High Lord Turin

Somebody say something, anything? Come on I'm bored.

A lot of people do want a MP feature, but sadly a group of diehard antisocials have gotten control. Once upon a time this happened with the Civ games, but, bowing to popular demand Civ introduced MP. In Civ III MP was a little used feature, since consumers who wanted turned based MP went to other titles. However the MP gaming community began to realize that Civ III could gie them their MP fix and a whole new comsumer base became hooked on Civ titles. So popular was this feature Civ IV and its ex

Perhaps the very fact that they spent lots of their budgets on making the games multiplayer (to the detriment of other aspects) is what caused them to be average overall? The funny thing is, they didn't. It was just a part of normal development. MP isn't an extra. Its like saying you car wasn't made with windows because it would detract from the engine budget. <b

How come relatively average 4X games like Sword of Stars, Space Empires V, etc can manage multiplayer and an awesome game like Galactic Civilizations II doesn't? I mean look at all the cool turn based games that have it. Civ IV is a great example and it really payed off. In an age when mulitplayer is becoming an expected feature can GC II really afford to ignore it? The player community wants it, that poll done that showed MP wasn't wanted was flawed. Only players happy with the game and followi

I'm not in a minority, just one of the few people who don't go, this sucks, and never take a second look. The fact that anyone except the limited group of diehards even bothers to post or take one of your worthless polls is remarkable.

Thanks for the feedback all. I'm sorry if it sounded more like a rant then the constructive critism I wanted. I was just trying to get across that in the current market players expect multiplayer, unless its a rpg that makes multiplayer impossible, like the Elder Scrolls games. The fact is that a game without multiplayer is half a game. Other games don't charge your for an extra multiplayer feature because its expected. Its like buying a book and having to pay an extra $20 for the last 3 chapte

Its not just the multiplayer but the substandard single player. Besides the reason we keep beating the dead horse is so many of us want muliplayer.

Compared to what? Empire Earth II outsold it, Rise of NAtions II outsold it, Star Trek Armada II outsold it, Age of Wonders II outsold it, Elder Scrolls IV outsold it, World od Warcraft outsold it. Face it almost everything outsold it. When Wal-Mart, Target, EB Games have stopped selling it, it must not be doing well.

When I first saw this game on the self in Best Buy I thought wow, this is awesome. I've been trying to find a good space game, something I can play with my friends and has a good single player experience. The ablilty to capture planets and construct my own ships from the hull up were features of the perfect game. Well I got home and opened it up and NO MULTIPLAYER. Well I was shocked, I mean what games doesn't have multiplayer in these days? And it was turn based to boot, not that was bad, I w