Gl[quote] I agree. In fact I have thought of the same thing myself. [/quote] Glad to have a like minded friend out there. Maybe if more players felt the same way, Stardock might consider our suggestions . Hope change will come one day.
[quote] Demo? Can you tell me a bit about it? Alsom whats the learning curve like; does the game have tutorials? [/quote] Make sure you download the demo for gold edition. It should be more updated than say demo for dread lord per say. https://www.galciv2.com/Downloads.aspx I don't think it comes with a tutorial. It just let you create a small universe and start of with Terran Alliance. It takes a bit of experimenting to get things going y
I would suggest you to download the gold demo and play it out and see if you like it. I did it and I must say, I am not very impressed with the game mechanics, especially the research part.
I agree the game mechanics need to be improved. For example, the research mechanism. It should allow multiple researches to be conducted at the same time. Doing it one by one is really not realistic and practical anymore. In fact, it could probably be tweaked to the extend it allows planets to focused on certain area of research. For instance, planet with more trade centres, are better off with research on trade related topics than on say advance computing. I really think it is time for the
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