OT: Galactic Civilizations (the game)

gregebowman · #1 September 28th, 2004, 12:58 PM

I have both on my computer, but half the time I forget about GalCiv and play SEIVG instead. Don't get me wrong. I like GalCiv, but I like SEIVG even better. Once you get used to a game, trying a similar game with a different interface sometimes doesn't do it for me.

EvilGenius4ABetterTomorro · #2 September 28th, 2004, 02:22 PM

Played it for only about 2 weeks and haven't touched it since. In fact I uninstalled it. It wasn't a bad game, but SE4 is that much better. They say it was CIV in space, but CIVIII has much more replay value and it is still on my computer to this day.

I'm the Uncle Tom for the Alien Overlords. Anything for a window seat on a flying saucer!

Fyron · #3 September 28th, 2004, 02:39 PM

Civ III had even less replay value than GalCiv, due to horrible bugs and design decisions... not to mention the insidious marketing ploys... ugh.

Roanon · #4 September 28th, 2004, 03:50 PM

Oh yea - Civ III was worse than Civ II, a waste of money. Reminds me slightly of another xxx 3, the name escapes me at the moment...

GalCiv is not worse or better or as good as Space Empires - it is different. Apart from the multiplayer aspect, Space Empires is for planners, calculators and (micro)managers. GalCiv is for those who love unpredictability, random events, and sudden twists in gameplay. I would not consider them of being in the same Category or genre. It is like comparing chess to poker.

gregebowman · #5 September 28th, 2004, 03:58 PM

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Imperator Fyron said:
Civ III had even less replay value than GalCiv, due to horrible bugs and design decisions... not to mention the insidious marketing ploys... ugh.

I disagree. I love CivIII, and even though I haven't played it in awhile, I will always have it on my computer. I've d/l the patches, and bought the expansion disks. I could have waited to get the combined package that just came out Last week and saved a few bucks, but I didn't. I agree that Atari, or whoever is in charge of the Civ franchise, could have done a better job of it. But that doesn't take away my pleasure of playing this game.

Fyron · #6 September 28th, 2004, 04:16 PM

So I can get the all in one package to get a game that is not up to par with its predecessor? No thanks. The "Civ 3 Gold" Version is what the original release of Civ 3 should have been. Nothing new has been added, other than ridiculous play modes akin to RTS games... Plenty of the better aspects of Civ 2, especially from the expansions, were cut and never returned...

Atrocities · #7 September 28th, 2004, 04:35 PM

Civ3 was a waste of money and I ranted about it for months. I guess when you get spoiled on excellence, it is hard to go back to game play that is more about turning a buck at the expense of the player than it is about game play.

gregebowman · #8 September 28th, 2004, 05:28 PM

Ok, Atrocities and Fyron, it's obvious you don't like CivIII. Of all the incarnations I've played, though, I like this one the best. Marketing ploys and bugs aside, I like the game and the gameplay. Maybe if they ever make a Civ4, it will have the options you like. Maybe not. There was one of the games out there I liked one option, and that was the one where you could build your space station and see the earth from orbit. I want to say that was Call to Power, but I could be confusing it with another Civ game. There have been so many.