Space Empires Vs. Galactic Civilisations

[Thermodyne]

Quitch said:
Back in the day I was a big fan of Space Empires III, going so far as to create my own ship designs. I played the game over and over loving every second of it.

I haven't played a 4X game in a while, and coming back it seems that GC and SE are still top of the pile. I heard good things about the AI of GC, but I know SE has AI mods and more to customise...

That's just speaking from what little I know, but in my experience fans of both sides are better placed to put forward the pros and cons of their favoured game. I know that both are waiting on a new version to come out, but I wanted to know what the pros and cons of each game are and was hoping people could guide me in my search for a new 4X game. Sure, I could try them both, but I'm sure I'm not the only one who has more games than time

Do any PBEM back in the SE3 days? Ever hang out at the Borg Forums?

GC is not at all like SE. Back during the Bata tests I found it to be more or less a snipe hunt with a limited AI and even more limited Bata testers.