Yep. I got a subscription to Gamespot.com and and went to all games that scored 9 out of 10. when I saw this game I was intrigued. My past game experience was Rebellion, Starcraft, and more recently Empire at War and its expansion Forces of Corruption. But when I saw nearly every reviewer in the world give Galactic Civ II such high praise I could not resist and THEN this was only days before the expansion was to arrive AND THEN even that came EARLY!!! The devs seem uber reponsive to the fans and I am overwhelmed. I have read the manual and done the tutorials. But, I have to admit . . . I am a bit lost. I am not used to having this much control. I basically dream of the day I will command this game. But I guess my point is, anyone feel like advising me? One of the biggest problems is I can't seem to build the ship I want. I have mainly focused on Xeno tech and defense research. I want to win by having the perfect defense (in campaign mode). The only ship I have managed to build is a colonizer, but after it was built I later on figured it had to be "launched."
Also, I am a little confused by the whole "turn based" concept. I am used to real time. But I love chess, so this is fine. Only I am not sure how time/turns is reconded. For example, does a turn equal a day? A week?
I think I am so excited I want to do everything at once but I know that I have to have the research and money to do it. I just need to pracise my patience!!!!