G4 Gives Dark Avatar a 5/5!

As reviewed by Col. Tigh

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=768362

This next review is our favorite around the office out of all the ones posted so far.  G4 turned out a glowing review of the game that really dives deep into the raft of features we packed into the expansion pack.  Like many other reviews, this one floats the idea that this is practically a sequel for all the new goodies tossed in.  Here's a brief snippit:

"That’s largely due to A.I. wizard Brad Wardell’s hard work retooling the game’s "brain." If you have a powerful enough CPU (multi-core recommended), the A.I. will think much further out in Dark Avatar (as if it wasn’t bearish enough already). Flip the optional switch and the game becomes eerily unpredictable, targeting resources thoughtfully (as opposed to "grab ‘em all"), pursuing tech advances more organically and with a smarter eye on terminal prizes, and building attack fleets that operate much less repetitively (e.g. "Oh look, another wave of right-on-schedule blah")."

But, if you're the video watching type, at the top of the article is a streaming video version of the review G4 ran on its TV show XPlay.  It had us in stitches with the added commentary from "Col. Tigh" (you know, from Battlestar Galactica?).  He gave us 5 shots out of 5! 

Check out the video...

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Reply #1 Top
Congrats, guys!
Reply #3 Top
mmm... scotch  
Reply #4 Top
scotch? bah gimme the vodka!
Reply #5 Top
Wow, that was... painful.
Reply #6 Top
Congratulations on getting a perfect score on the only good show left on G4!

But really, some one needs to tell you guys that you have to "milk you franchise."
Reply #7 Top
I'm sure they are well on their way to milk the franchise with hopefully another awsome expansion pack or better yet, a sequel somewhere down the line.

GC2:DA = Galactic Crack 2: Dark Addiction

side note
I saw this review on TV where G4 has the little chat thingy in the bottem of the screen and it was kinda sad to see some of the responses to the question "What's the Best Civ-type game you played?" Aside from Civilization1,2,3,4 everyone basically stated a bunch of RTS games (Age of Empires, Rise of Nations, ect...). Kinda made me sad that no one said Alpha Centauri or Masters of Orion, one guy said WOW but I'm almost positive that was a joke.
Reply #8 Top
But really, some one needs to tell you guys that you have to "milk you franchise."


Shh... Don't give them any ideas.
Reply #10 Top
rofl, what a great review, congrats! .... 5 *gulp* gulp* *gulp* *gulp* *gulp* outta 5!
Reply #11 Top
Think The Colonial Fleet will get new recruits in the game easier now ?
Reply #12 Top
Hah, awesome review. Especially with Col. Tigh. He's frakin awesome.
Reply #13 Top
Ditch the Marketing Budget guys - just print "Dont believe parochial old us - watch this Link"

Win - Win, their Site hits go through the roof for free, and with the old Marketing Budget you could roll out GalCiv III (hint,hint).

Amazing video - and well deserved by the GalCiv Team - Nice One People   

Regards
Zy
Reply #14 Top
When I'm the Korath, I'm gonna nuke the entire Torian FRAKIN race!   
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When I'm the Korath, I'm gonna nuke the entire Torian FRAKIN race!


You mean spore bomb them. Nukes don't exist for some weird reason in this age of hyper drives, shields, and beam weapons.
Reply #17 Top
I guess the terrens ran out of uranium and are unable to produce any more plutonium.
Reply #18 Top
Phasors and photonic torps are FAR more powerful (and environmentally friendly) than nukes.
Reply #19 Top
yet for some reason the only options when invading a planet are to send your forces in old fashioned style or use a spore bomb. You can't use photonic torpedo bombs for some reason.
Reply #21 Top
"If the gamer doesn't hate the A.I. then the A.I. isn't doing it's job."

I nearly fell of my chair hearing that.
I'm a big fan of Battlestar Galactica, and the Tigh Fighter
Reply #22 Top
Wow...amazing!

I have never seen a 5/5, but then again I don't watch it that much. You guys deserve a 6/5 for these games your coming out with. Keep it up guys!
Reply #23 Top
Iam bit tired of these "look how well our game is doing" front page PR hypes, but what do I know about marketing

I could not give rats ass what some review sites think about the game, the real truth comes out in form of user postings @ forums. Also seeing how these review sites give so easily "perfect" scores nowdays it hardy means anything anymore. There are such flaws in GC2 which in my book prevent it making a perfect game, now 4 or 4.5 would be closer to truth. And if you want to nitpick, no mans creation is perfect, how can you give a perfect score to a game then

Sorry for the negativity but this brings back ugly memories. How can a buggy mess of a game like Medieval Total War 2 get same kinda review praising on multiple site while the game was/is bugged to the root and some gameplay aspects are just missing. Or maybe Iam too demanding

Now slap in a real UP, better diplomacy, ground combat and tactical ship battles and I have no problem giving GC2/DA 5/5 score thats all Iam saying. But maybe thats will be with GC3
Reply #24 Top
Well, there is a lot of hype with this game/team, and not all of it really deserved IMO. But it's a good thing that they're doing well.
Reviews, well, I never read them - except after I get the game, so I can have a few laughs.
Reply #25 Top
Haven't checked the credits -- but was Cari Begle involved with this expansion / sequel? If so, then seems a bit amusing to me that XPlay review (as read by Morgan Webb no less) used the word "fellers" at Stardock. So Cari, does that mean you're like some pretty bottle of scotch that should strip naked and slap me in the face?

Signed,
A total pig -- that sees a difference between words like "fellers" and "folks".