Mayjori

Join Date 02/2008

Elemental'ists that own GalCiv2

So after buying Elemental, and playing it a crapload the last few days, I'm getting more and more irritated with all the crashes and some small bugs (yes its updated), so am going to shelve it for a bit, but I do love the game, its just sorta love-hate at the moment . I am excited for the games future after doing alot of reading up on stardock and froggy poo and the recent hires.

Which brings me to my question (having read about it in froggy-poo's article with game-something or another, a game creator/dev oriented site), GalCiv2, i love space oriented games, prefer them to fantasy actually, and need something to pass the time, is it worth the 50 bucks to get it and the 2 expansion packs? Is it any good, potentially something that can tide me over till E is more stable?

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Alstein

Join Date 07/2004

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No multiplayer, but you get a better AI, and a very good game. I'd recommend it highly.

Most of the people who have been really patient with Stardock were GalCiv 2 owners, and there's a damn good reason for that.

Play a game of DL, then Twilight to see how much Stardock can improve.

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Heck no. Do get Galciv2, but you can get it for far less than $50. Even the price on Impulse right now is $29.95. And I would hold out for $19.99.

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IBNobody

Join Date 03/2003

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GalCiv 2 is a love-hate game. If you don't mind being in a universe where everything is a percentage increase, you may like GalCiv2. If you like games that unlock new features and abilities as you play (MoO, MoO 2, MoM), you will not like GalCiv2.

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It's not just good, it's the best 4x space game in the past 10 years. The AI is superb. It will require actual thinking by you each turn on higher difficulty levels. The different factions have different personalities, which is a plus. You get to design your own ships.

But... the "theme" is a little cartoony. The ambience is uninspired.

So, if you want to know that you're playing a game, albeit a good one, I'd say that it's 50 dollars well spent.

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Heavenfall

Join Date 07/2008

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It's a great game, but 50 bucks is a lot and it is starting to show its age (in my opinion). I'd wait for a better price, unless 50 bucks is nothing to you.

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IBNobody

Join Date 03/2003

+146

When in doubt, try the demo...

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50 bucks is definitely something to me (money is tighter than a constipated midget..... it was funnier in my head), and correct me if im wrong but on impulse its 30 bucks for dread lords and then 30 for the bundle of both expansions? so are you saying to wait till i can find the entire set for 20 dolla's?

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Im not a huge fan of demo's.... in my experience they rarely give a proper, realistic, taste of the game

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IBNobody

Join Date 03/2003

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The demo should give you enough of a taste to see what I'm talking about in regards to percentages.

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Quoting nrich61,

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Im not a huge fan of demo's.... in my experience they rarely give a proper, realistic, taste of the game

Stardock demos tend to be pretty good, or so I'm told. Some people like to pirate a game instead of playing a demo, and then buy it if they like it.

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If you like turn-based, 4X strategy games, and you like a sci-fi setting...then hell yes, get it. But not for $50. Get it cheaper.

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Quoting charon2112,

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If you like turn-based, 4X strategy games, and you like a sci-fi setting...then hell yes, get it. But not for $50. Get it cheaper.

I'm pretty sure that's how much it costs, for the game and both expansions. You can't get things for cheaper than they're sold for.

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kwm1800

Join Date 03/2008

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It's 40 bucks. Not 50. Are we on same page?

http://impulsedriven.com/galciv2ul

P.S : and also the game worth 50$ if you love 4x.... there aren't any better 4x other than Civ4 with expansions.

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I liked Twilight a lot so I'd recommend it.

More importantly, I think we should all start calling him froggy poo.

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Quoting wnmnkh,

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It's 40 bucks. Not 50. Are we on same page?

http://impulsedriven.com/galciv2ul

P.S : and also the game worth 50$ if you love 4x.... there aren't any better 4x other than Civ4 with expansions.

Ah, I see the problem. Searching "Galactic Civlizations" doesn't bring that bundle up, because it is labeled as "GalCiv". Buying the main game separately from its expansions comes up to a total of $49.80.

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GalCiv 2 is a great game and I enjoyed playing it alot with the Twilight of the Arnor expansion. However, I did find I eventually got bored with it. The space 4X I'm playing now is called Distant Worlds and it's great and a lot of fun - very deep. It's put out through Matrix. The small developer (CodeForce) is a lot like Stardock in that their responsiveness and fan support is excellent.

Another fantastic game set in space is Space Rangers 2, available through Impulse. A great rollicking adventure with crazy quests, ship upgrades, tons of minigames (planet conquest RTS, text quests, old arcade style shooter). Single handedly the most fun I've ever made with a game. And the crazy translations along are worth the cheap price.

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thanks for all the feedback guys, its on my to buy list, but ill prob wait till its on sale

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Thormodr

Join Date 09/2009

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I quite enjoyed playing GalCiv II with all its expansions.

I've also heard good things about Distant Worlds. May have to check that out sometime.

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i bought distant worlds a while back and was gifted the expansion, its good and its bad...... very hard to explain properly why, i read someone in an other thread say that galciv2 is like playing a spreadsheet, I highly doubt its as much like one as DW though, but DW has the largest playing field ever (up to 1400-2000 star systems i think), with 1998 graphics, decent AI, and some of the best automation ever, you can run the empire barely touching a thing and just getting asked a couple questions, or you can control every tiny little thing, and anywhere in between.

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I'd say get GC2 UE. I've been watching it for a while now, and it never seems to go on sale (beyond the $40 for the ultimate edition). $40 is DEFINITELY worth it!

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GalCiv2 with the expansions is so great, I love that game.

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GalCiv2 with expansions can lick balls of golden icecream and still not be any richer or sweeter to play than it already is. Cheap at twice the price i'maho.

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See there. "Galciv2 licks balls of golden icecream". You're not going to get a more glowing endorsement than that. There's 5 stars, 10/10...and then there's Galciv2. It licks balls of golden icecream.

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GalCiv2 rules. That is all.

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Well worth 40 bucks for the ultimate edition!

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SO im borrowing the game from a friend who has the ultimate disc to decide if i want to buy, but of course cant update and register since its already registered to his account, its version 1.93, is there much difference between that version and the most recent (2.03)?

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