OT, galactic civ II

[alexti]

NTJedi said:

I could be wrong but I'm sure by visiting the CIV, AOW or NWN forums I could easily find lots of gamers which disagree.

Everything is relative. There're always people claiming all kind of things. But people who play MP in games like Civ or AOW have never played Dominions, so they have nothing to compare with and don't really know what good MP can be like. Just read strategy section in Civ4 forums and check what MP strategies are being discussed...

NTJedi said:
Also from what I've seen of GAL_CIV_2 this game appears to have lots of strategic depth. Not sure why you see this lacking/missing.

Well, I just can't find it. Every civ plays pretty much the same. You research same techs and trade like crazy. Combat have no options. So it's pretty much typical exponential TBS. The main thing which sets it apart is a good AI.

NTJedi said:

It's not two great games... as mentioned earlier GAL_CIV_2 already has an unusual hotseat mode available and working. Behold the miracle already exists, just needs to be made more user friendly and providing MP with optional balanced starts.

There won't be much fun playing MP the way the game is structured right now. It's same thing as Civ4 - a lot of turns, a lot of micromanagement and very few decisions.

[Gandalf Parker]

Im not saying that it cant be done. Nor that it shouldnt be done. Im just commenting that its not as simple to do as its been made out to be. Its extremely rare that any game can achieve more than being great at one of them and the other tacked on. And often, the effort simply ends up degrading them both.

[alexti]

Gandalf Parker said:
Im not saying that it cant be done. Nor that it shouldnt be done. Im just commenting that its not as simple to do as its been made out to be.

I totally agree with you. And because of those mentioned difficulties I don't expect it to be done.

[shovah]

agrees with alexti