :D Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Best strategy game in a long time and I daresay even better than Master of Orion 2. I really like how important trade and diplomacy is on the higher difficultys and the shipdesigner has sucked me in for several hours at times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karka Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I found $44.95 for digital download a bit expensive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 Still not quite as good as Master of Orion 2. But close. I like some of the AI bugs. Like the little minor races being at war with some big empire on the opposite side of the map from them, far enough away that neither empire's ships can reach each other, and the little minor race whines to me that they're being horribly crushed and require my aid despite being in no danger whatsoever. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> The company is patch happy, report it. BTW, I love MoO2, but it's been over-rated due to all the fantastic failures of copycats. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gabrielle Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I am totally tracking this down :D <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Like totally. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Archmonarch Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) epic space strategy game set in space That is perhaps the most awesome feature ever. Edited March 3, 2006 by Archmonarch And I find it kind of funny I find it kind of sad The dreams in which I'm dying Are the best I've ever had Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveThaiBinh Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I've really been looking forward to this . Galciv1 was an excellent game, and the developers really work hard on patches and improvements, so no worries that the game won't play well. "An electric puddle is not what I need right now." (Nina Kalenkov) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Too bad it doesn't have tactical battles like in MoO2 (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deraldin Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 I found $44.95 for digital download a bit expensive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Add shipping and handling to that price and you can have a boxed copy sent to you while you download the game. That way you can play the game from the download while waiting for your boxed copy to arrive. Or you can try to find a retail copy which is only $39.99... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karka Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) I found $44.95 for digital download a bit expensive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Add shipping and handling to that price and you can have a boxed copy sent to you while you download the game. That way you can play the game from the download while waiting for your boxed copy to arrive. Or you can try to find a retail copy which is only $39.99... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, i've already bought the game about ten minutes ago, and now i am downloading it via StarDock. :D Tomorrow is my birthday. So it's a gift from me, to me. Edited March 3, 2006 by karka Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kumquatq3 Posted March 3, 2006 Author Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) Too bad it doesn't have tactical battles like in MoO2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, unlike MoO2, hopefully it won't have such a signifigant "end game" problem like alot of strategy games. Where you know you've won, it just takes 5 more hours of actual playing to get there. That kills me. Edited March 3, 2006 by kumquatq3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oerwinde Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Too bad it doesn't have tactical battles like in MoO2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well, unlike MoO2, hopefully it won't have such a signifigant "end game" problem like alot of strategy games. Where you know you've won, it just takes 5 more hours of actual playing to get there. That kills me. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> One of the nice and/or annoying things about this is that if youu're crushing one enemy, he might surrender all his planets to you or another civ, making wars against weaker civs faster. Diplomatic victory is pretty easy, just ally with everyone. The area between the balls and the butt is a hotbed of terrorist activity. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berserk Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Too bad it doesn't have tactical battles like in MoO2 <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I can't say that having a tactical battle with 60+ units was any fun. I'd rather take the version that GalCiv2 uses then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Llyranor Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Well, they could put in a auto-settle option for when you're pretty much assured victory, so you could get the best of both worlds. (Approved by Fio, so feel free to use it) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 (edited) I found $44.95 for digital download a bit expensive. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For just the cost of S&H, you could have also gotten a box. EDIT: Apparently other people have mentioned this as well. Edited March 3, 2006 by alanschu Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rhomal Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Best... strat... game... ever... up to par with civ4 Building ships is a blast! And I only have minor issues to say as well, 95% very pleased! Admin of World of Darkness Online News News/Community site for the WoD MMORPG http://www.wodonlinenews.net --- Jericho sassed me so I broke into his house and stabbed him to death in his sleep. Problem solved. - J.E. Sawyer --- "I cannot profess to be a theologian; but it seems to me that Christians who believe in a super human Satan have got themselves into a logical impasse with regard to their own religion. For either God can not prevent the mischief of Satan, in which case he is not omnipotent; or else He could do so if he wished, but will not, in which case He is not benevolent. Fortunately, being a pagan witch, I am not called upon to solve this problem." - Doreen Valiente --- Expecting "innovation" from Bioware is like expecting "normality" from Valve -Moatilliatta Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanschu Posted March 3, 2006 Share Posted March 3, 2006 Building ships is stupidly fun. I can waste hours just PLACING components, let alone deciding what to put on the ship. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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