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A great game for Master of Orion II fans

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: January 06, 2007
Author: Amazon User

Basically MOOII was one of my favorite all time games and I was dying for MOOIII to come out. I was even posting on the forums at the time it was being developed, the developers would come on and say all these great things about MOOIII and basically they were completely full of it. Never saw a worse, more disappointing game than MOOIII. But the good news is that its like literally the good part of the development team got away at some point and made Galactic Civ 2. Basically same strategy components but better graphics and more fun. So have at it old school Master of Orion playas!

Awesome TBS game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 9 / 17
Date: February 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Stardock hit it out of the park with this one. A fantastic turn based games that will keep you coming back for more for years to come.

Awesome Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 7 / 12
Date: March 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Very awesome game, if you played the first one, this is the same thing, but 10x better, basically the first one was good, but felt rough around the edges, like it needed to be polished for a couple months, this one definatly fixes everything that was wrong in the first one and then some, GET THIS GAME if you love space strategy (turn based strategy I might add)

Who likes this game?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 15
Date: December 27, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I too bought this game for its rave reviews...but its god awfull! Despite the 3D engine(is that really a big deal these days?)this game is cruder than any PC game I ever played even in the 1990's. In Civilization or any other turn based or real time strategy game you scroll through your units or groups of units each turn to see what's happening in the world or galaxy around them..."Hey there's an enemy armada heading my way in sector Q24!-I better prepare!" In this game you can't scroll thru your ships(unless they are out of moves), not with tab, not with any shortcut or icon, but have to pick them one by one off a menu (which is mind-numbingly tedious) and then maybe you'll see that enemy armada, or maybe you won't before it attacks your home world. This is just one of dozens of complaints I have about this sham called Galactic Civilizations 2.

I agree whole heartedly with the reviewer who said this game is no "Master of Orion 2". It is also no "Pax Imperium" which was a another great space strategy game, even though it was inexplicably not well reviewed when it came out 8 years ago or so.

Warning: You Can't Patch Without Registering

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 16 / 44
Date: April 08, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Beware. If you spend you hard-earned money for this game, you cannot patch it without giving out your personal information. And also typing in an incredibly long number (which is all run together in a small font) without making any mistakes. And the game needs patching.

Stardock has a long history of no respect for privacy, and for going to ridiculous lengths to make sure you were as inconvenienced as possible after buying their games. They've really gone overboard this time, and the game is going back immediately.

Spyware warning

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 19 / 59
Date: April 18, 2006
Author: Amazon User

All other things being ignored, Stardock still has not learned from its first releases. My objection to this game and manufacturer relates to the fact that in order to get patches, updates, and expanded content, you MUST register and download software from the manufacturer. This software was identified as spyware by all 3 spyware programs I have running. The 2 spyware programs that identify 'threat levels' gave it the highest threat rating possible. The company claims that it is not spyware, but if it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck...

It is up to the individual consumer to make the choice whether they want to trust this manufacturer to install potential spyware on their system. However, I feel it is important that consumers are aware of this before they make the purchase. Since this game CLEARLY needs patching based on the sad state of its release, unless you're willing to take the spyware risk, steer clear of this title and manufacturer.

Already on Version 1.4 and it seems to be getting worse..

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 8 / 18
Date: November 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Seems like this game is beyond the programming skills of the authors. Initially, it was really buggy, and the first update seemed to get better. However, it has been getting worse, and is most buggy with the latest update. Ships stop en-route and just do nothing. Often, when ships are supposed to automatically go to a rally point from a planet upon completion, they just stay next to the planet. Many, many crashes. They have some serious issues managing a software project.

The interface is very pretty, but very clumsy. Things that you'd think would take a few seconds take several minutes of tedium. This game will give you carpal tunnel.

Overall, an OK concept, with lots of nice customization features. I like the look and the focus of the gameplay. But I don't think there's much in the way of reality in the way space combat takes place. Seems to me that a ship travelling in hyperspace (or faster) wouldn't be able to be intercepted by a ship travelling even faster in the opposite direction. Besides, it's just too damned buggy. I wouldn't count on this situation getting better anytime soon.

Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 6
Date: November 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think GC II is a awsome game. I liked GC so I was real excited when they released the second game. The two main things that I like about GC II are 1: The player can play as any of alien races in open play or create a custom race. 2: Players can create their own custom ships, so you can play with new ships every time you play.

Does not deserve 5 stars

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 14 / 42
Date: March 25, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I don't know why this game is getting such great reviews. Even the people who noted the faults in this game gave it 4 or 5 stars?! The game can sometimes crash or not scroll properly but in order for you to update the game with patches, you're forced to register the game and download an application called the "stardock." Then you're allowed to download patches for a game that should have been bug-free when you paid $40 for it.

Then there's the user-unfriendly tech tree. You can't see the entire tree at once. You have to click on one for the others to be revealed because they're off-screen. But say you want to know what you need to research to be able to build a survey ship. You research "ion drive" which is necessary along with 4 other techs. What are the 4 other techs? You have to click through every single tech (remember, you can't see most of the other techs at once) to see a description of whether it's necessary for the survey ship. There's no "civilopedia" and the manual is useless.

This is basically the same game as the first with updated graphics and some movie clips. But besides the visual there are no improvements and most of it is rehashed from the original. Remember the scenarios on the planet where you need to decide whether to move the citizens that are living a hippy way of life in the country and in the way of city growth or having to kill an indigenous species? Exactly the same.

Not recommended. Stick to Civilization 4 or wait for Galactic Civilizations 3.

Fun Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: March 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I found this game to be a great solo play game after its updated to the newest versions. The AI gives a good battle and it isn't always easy to beat. Its easy to learn and has good support on the Gal Civ website.

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