Well Im almost ashamed to say that the only UK Games Mag I can find that has reviewed GC2 is 'PCZone' (probably slightly bigger circ than PC Gamer over here?) and it gave GC2 60%! When you read what is allegedly a review it sounds even worse. The link to the online version of the review and a few comments back from Gamers can be found here: http://www.pczone.co.uk/
well thats very helpful Heroine.
erm 1.1? sorry crossed with post above.
I played Moo to death and this is nothing like it, other than its a 4x with spaceships and set in space with planets - perhaps thats enough for some to call it a copy?
was this not officially implemented as Stardock didn't think there would be a desire for hot seat MP? If not, one has to wonder why it was not delivered as a polished implementation as it does not breat their ideals of compromising the AI - unless they are of course concerned that the AI is balanced and optomised for one human player? I would find that unlikely as the AI is designed to play against multiple opponents and two humans are just two further
I think there is something in the logistics idea perhaps as an option?. The notion that it will just cause a rush down the logistics tree is not quite right as you will need to conduct related research, earn cash, develop pop, build science and research centres and boost economy to afford it. What it would do is put another layer of planet development into expansion which seems realistic to me, and for fans of slow burners I am r
A B or C, this game would make a great BMEM option but ts fine as it is. I dont agree with the arguments that giving a PBEM would mess up the single game - why would it?, keep the excellent AI but allow 2 or more wetwares to play it and spend $1/2mill on the PMEM code, they can afford it now
...so that i can organise my life around it
Cari - campaign game, non meta I think. Boogie - sounds like the issue right there, I slammed 3 sensors on the ship originally then went back to upgrade and the plan was to remove two of em' and use the space for a nice new shield. Nice to hear u guys r on teh case. I'll just avoid it for a little while. game feels nice and polished otherwise, so far.
S eems prety major to me, crashed game and locked pc causing hard restart. I hit the 'upgrade' button having selected a design template (one of my own) from the SHIPBUILDING screen (i.e. not from the ship itself) and then proceeded to have a merry dance with removing items, scanners kept reapearing and disapearing as i tried to remove them. Even with less mass space occupied than the space indicator I could not save design, could only exit,
erm I feel a bit awkward posting the first prob but it doesn't seem to fit the categories listed in "download woes" by Brad, maybe it does?. The log is immense but the key to it is it can't find the url. an extract follows: -- [Installation] --------------------------------------------------- Download: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\data\public\gc2\production\gc2.xml 1 Load: C:\Program Files\Stardock\SDCentral\data\public\gc2
Superb article very insightful on development of GC2 by Draginol I discovered on Jo User accessible from the SDS app.
nice report. Well done John, and well done the guys and galls at Stardock - I beta tested GC1 extensively and I agree this is a major cut above, great progress and if quality does get its rewards (it doesn't always) GC2 should establish Stardock, but particulary Brad and his merry band as top flight games developers ( they are top flight im many other respects of GUI development etc of course). I look forward to the team getting its rewards and turning its attention back to Society <
Playing Beta 0.8x, something I have oft felt was wrong ws the ease of puying some majr advanced tech in bulk from minor races. Most of my tech advances seem to come from doing the easy stuff well (making money) , and then buying tech cheap and in bulk from minor races. I wonder if the main AI does this as well? This, to me seems to be a bit of an easy option and devalues good players who (unlike me) may gain an advantage over the AI with prudent investments in getting their
I played beta5 again last night to have a 'fresh' play and to see what some of the new graphics elements looked like that you are dripping into teh open beta5 version (why is that by the way?) it was great fun indeed. I have a good instinct on what will be going into the Gamma testing (I gamma tested on GC1 you may recall) but to be fair I havent had as much time to test this time, joined late and have therefore not got access this time. My gut feel is thi sgame is going to be AWESOME. I have p
does anyone get a HUGE list of ships - including all the AI ships sometimes when they start a game? Well generally, I have this when starting a new game from an existing game, or when doing CTRL+N after having played few turns ah best nt to do that then thanks
"Why is there beams,missile,mass drivers tabs on the defence part of the ship design screen?." I was wondering that
Im getting some pretty unpleasant freezes during what seems end turn processing. The game locks up (either with or without cursor control, I have had both), there is no HD activity. Sometimes the 'saving game' message is hung on the screen, other times I am guessing its locked up at the end turn. Ending out of the frozen program leaves my machine in a quite unstable state and usually requires a clean system restart. [ ]Belay that! just noticed 80a[b] is up, these commen
Are old saved games compatible with Beta 5? I have noticed that the sound effects slider in Options either isn't working or is scaled wrong so that as you increase effects the bar doesn't move noticeably.
I have tried quite a few and still haven't made my mind up what race mods to selct. I accpt that the answer is vary them and keep the game fresh but I am intrigued about what works, what doesn't and what works a bit. I am delaying further experimenrs till the new beta on Thirsday but I am still to see a real, obvious immediate benefit, perhaps except
yes I would support all of these comments. In Galciv and Sid Mier's Civ series I always tend to play epic slow burners and like to get myself established in my corner of the 'verse before we ll established races start slugging it out. So far I don;t get this feel and it WAS possible in this in GC1. I may have to drop a few players and change the star scatter - any ideas what is the closest way to approximate this dynamic anyone?
Anyone know if there is a thread or an article on ship design paths? I have been playing for a week or so now, and can I heck get my head around achieving larger ships, I can't work out what tech's to develop to switch on Cruisers, Frigates etc - I have tried to follow the "two techs left" etc concept but I never ever seem to get there - i am clearly missing something - can someone help me out? :NOTSURE:
I managed to create a saved game without entering a name (couldn't see the text input line) whi8ch was auto named "New saved Game". This was about 40 or so turns into a Huge game with all races. The saved game doesnt load (have left it hanging on load screen for half hour or so) but looking at control pannel GalCiv2 is not responding. I am going to create a saved game in a sec and name it and load it with the same game set up to see if its a general problem or a file naming issue...<b
Game regulary locks up and stops responding as soon as I select Upgrade for existing ships and then click on a componet from the list on the left - still looking for a pattern. The upgrade system is either not working correctly or is illogical or i'm dim as I can't seem to get a workable upgraded ship sorted out. The mini map isn't centring over my selected ship when I select it from the main Galactic map. If t
quick question peeps - just bought GC2 and running beta but no sound - do I need to fiddle with my system or isn't the sound in the beta yet?:
