4X Nirvana.

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A few months ago, I decided to try Civ V: Complete. I fell in love.

Later, I went searching for a similar drug, a space empire building flavored one. After hours upon hours of googling and youtubing, I decided to give MoO 2 a try, just to check what the fuss was about. I fell in damned love again, like a happy junkie in the sky.

Then, I tried GalCiv 2: Ultimate. It didn't click. I finished an influence victory being Torian, it was nice, but not that much.

Then, I tried Space Empires IV, V, Endless Space and Distant Worlds. None clicked. Each one with its own faults/roughnesses pushing me away to reality.

THEN, I tried GalCiv 1: Ultimate. I fell in love again, happy junkie, et cetera. Very different from MoO2, but I might say it's just as good.

So, right now: anxiously waiting for GalCiv 3 and Civ: Beyond Earth.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

So you like old nitch games?

Welcome aboard! But you had better like galciv2 or else! :)

Reply #2 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

I finished The Ur-Quan Masters (the brilliant fan remake for the amazing 1992 PC gem Star Control 2) this year, which probably makes your first sentence true. I also enjoyed Watch Dogs on the PS4 a lot, by the way.

GalCiv 1 has more soul. The whole presentation, interface, sliders, ship art, writing, they are all more consistent, more fun in GalCiv 1.

Also, having to select tiles in GalCiv 2, while having no particular benefit in choosing where you build things, was pretty dumb and boring. If they nail it in GalCiv 3, like Firaxis did with the base building in XCOM, it might turn into a fun strategic feature. 

I´m a sucker for colony building/management. The one in MoO2, helped by the perfect soundtrack, pushed all the right buttons in my brain.

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