OT? SEIV vs GalCiv

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #1 June 28th, 2004, 07:07 PM

I played it for about 2 weeks (1 more than MOO3)and just got bored. They said it is supposed to be like CIV in the stars. CIV has far more replay and dept than this game does. I think if I never heard SE4, it would have been a great game. No matter what game I start playing, I always end up going back to SE4. I also got tired of flying my ship around in space picking things up.

solops · #2 June 28th, 2004, 08:41 PM

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Originally posted by Ragnarok-X:
honestly, galciv is not even half as good as SE 4 is. I dont like the research, i dont like the graphics, i dont like the colonizing, i dont like how your ships MUST pick up stuff in space. THere is just one thing that is better than in SE 4, and thats diplomacy. Everything else -> SE 4 !

I agree almost completey. I do like the research tree if not the mechanics of researching it. And the GalCiv AI is more challenging. I believe that is a function of the number of choices available. SEIV has sooo many things to do and so many items available to do them with (or to) that its AI seems to be incapable of juggling the legion of variables to reach an intelligent decision. GalCiv has fewer decision points, with more of the complexity "under the hood", making it easier to program the AI.

....at least, I think so.

Paul1980au · #3 June 29th, 2004, 10:19 AM

Here is hoping SE5 stays true to form without getting over commercialised and underpeforming like MOO3 and GalCIV.

Looking foward to it when it does come out.

Prophet-PBW · #4 June 29th, 2004, 05:29 PM

Me too! SE5 is gonna kick ***.

I was so pissed when I read the reviews of MOO3. I love that series, and was eagerly awaiting it. Not to go way off-topic here, but is it just the AI that's broken? Or is it a horrible game thru-in-thru?

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #5 June 29th, 2004, 05:46 PM

Oh yes, there are quite a few threads on MOO3 and how it sucks. It was just bad through and through. And don't get Attrocities started either!

Gal Civ is not as bad as MOO3, but I won't be playing it again that's for sure.

Prophet-PBW · #6 June 29th, 2004, 06:24 PM

*smacks forehead*

duh! Of course there would be MOO3 threads here. Hell, I probably read them when the game first came out. My brain is swiss cheese today.

Roanon · #7 June 29th, 2004, 06:25 PM

While GalCiv seems to be a "stragegy light" game, MOO 3 is not a strategy game at all. You can move a few sliders, make a few adjustments, but mostly you keep pressing the TURN button and watch the AI build your empire while you are unable to prevent it building research centers on farm planets and farms on mineral rich planets. But, the AI you play against is as dumb as the AI you are forced to play with, and it is no problem to win a game by setting it up and placing a book on the keyboard that makes sure the TURN button is pressed continuously. Start in the evening, come back at morning to see your victory screen.

If you like SimCity, this is probably for you. But it is not MOO3, it is a bad over-complexed form of SimGalaxy.

[ June 29, 2004, 17:26: Message edited by: Roanon ]