Hey There, Is it possible for you guys to upload the GalCiv 2 Manual while we are waiting for the release date? That way we can read and re-read it until we are completely familiar with the rules before the 21st. Dano
Apparently Take Two is not a happy financial camper these days ... http://today.reuters.com/investing/financeArticle.aspx?type=mergersNews&storyID=2006-01-30T223000Z_01_N1U305542_RTRIDST_0_MEDIA-TAKETWO.XML If the worst happens, could this impact the release date of our beloved Gal Civ 2? Dano
If they are going to be manufacturing the game in two weeks, which I presume to mean the game going gold, does that mean those people that preordered here will be able to download the game in two weeks? For some reason my gut tells me this is NOT the case, but for the life of me I can't understand why. Dano
I completely understand the idea behind not allowing fleets to wipe out planets without an investment of troops. Its just too damned easy! However, once a race has lost space superiority there is very little that he can do to hold onto planets, even if he must hold one at all costs for JUST A FEW MORE TURNS I know this won't make it into the final code since they are probably in lock down mode, but I think it would make a damn fine expansion. 1) Planet battles, unless th
Hey, just wanted to say that the latest beta is looking GREAT! Kudos on making technology rate a game preference. I always prefer technology to come a bit slower than the average person. In the same vein, what about these ideas: 1) Make random event frequency a game preference 2) Make how frequently the Galactic Council meets a game preference 3) Please ... PLEASE make races able to select and wheel and deal votes for various bills, otherwise the Ga
We all love Space 4X games, and it looks like GalCiv 2 is going to rock - but has everyone taken a gander at the game called 'Sword of the Stars'? It is being done by some of the Developers of Homeworld Cataclysm and looks like it will have to be a must have item for us fans. From what I know, it looks like Rome Total war ... except with dreadnaughts and beam weapons ... http://www.kerberos-productions.com/sots.shtml
I was playing a huge game and started fiddling with my slider bars for Military, Social and Research. Frequently they started acting very strange and the totals for the three would exceed 100%. I ignored it, and then one turn, when I really wanted to put everything on research I fiddled with the Military bar for about two minutes, but as I lowered the bar, the displayed percentage actually went up. After that the screen locked up and I mean REALLY locked up - I had to restart the computer.<b
Although I think that the new colony model is definitely a step in the right direction, the planets still seem all the same. The only difference is the number of squares available. Other than how water is distributed they all still seem the same. I think there should be a lot more squares that offer various bonuses and penalties. Perhaps this can be a game setting? Maybe some squares should have really, REALLY good bonuses (alien artifacts etc), and conversely some have really big penalties
I have only played the beta for about 4 hours (LOOKING GOOD!), but I have a question: Why do defenses take up more space than offensive measures. Doesn't this make defenses not cost effective? Doesn't this allow for the possibility of ignoring defenses by saturating such defenses with more weaponry? (i.e. if my oppoenent has a shield of 3, why not just ignore defenses and but 9 extra lasers for what the shielding would have costed me ...) Dano
I love 4x type games, particularly if they are based on building interstellar empires, and they are TURN BASED (I don’t know what it is, but a real time empire game somehow seems too ‘toy-like’ to me, even if there is a pause feature). Anyway, in all these games there seems to be great moments of nail biting suspense when you tackle a foe that is your military equal or even more powerful. Fleets clash, and planets burn as you fight for domination or survival. The war goes back and forth until
Actually its not even the scale of space that would make a realistic space empire game/TV Series unfun. Lets not forget the effects of Relativistic Time Dilation. A space ship travelling for a few years near the speed of light would only experience the passage of those years. However once they stopped (relative to a planet or something), they would realize that several thousand (or million/infinite depending on how close to the speed of light they travelled) had p
One of the really neat things about GalCiv (and one of the VERY few things that MOO did right) was the inclusion of a galactic council, where issues that have definite game effects could be voted on. However one limitation of this coolness in both games was that the entire council meeting had the feeling of an extended 'random event'. You couldn't choose which proposals were being put in front of the council, and council meetings because of their random nature nev
Race Selection **************** I really like the races available in GalCiv (haven't tried AP yet), and the fact that they have alignments and intelligence levels that you can set. The Random feature is excellent since it preserves the sense of meeting the Yor Collective for the very first time .... are they good? Evil? brilliant or slow? You can only find out by interacting with them .... the only down side to this is that the user has no input on t
or war is REALLY high then you might suffer morale and relation penalties if you DON'T go to war, as you are aptly demonstrating your weakness .... Dano
LOL .... A TICKER! That is an AWESOME idea! Course some people might not like it, so as you said it would definitely have to be disable-able! Dano
Good idea about the Newspaper format for domestic affairs and "Top Secret" military papers for Espionage! That would definitely add flavour to the game! Dano
incorporates the time dilation effects of relativistic speeds? Ouch! My head hurts just trying to imagine what such a game would be like! Dano
olved and really screw up the situation. The race you previously viewed as a meal might just become your new best friend! Dano
Hi everyone, When a certain company ran MOO3 into the ground, I thought that my favourite game genre was gone forever (Turn based Space Empire games), but Stardock's approach to game building is a breath of fresh air, and I am tickled pink that they will be doing GalCiv 2. Never have I heard of a company taking their approach: * An open beta with weekly updates on the game * Developers commenting on forum ideas posted by fans * A year lo
