[Atrocities]

Well I have been playing IG2 and I have some things to add.

1. I love the tutorial of the game. Very well done if not limited. It provides a very good working understanding of the game but lacks depth. Still very good though.

2. After about four hours of play I have to agree the game is very borning when compared to SEIV. It is simply to shallow in the game play department.

3. I like how some of the features of the game work, intel seems to work well, IE you hire,train, and deploy spies on missions. They can be turned and if you suspect such you can kill them.

I like ease of use of the menu system of the game. Although compared to SEIV it is a simplistic.

I hate to say it, IG2 even though it is over four years old, is still a better game than Masters of Orion 3. And we all know that SEIV is far better than that.

IG2 had some nice Bink - avi graphics and such that I would hope Aaron can incorp into SEV. I like the idea of planets and stars rotating as they do in other 4 X games, and I like how IG2 used rotating facilities and ship components. Very slick.

Combat was ok, a bit like rebellion, which took up a lot of processor time in the day.

All in all IG2 is a nice beginner 4x game but is is far to limiting for hard core players. It is however a fun game.