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User Rating: 7.5 | Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar PC
By JerWroten | Review Date:
Galactic Civilizations 2 has that same vibe as Master of Orion did back in the day. I spent many many hours colonizing planets and vying for galactic supremacy. That may be why this game was no great surprise. It follows the same winning formula: You colonize planets, build up your infrastructure and build new spacecraft. I thought that the battles themselves might be a little more awe-inspiring than they are. Basically the camera follows your 3D models around as they let loose with colored beams or little missiles. The loser explodes and your win.
The other part of the game is building up your research. Channeling it into certain areas gives you greater abilities there. After you've been through the research tree once, there's not alot of incentive to do it again.
The ship builder function enables you to design your own ship and customize its look, although with as many design iterations as you're likely to make, its more about just getting as many guns and shields on there as you can fit. Graphics are adequate but nothing fantastic.
The game is fun, but it's such a clone of games that have come before it that I can't recommend the title unless this is your first foray into this type of gameplay.

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