Uh oh. GalCiv 2: Dread Lords looks pretty good.

boran_blok · #1 January 27th, 2005, 08:39 AM

Right now the team still has a bit of work ahead of them to get the game ready for release. As of now they're hoping to get it out by the end of the year but they're not making any hard promises. With the total absence of other games in this genre and setting, they can be sure they'll have a devoted audience whenever the game is released. The game will likely have an open beta sometime in March. We'll be sure to bring you news of that when it's officially announced.

BLASPHEMY !
I'll go smack em upuside down goddamnit (excuse the swearing)

MM better get some marketing done, because if the ppls dont even know the game exists they aint gonna buy it.

Daynarr · #2 January 27th, 2005, 09:50 AM

I bet I will end up playing both GalCiv 2 and SE5. GalCiv has no tactical combat and is more strategy/diplomacy oriented.
SE4 is more tactical/combat oriented (not that it lacks strategy or diplomacy though

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GalCiv has NO multiplayer other then scoring submissions (metaverse) while SEIV has upper hand here.
Judging from previews their successors (GalCiv 2 and SE5) will have same attributes.
So, in a nutshell, both games can be played at the same time, as they don't offer same kind of experience.

Emperor Fritsch the Dense · #3 January 27th, 2005, 09:54 AM

At this point nothing besides you guys slamming SE:V when it comes out would stop me from buying it. I dont think any game can compete vs SE when it comes to the fans that post here.

geoschmo · #4 January 27th, 2005, 10:04 AM

How many people ever only buy one game? Very few I would think. If I know Aaron he is probably hoping GalCiv2 does very very well. Because a big publisher like that can generate a lot more press, and pull a lot of new players into the 4X gaming market. And the more people in the 4X gaming market, the more people will end up buying SE5.

A rising tide raises all boats guys.

Nodachi · #5 January 27th, 2005, 11:21 AM

It looks pretty and all but it won't stop me from buying SEV.

One big point made in the article: No multi-player, maybe added in a future expansion. For all it's glitz if it can't do any type of multi-player then SEV will beat it hands down.

The article also caused me to ask a question, will it be moddable? If not then I don't want it. If I have to jump through hoops or wait for specialized software to mod it, I don't want it.

Will the software designers be as open to the community as Aaron is with us? I doubt it.

Daynarr · #6 January 27th, 2005, 02:50 PM

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Nodachi said:
The article also caused me to ask a question, will it be moddable? If not then I don't want it. If I have to jump through hoops or wait for specialized software to mod it, I don't want it.

Will the software designers be as open to the community as Aaron is with us? I doubt it.

Actually, answer to both questions is yes.
Designers of GalCiv2 promised to release tools they use to public as well.
And they are open to community; actually they post in public forums on daily basis.

But they are still not real competition. Like Geo said, one game will benefit from success of another.

Raging Deadstar · #7 January 28th, 2005, 06:41 AM

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Nodachi said:
One big point made in the article: No multi-player, maybe added in a future expansion. For all it's glitz if it can't do any type of multi-player then SEV will beat it hands down.

I won't be buying it then, I won't buy Expansions for Games just because they rushed the game out originally. Patches I Don't Mind, but Expansions are just patches that you get charged for.

Saying that I was playing the Political Machine which was also released by Stardock, and I'm using Windowsblinds on my pc, so far I'm impressed by their software.

But SEV for me, I have a student budget, And I know which out the two I would buy