Is Suicidel different on the demo?

I haven't tried suicidal in the demo, but I just play 'piece of cake' in the demo because since there is a limited amount of time, you aren't going to get any kind of victory.

since the full game has been patched and improved while the demo has not, it would probably be somewhat different in the demo because of the game improvements and fixes that are in the main game and not the demo.

It is possible very possible. I can beat the comp on masochistic everytime. On suicidel i can at least take over one.

also is there a link where i can see what the drath look like? I hear alot of people talking about them, I have to assume thats because they look sick.

yea, in the databanks on this site and in the civilizations section of it.

Can anyone tell me if Suicide is diff on the real game?

although the links aren't working right in database section for races for some reason and you need to be registered to IGN to see the pics

maybe if you look on gamespot's page for GalCivII.

Dont worry its ok i got the drath picks now. Super ugly.
Anyway can someone plz tell me if suicide mode on the demo is easier than suicide on the real game.
But thanks smj for the help i appreciate it : )

hehe, yea, they have what looks like a squashed horseface and they are reptillian. I'm new here though and haven't gone through the forums much and I'm not sure what you mean that ppl are talking about the Drath alot.

I am new also but it seems like the few posts i read. Alot of the people say they play drath.

maybe its because they have good racial traits/abilities. the only race you can play are the Terrans, although you will have the Drengin, Altarians, and the Arceans available as AI civs.

Are you worried that Suicidal is too easy in the demo?

It'll definitely be quite different in the full game. I don't know what's missing from the demo, but I guess you can't play full size maps/have all the AI players, and that makes quite a big difference. Also the full game has been patched up to V1.1, which made the AI a lot smarter and made the game quite a lot more interesting.

So if you're worried that suicidal will be too easy - I'm almost certain it won't be. If you're worried it'll be too hard - just play on a lower difficulty level. The majority of people seem to play on a level around "Normal", which is probably about 6 levels below Suicidal.

Hope that helps.

Yeah thanks. But im only gonna stay on suicidal. I like a challenge

Really? Did you actually win the game on masochistic, as in finish the game, on the demo? That's impressive, but it gets harder. For starters, they start to gang up on anyone near winning. Conquered 3 civs? They'll ALL attack you. And so forth, so you have a huge war on your hands that's quite hard to deal with.

Oh, and I play Drath because of the 50% defence and espionage bonuses. Looks don't come into it, you never see the picture of the race you're playing anyway, and I use Drengin ship styles because Drath styles suck IMO.

yeah drengin ships are hot.
But i focus on diplomacy. waht i do is for every 2 planets i have an economy planet.
Each one of my planets has a focus like research.
But i think im gonna do one economy planet for every 3 planets now. And the three planets will consist of 1 mix, 1 research, and one factory planet.

I am actually thinking of doing less research planets being as how i do so little research.

but my srategy for beating the demo on maso is way diff from the srat i use for suicidal. The one for maso is all about quick military, but when i tried it on the demo in suicidal it was hard to stay alive let alone conquer anyone.

Wat are the minor races going to be like?

Hi!

they start to gang up on anyone near winning. Conquered 3 civs? They'll ALL attack you.

Erm... no. I just finished a crippling game with those improvements. Looks like only the civs of the same alignment will band together. I elliminated all the bad civs first, then good civs, and Arceans as the last and neutral civ still haven't flagged me as a conqueror. But the last remaining evil or good civ did.

Is Suicidal different on the demo?

Definitely. AFAIK demo is based on 1.0x version of the game. In 1.1 game there was lots of changes to the AI and game mechanics. Plays quite slower now, with lot more problems at the start (slower pop growth, less money from a planet). And the suicidal AI got even MORE bonuses.

Wat are the minor races going to be like?

A food for others, as usual. I keep them turned off, until developers will make them more survivable, and not just a big bonus to the civ who manges to get them first.

BR, Iztok