Galactic Civilizations II Gold
Galactic Civilizations II Gold gives you the chance to fight for humanity. The reckless humans have formed an alliance, for their mutual defense against the rising power of the evil Drengin Empire. Meanwhile, the Drengins gather an alliance of their own and begin exploring the furthest corners of the galaxy for ancient weapons. As both sides look for an upper hand, a deadly threat is waiting in the darkness. Make strategic use of planets, asteroid fields and other interstellar objects State of the art 3D engine with vastly improved graphics and visual effects than the original. Multiple planets to explore and colonize - pick and choose what your planets will be used for
Galactic Civilizations II Gold Accessories
 Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy Expansion Pack
Sid Meiers Civilization IV Beyond the Sword
Sins of a Solar Empire
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Gold Edition
Europa Universalis III
World In Conflict
Galactic Civilizations 2: Dread Lords
Supreme Commander
Sid Meier's Civilization IV: Warlords Expansion Pack
Spore
Galactic Civilizations II Gold Reviews
The reason that this game gets mixed reviews is because most young people don't have the patience for this kind of turn-based game. This is definitely one of the best games I have played. I have to say that this series is great, and I liked this series more than the Civilizations series. Also, many older folks like me are still dreaming about Master of Orion. Read the reviews on PC-gamer or gamespot.
The Game's strong point is a movie that kicks in when your custom built spaceship runs into the bad guys. A watered down version of a Civ IV mod called 'Final Frontier' in their "Beyond The Sword" expansion pack. The difference is that it's a lot heavier on the `Technologies' list and much lighter on the graphics.
ok, not as good as I had hoped, nothing really new, missing things I had enjoyed in older games, however, good AI.
What I can say is that after playing the demo of this gold pack for awhile, and deciding it is good enough to buy, the situation becomes annoying. In fact, Amazon doesn't even sell Twilight of the Arnor. Anyway, cool game, 4 star instead of 5 for not having a good, easy to buy single package product. Maybe this is too old school and I need to get with the times. I'll defer to the many reviews by more experienced players saying how great this game is. Even though the last expansion, Twilight of the Arnor, was released ~6 months ago, there is no package that contains the full set of GalCiv2. I want to buy a boxed combo pack containing the complete game.
Apparently Stargate only distributes it electronically or directly from them. Like many others, I've been loving this type of game for a long time (Reach for the Stars, Master of Orion, Master of Orion 2), and really have not found an adequate improvement upon MOO2, released way back in 1996. I guess those of us who like turn based games are in the minority these days, but then again Civ seems to do very well so that says there are plenty of us. I want a nice professionally printed manual that I won't get if I buy the electronic download directly from Stargate (for the same price as if it was a printed, boxed version). There have been numerous horrible attempts at succeeding MOO2 but they have all failed. Anyway, I've not played this game enough yet to be sure its better than MOO2 but it had a good chance at it.
Pretty amazing hole in an otherwise saturated industry. This is a really cool turn-based space strategy game. Weird. Especially in a case like this where the expansions are less about adding plot and more about expanding/fixing the rules.
It really is worth getting this game if you don't mind a worthless campaign mode and a steep learning curve. The campaign mode doesn't teach you anything either, in fact, the first thing it does is shove a couple windows in your face with no explanation. If you're new to the game, like I was, you'll soon discover the tutorials cover perhaps 15% of what you need to know to play the game effectively. It's fun building your own intergalactic civilization- if you know how. The ending is also completely anticlimactic, with no CG scene or anything, just TEXT. The best part of the game is multiplayer or skirmish mode.
Bribing people for friendship, only to attack them later is hilarious. The formula for your planetary population's happiness isn't explained, so you won't find out why building a three multimedia centers, which should raise your population's morale by 60%, has raised morale by less than 30%. In every mode you can design your own ships, which is cool. You can design your own race, determine the conditions of victory, so on and so forth. The plot of the campaign mode is boring and transparent, with 95% of it revealed in the opening cinematic. Just like many, MANY other video games, it has a solid concept and poor execution.
It really is fun to command fleets and trade technologies, but there are problems.
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