OT Gal Civ 2...

cshank2 · #1 February 22nd, 2006, 07:57 PM

Ed, all the ships you see are user made

The shipyard works like Doga, pretty nifty but it does take some extreme measures to cut down on pollies. (It removed a ring shaped object on the side of my freighter because it decided I had too many pollies.)

Yeah, also, the game plays nothing like MOO3, it's actually really fun. You know, instead of rip-out-eyelids frustrating like MOO3.

Saber Cherry · #2 February 22nd, 2006, 11:32 PM

Gal Civ I looked pretty limited, in a Civ 1 sort of way - fixed ship types, no fleets, unitary 'planet quality' stamps, and so forth. I was always tempted to buy it, but thought... well... Gal Civ II will just be better in every way, so it would be like watching a movie in mono on a black-and-white 9" screen before seeing it a theater. The impact would be impacted.

Now, I have never played GCI or GCII, but I followed both closely, and GCII looks vastly superior to GCI in many, many ways. They are not like 9" B/W TV -> theater, HOMM II -> III or even Civ I -> Civ II, but more like Zelda I -> Zelda III. In other words, it seems like a much different game - from my outsider perspective. Unfortunately, I do not have time to play right now, so I have not bought it.

There's a demo coming out in mid-March, from what I hear... but I'd like to point out to those of you who were disillusioned by GCI that GCII is not just a graphical overhaul or an expansion with more races and ships; it's more like a new game. With similar mechanics.

Atrocities · #3 February 23rd, 2006, 09:36 AM

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cshank2 said:

Yeah, also, the game plays nothing like MOO3, it's actually really fun. You know, instead of rip-out-eyelids frustrating like MOO3.

I still cannot believe that they ever went to market with MOO3 and then had the gul to defend that tripe as a "good game."

Galciv in its beta was 10x better than the final version of MOO3.

So I have no doubts that GalCiv2 is worlds better.

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #4 February 23rd, 2006, 03:42 PM

I'm not too upset at the money I wasted on GalCiv. I did enjoy myself for a few days. But when it comes to MOO3, Thats about a 9.5 on the sphincter factor! That game was expensive!

Dirka Dirka Jihad!

Suicide Junkie · #5 February 23rd, 2006, 04:03 PM

You should have bought it when MOO3 was -$5 after rebate

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #6 February 23rd, 2006, 04:41 PM

$5 Canadian? Arggh! sphinter factor 9.8!j Can't hold it anymore, must bail out!

Ed Kolis · #7 February 23rd, 2006, 04:52 PM

*NEGATIVE* five dollars SJ said

Xaren Hypr · #8 February 24th, 2006, 04:04 AM

/lurk off

You know a game is golden when they are effectively paying you to take it off of their hands

/lurk on