Galactic Civilizations II

[BlizzardGR]

In await of the major reviewers (Gamespot, IGN) check out this review:

http://www.gamerankings.com/itemrankings/launchreview.asp?reviewid=668108

 

[Liquidated]

The band of idiots (that I'm in), which formed around CIV4 SG's in november, are slowly being sucked into galciv2. I fully plan on starting a GC2 sg on these forums with them as the core of a new subforum push.




Cheers!
-Liq

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Hey guys, do you know anything about a demo being released, and when.
Kuz i don't think GC2 will work on my comp.

 

[BlizzardGR]

Well, GalCiv II is designed to run even at low-end systems. I'm not sure about the min specs but i'll check. As far as i know a demo version should be available soon.

EDIT:I found the minimum and reccomended specs:

Q: What are the Minimum specs and full specs?

Minimum specs would be a GeForce 2 level video card on a Pentium III 1000MHz with 256MB of total RAM. I'd recommend playing it on an ATI 9800 Pro (or equivalent) with 256MB of RAM and a 2 GHz processor.

 

[Liquidated]

if your system can run civ 4 it'll fly gc2.

need like a 32 meg memory graphics card and update the effing drivers. other than that will run on 98 ME 2k XP and even vista I think. So they go all the major windoze flavors covered.

Really doesn;t take much to run as you can turn off almost all the eye candy.

Cheers!
-Liq

 

[BlizzardGR]

Bottom line is that if you can't run GalCivII on your pc at all, then you definitely need a new system because you will most likely have problems even when you play chess (well not really but you know what i mean )!

Here is a link to the game FAQ which will give the newcomers some insight (if you already haven't read it):

http://www.galciv2.com/Databank/faq.aspx

 

[Heretic_Cata]

if your system can run civ 4 it'll fly gc2.

Nope civ4 doesn't work either
My pc is waaaaay below the low-end . So that is why i am looking for the demo.

 

[BlizzardGR]

Nope civ4 doesn't work either
My pc is waaaaay below the low-end . So that is why i am looking for the demo.

Even below GalCivII minimum specs?!?

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Yup - about half of the minimum req :suicide:

 

[Duelingground]

I just wish more game developers followed Stardock's example. I strongly believe that THIS is the way to combat piracy (see above quotes). Copy protection is NO protection. People will ALWAYS find ways to bypass those if they want. The solution would be to provide a reason for them not to get pirated copies. This is the way to go.

Couldn't agree more, instead of following the paths taken by most game manufacturers, Stardock is continually pushing the envelope.

And I'd like to second Liquidated's push for a sub-forum, GalCiv2 is absolutely worthy of it's own section here. For the Master of Orion fans who are still awaiting a sucessor to MoO2, wait no longer, it's here. And you can count me amongst that number, both versions of MoO(1 & 2) are still installed on my PC.

Brad has just posted a few more early reviews on the front page, check them out.

Here's a quick summary:

Next Level Gaming - 95/100
PC Gameworld - 90/100
Game Rankings - #3 on most popular list, which includes consoles.

 

[BlizzardGR]

Yup - about half of the minimum req :suicide:

Well, then even the demo wouldn't run on your system. You should probably buy a new comp first.

 

[Heretic_Cata]

Many games worked that req at least double what i have and some that had lower than what i had DIDNN'T work. So minimum requirements are not important.

 

[woodelf]

Are there any decent forums centered around this game? The main site forums don't do it for me. Are you guys serious about trying to get GalCiv2 to get a subforumon the CFC? That would be awesome since it would still be (Gal)Civfanatic!

 

[blackheart]

None of the local retailers have it . Distribution seems slow, probably because no one was expecting such a big splash.

 

[woodelf]

None of the local retailers have it . Distribution seems slow, probably because no one was expecting such a big splash.

I got lucky that Best Buy had it, a whole two copies! GameStop didn't have any and they didn't expect any. Actually no one carries a lot of computer games anymore....

 

[MaXXXXXuM]

Are there any decent forums centered around this game? The main site forums don't do it for me. Are you guys serious about trying to get GalCiv2 to get a subforumon the CFC? That would be awesome since it would still be (Gal)Civfanatic!

The www.octopusoverlords.com forums have a few great threads going for it under "PC Games by Title"

Thanks,

Chris

 

[woodelf]

The www.octopusoverlords.com forums have a few great threads going for it under "PC Games by Title"

Thanks,

Chris

Thanks for the heads-up.

 

[Sahkuhnder]

The www.octopusoverlords.com forums have a few great threads going for it under "PC Games by Title"

Thanks,

Chris

What woodelf said.

 

[woodelf]

That site has been a goldmine of info! Now I might actually stop building farms so much. And buying the initial Colony Ships until the cash runs out will be HUGE. Lots of good tips so far.

 

[BlizzardGR]

I wasn't aware of that site. I'm going to register right now!

Thanks mate!