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Reply to Tournaments in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]You'd have to disable the Save function for that particular scenarioWhy? It isn't disabled for the Metaverse in general, and I for one consider the question of how and when to re-load a game a personal matter. Something like this would certainly exclude Tournaments on larger maps, at least for people who have to do things besides play on a computer[/quote] Well, this is for competition, right? Which would be absent if participants can keep re-loading the game when they hit a wall

Reply to Tournaments in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

That would work. But to get meaningful results you'd have to disable the Save function for that particular scenario.

Reply to Out of Eight PC Games Gives Twilight a Perfect 8! in GalCiv II News GalCiv2 Forums

I'd give it a 7. Based on my experience with GalCiv1 (years ago) the Trade system appears buggered.

Reply to Lack of Multiplayer in Metaverse GalCiv2 Forums

[quote]Turn based is not like real-time, people would get bored waiting for their turn and in the end no one would play. no to mention trying to make it user friendly so people could play custon races. It would be an absolute Nightmare. [/quote] Why does it have to be real-time? I think GalCiv would make a fabulous WEGO game. Each side mails his turn to the host who processes the turn. Like Stars! or the Combat Mission series. Of course, you'd need to expand time compression for each tu

Reply to Should I Make The Purchase? in Twilight of the Arnor GalCiv2 Forums

Well, if you do buy I hope you have better luck than I did. Yesterday, I purchased online the Galactic Civilizations II: Expansion Bundle instead of the Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Bundle Pack. I don't own the base game. My bad, but a damned easy mistake to make in my opinion. So far, no response from stardock.sales or stardock.support- who I contacted via email. And I can't download the (useless) bundle I bought. So, buyer beware.

Reply to Criticizing the game because it's not what you think it is? in Sins of a Solar Empire Stardock Forums

Smart post, JdeFalconr. You bring up the fundamentally schizoid nature of Sins, which consists of two imperfectly matched components. Basically, the player is encouraged to build a vast stellar empire and conduct tactical battles at the same time. The former implies centuries of expansion and the latter unfolds in (quasi) real time. Time will tell whether this design philosophy will provide enduring satisfaction or just cognitive dissonance. My personal preference would be a graphically