9/10 & Editors Choice from GameSpot for Twilight of the Arnor

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/galacticcivilizationsiitwilightofthearnor/review.html
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Twilight of the Arnor continues to draw critical praise from the gaming media. The latest review to come in is from GameSpot who gave Twilight a 9 out of 10 and an Editors Choice award.

Brett Todd took the final Galactic Civilizations II expansion for a spin and found a lot to like; New graphics, unique tech trees, new campaign, Ascension victory and of course, Terror Stars!  In general, GameSpot labels Twilight a must-buy for any Galactic Civilizations II fan.

Be sure to check out the full review, filled with screenshots, here.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
That's great. And they awarded you a Teddy Bear!! Congrats.

Ummm, wait... a teddy bear is a good thing right?
Reply #2 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Congratulations :D.

As usual the 'bad' in the review is no multi-player.

Gee I wish they'd put a bit more effort into discussing their reasoning for no multi-player being a bad thing. It just comes across as just a missing tick box - not something that's a mistake or a true criterion for associating with bad.
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Reply #3 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
Agreed, Jinksy. Man, I am so sick of people endlessly clamoring for multiplayer.
Reply #4 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
As usual the 'bad' in the review is no multi-player
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Arguably a majority of their "members" are Multi-Players, hence its always an "expected" comment to make about any game, however tired and repetitive it is - and wow, is that one repetitive ...... its part of their standard formula for making a review. Its so knee jerk now, that it detracts from the objectivity of their reviews of any game.

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Zy
Reply #5 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
If ToTA had PBEM and they (reviewsites) would have still given you a minus for multiplayer then they are not to be listened to.

But I expect them to critisize games like Battlefield, Quake Wars and TF 2 for now having singleplayer then too.

Brad! You need to get on Gamasutra about this so singleplayer games don't get minused for not having multiplayer.
Reply #6 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
They will always have some negative comment, it is required to maintain a sense of being impartial. The theory is nothing is perfect so you have to say something bad about everything. The fact they chose no multiplayer and the campaign as their negatives, two aspects owners of the game really don't care too much about, is a boon to Stardock. They could have dug a little deeper and pointed out holes in the Tech trees or the lengthy research times if they didn't pick those two.
Reply #7 from GalCiv2 Forums Top
As to them griping about no multiplayer, they might as well griped about it not being written in 1024 bit Trinary for a Cray 13..... (GRIN)