OT? SEIV vs GalCiv

[Prophet-PBW]

I actually like Galactic Civilizations. I think it's a good beer-and-pretzels style game.

To be honest, I like the research. The uncertainty about the benefits and how the tree is setup made it feel like.. research. Sorry, I'm a roleplayer.. sue me.

I also like how there are many ways to win. I hardly ever won through military conquest. For me, it was always about the Influence.

And I was a big fan of the starbases. I got a kick out of lining my borders with McBurgerWorld stations. But you could build stations that can speed up repairs, increase production, affect speed and combat, etc.

The diplomacy was good. I like the idea of a UN-style body, though I wish you could propose your own petitions. And the democratic government is really neat. I like there are multiple parties and you can actually lose control of the government. Unfortunately, they never made the penalty for such a loss make sense to me.

But I like designing ships too, and we all know which wins there. I love thinking up new styles, new specialties. And I always preferred SE4's way of mapping the galaxy. Rather than having one giant map, you have lots of mini-maps connected by points. And I like SE4 combat more than Gal Civ's.

And SE4 is so easily moddable. It is the only game I have ever dabbled in modding.

Now, as to which is better..
Gal Civ has been installed/uninstalled many times.
I've been playing SE4 PBW for 3 years straight.
'Nuff said.

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[ June 28, 2004, 16:52: Message edited by: Suicide Junkie ]