User Reviews (1 - 11 of 61)

Show these reviews first:

Highest Rated
Lowest Rated Newest
Oldest Most Helpful
Least Helpful

The Bottom Line

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: February 10, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is without doubt the best turn based 4X game I have ever played. Allowing me to design and create my own ships with different weapons and defenses made a dream come true. The people behind this game, Stardock, are developing an odd reputation, because for some reason they actually care about their customers, many of these reviews were written nearly a year ago, and since that time the game has been pacthed and changed.

If you enjoy strategy games (turn based or RTS) and are not afraid of using your head, try this game out, there's a great demo out that can give you a taste.

I started with the purchase of this game, I then bought the expansion Dark Avatar, and because of the amount of support the company has shown me and their products I pre-ordered the second expansion Twilight of the Arnor and Sins of a Solar Empire. Now that Sins of a Solar Empire is out I can say that I will continue to pre-order Stardock Entertainment products as whatever team they have creating video games over there are clearly gamers themselves and put plenty of common sense into their games, which is a lot more than most companies can say.

Try the demo, see for yourself. I went for it, and have nothing but good things to say.

Galactic Civilizations

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: April 16, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I bought the first galactic civ when it came out. The second was even better. You can make custom ships and reaserch new technologies and there are even more races to choose from. I like these game for replay value. Not the same boring thing. In the first I go into the xml and add new stuff such as technology and new stats and so on. It is too easy. Both galactic civ one and 2 are a safe bet for a fun stratagy game.

Decent. But old ideas don't make a new game good.

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: July 15, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I had been hoping for good things with Dread Lords. The older GalCiv, while not on the level of MOO2, was good enough and looked promising.

Sadly, my hopes were not answered. Don't get me wrong, Dread Lords is not a bad game. However, it is nothing special either. 10 years after MOO2 something more is demanded of 4x space strategy than what we got here. There's plenty of new options, but after playing it perhaps 40 hours and finishing the main campaign and a few random galaxies I sat with the impression that I could safely go back to Rome Total War without losing much sleep. A month later I discovered Sword of the Stars and Dread Lords made its way to the dustbin, where it has stayed until today and probably will remain.

Above average game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: October 20, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is ok. Lotta tech to research. Lotta differant ship designs and payload. But i like Star Trek Birth of the Federation better. The starports on this game dont protect the plants and that can get kinda annoying.

Disappointed.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 1 / 35
Date: May 19, 2006
Author: Amazon User

While the graphics are superb and it has the potential to be an awesome game, the internal workings are so obscure that the game was simply not fun.
In fairness I tried and tried it again and no matter what level of play I tried it was an hour long non-event that would climax in my utter destruction without explanation.
The lack of instruction (unless you count the biblically large instruction manual that seconds as an anesthetic) and the suprisingly intelligent enemy which will bypass all logical tactics to directly ruin your game make this game as fun as it is action packed.
Sorry, this had potential but will only disappoint.

Nice but buggy

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 2 / 27
Date: August 24, 2006
Author: Amazon User

was a nice game but with a higher end system it was real buggy with a few lockups

tired and repackaged

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 4 / 40
Date: August 03, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is nothing more than Gal Civ I repackaged with (slightly) better graphic. It plays basically the same - you don't need the tutorials at all. If you played the first game you can play this right out of the box. It was a big disappointment. After four days of having the game, its now just click, click, *Yawn*, click, click, *Yawn*, click...

One more click

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: January 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you ever played Master of Orion 2 and was expected something better out of Master of Orion 3, then this is your game. Very bad about the "Next click" syndrome. Have to be careful with it because 20-30 minutes can easily become hours or even days.

so so game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 5 / 21
Date: June 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game is certainly updated with better AI, graphics and such. Unfortunately it moves like a snail and over time is kinda boring. I lost interest after a few hours. It doesn't hold the same entertainment value as the new RTS games. I wouldn't buy this game new

Worthy successor to MOO2

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: February 17, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game is great fun, a must-have for any fan of the turn-based strategy genre. It is everything that Master of Orion 3 should have been..

Review Page: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Next 

Actions