Great for new players, more of the same for Gal Civ 1 veterans

User Rating: 8.1 | Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords PC
By aaronj0072 | Review Date:
If you never played Galactic Civilization I, then Galactic Civilizations 2 is a MUST HAVE for any fan of space games. The replayability, depth of the tech tree, ability to customize starships and sheer vastness make it a very worthy purchase at around $40 bucks. While there are minor bugs I have noticed, and a couple of game-play issues that I hope are addressed in a patch, this is a great game right out of the box.

That said, older players who played Gal Civ 1 will find that the basic play has not changed a whole lot, despite the long list of differences that Stardock mentions. Previous players will be able to sit down and play without ever looking at the manual. I think that the claims of Gal Civ 2 being the heir to the crown of Master of Orion 1 and 2 is a bit generous. If the ship design portion had a bit more of the graphics flavor of Star Control and the planetary selection, descent, exploration and resource harvesting play of one of the grand daddy's of PC space games, Starflight, this would have been a sure-fire winner, hands down.

Ah, Starflight. Now if there were ever a game that should be updated and ported to Windows, that is it. 1987 was not a good year to get sleep.

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