OT: Want opinions on Imperium Galactica II: Alliances

Shyrka · #1 January 5th, 2002, 02:53 AM

quote:
Originally posted by Puke:
age of the player? im probably the youngest player on this forum at a youthfull 23, at a mental level of about 12, and i didnt like it much either. what age group did you think it would appeal to?

Fifteen or less. Any age that prefers graphics and action better than strategy (The galactic zoom & animation of IG2 is awesome).

BTW, i totally agree with Jourin' s post.

Phoenix-D · #2 January 5th, 2002, 02:58 AM

"Any age that prefers graphics and action better than strategy"

I hate generalizations like this.

Phoenix-D

Puke · #3 January 5th, 2002, 10:06 PM

quote:
Originally posted by Phoenix-D:
"Any age that prefers graphics and action better than strategy"

I hate generalizations like this.

Phoenix-D

i prefer to generalize people into Groups of those who get out of the shower to take a pee, and those who do not. its a matter of us and them, and its high time something was done about their kind.

tesco samoa · #4 January 5th, 2002, 10:06 PM

If you can get it for under 20 pick it up.....

The game lacks bite.

and has no staying power.

I played it for about 3 weeks then grew bored of it, just not enough to keep a person interested in it.

dmm · #5 January 7th, 2002, 07:41 PM

Thanks for all the input so far. BTW, he is 13.

Fyron · #6 January 8th, 2002, 02:56 AM

IG2 was terrible. I played it for about 2 hours and then uninstalled it. Luckily, I borrowed a friend's copy instead of purchasing, my own copy (and no, I didn't burn the game or anything, I just borrowed the CD for about a day), so I didn't waste any money on it. The ground battles were flashy and pointless. Either you had over-whelming force and won easily, or your troops were too weak and you couldn't win. The fighters were too powerful. The AI purchased about 60-80 fighters in the first 15 minutes of the game, and no amount of ships I built could possibly defend against them. I think the AI cheated like the Civilization AI cheats, getting significantly reduced costs on everything. Overall, there was way too much micromanagement, especially for a real-time game. There was too much flash and no content.

Wardad · #7 January 8th, 2002, 06:29 PM

I bought IG II at Best Buy, In a cheap little cardboard two game pack for $10. The other game was better.

The AI does cheat in the scripted scenarios (pirates etc). The enemy strength is always relative to yours. It's a roll of the dice, so save and replay.
P.S. If your Human race steal the Prototype Ship because it is so much cheaper to build it's vital and long term effective.

The AI races always know where your weak and will attack you there.

Colony management is the pits. Not much choice as to what to build.

UPGRADES HAPPEN!!!