OT: Galatcic Civilizations (GalCiv)

Atrocities · #1 April 2nd, 2003, 12:55 AM

There is a current patch out. It comes with the Bonus pack. Addresses a few of the crash issues.

The one thing that changes that I have not been able to figure out is the UI. It changes, and I for one have no clue as to why. Overall, the game is rather fun. I am in my fourth game now and for the most part was winning it. Now I am at war with the Yor and they are taking my worlds over covertly. Most frustrating.

Askan Nightbringer · #2 April 2nd, 2003, 09:27 AM

There are different UIs for evil ,neutral and good empires. If the UI has gone red its means you've been a bit nasty

Askan

MythicalMino · #3 April 2nd, 2003, 04:08 PM

I really like this game (GalCiv)....I have actually chatted with the Devs (even the main dev) for a bit yesterday afternoon....They are so far constantly updating it....posting on the forums about what ppl would like to see in the game. I have personally never seen this type of support for a pc game...ever.

My only "complaint" is the combat...i don't mind that combat is not tactical...that doesn't bother me. I just wish it would slow down just a bit so i can actually see how my ships are doing against the enemy ships.

I did win my first game Last nite...an Alliance victory. I was only about 6 months away from a cultural victory...I was able to ally with the Altarians, then got dragged into several wars to protect my alliance.

I played one game on Sub-Normal AI, and got totally bLasted in less than 2 hours. Today, going to start a game using SubNormal AI again (Last nite's was Beginner AI)....

All in all, i really like this one. The Tech tree is good...the overall strategy is good....the diplomacy is good....

Atrocities · #4 April 3rd, 2003, 01:29 AM

Thanks Askan

Fyron · #5 April 3rd, 2003, 01:37 AM

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I rate the game a little lower than MOO3.

Is that even possible? Doesn't MOO3 have a 0 rating? That would make GalCiv have a negative rating...

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They are so far constantly updating it....posting on the forums about what ppl would like to see in the game. I have personally never seen this type of support for a pc game...ever.

Guess you haven't seen SE4 then...

[ April 02, 2003, 23:42: Message edited by: Imperator Fyron ]

Wardad · #6 April 8th, 2003, 09:27 PM

GalCiv should arrive at my door in a few days.
Any game play advice?

Lemmy · #7 April 8th, 2003, 10:02 PM

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Originally posted by Imperator Fyron:

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They are so far constantly updating it....posting on the forums about what ppl would like to see in the game. I have personally never seen this type of support for a pc game...ever.

Guess you haven't seen SE4 then...

Hehe...seriously, i have seen SE4, and i still agree with him.
I think the current record is set at 3 or 4 patches in 1 week. But that was a bit overkill IMO. It seems to have calmed down now...maybe 1 patch week/2 weeks. Stardock also reserved one full year to continue updating and expanding the game. So that's 1 year of garantueed updates, after that there may still be updates though.

[ April 08, 2003, 21:02: Message edited by: Lemmy ]