I agree.

Perhaps we should have "Total War" Style play for invasion. So when you invade you go to this view and manage your troops. All 100 million of them... Now thats what I call a battlefield. Hope the processor can keep up

I agree 100%, after watching some invasions it gets quite boring, needs more action.

I assume this was meant as a reply to my message... I originally meant to post in the Game Talk forum so I edited my message to put it there, but... I think I broke the forum, sorry

Oh and something that should be changed is the Thalan soldiers in invasions. Probably no one noticed this or cares about it but the Thalans have very long legs/arms but on the invasion screen they look human, it would be nice if the Thalan troops actually looked like Thalans. It would make it more unique i think, but thats just me.

I have to agree that the invasion animations are the weakest point of the game. Everyone looks the same, the same red lasers are fired, the same big weird looking buildings on wheels..... and missles fired that don't sound like missles at all. MOO2 had much cooler invasions. You could actually make out the soldiers, and if you had tanks or battle mechs, you would see them fight also. Other things in the game need attention before this, but if the devs have nothing better to do perhaps the invasion animations can be made to at lease look as good as they did in MOO2.

I have to agree that the invasion animations are the weakest point of the game. Everyone looks the same, the same red lasers are fired, the same big weird looking buildings on wheels..... and missles fired that don't sound like missles at all. MOO2 had much cooler invasions. You could actually make out the soldiers, and if you had tanks or battle mechs, you would see them fight also. I think it would be cool like if you saw space marines fighting if you researched that tech, or saw green lasers if you have plasma technology. Other things in the game need attention before this, but if the devs have nothing better to do perhaps the invasion animations can be made to at lease look as good as they did in MOO2.

Ya also the first time i got Planetary Bombardment i thought there was going to be some kind of Bomber ship that can take down some of the troops in the planet in each turn. For example i can use a bomber on a planet with 1000 troops and when its done bombing for the turn the planet has like 600 troops left because of the bombing, you know what i mean? then the defender of the planet would be forced to take the bomber down.

Yeah first time I ever got planetary bombardment I figured it allowed my non-troop ships to attack a planet destroying some of its buildings.

Also the sounds in the invasions are annoying, they should sound more like star wars type of shooting sound.

Gal Civ has never been about the fight. It's about all that leads up to the fight, and after. The graphics your seeing are just a pretty way of seeing the dice rolls that decide who wins.

I recall folk from Stardock saying there would be different looking soldiers,tanks for each race.It never happend.

The invasions get quite boring after a while but I think they look so silly which makes it good again haha.
The troops, when moving, remind me of MoO2 hehehe.