Ermor balance?

[Arryn]

Originally posted by Mark the Merciful:
SEIV Gold has a failrly rubbish AI - OK for learning the game but not really challenging once you're up to speed. However there are a couple of mods which have made the AI opponents pretty tough. And they don't rely on cheating.

GalCiv's key feature is its AI. It's the only game I've played where, when you increase the opponent difficulty level, your opponents actually get cleverer and sneakier. On the downside, it lacks the complexity or flavour of either DomII or SEIV.

Boron, as a second opinion, I concur 100% with Mark's assessment of both SE4 and GalCiv. I have not tried the new GalCiv expansion (yet), so I don't know if it improves the game in any significant way. Perhaps someone else who's actually played with it might be able to give an opinion on the GalCiv expansion?