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Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition Now On Steam

Dec 02, 2011 at 2:48 PM - - 4 Comments
As we reported earlier, Stardock has started making some of its games available on Steam, starting with Sins of a Solar Empire. Theyre now selling Galactic Civilizations II: Ultimate Edition on Steam. The Ultimate Edition comes with Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords and its two expansions Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor. These three turn base strategy titles have impressive Metacritic ratings of 86, 91, and 92 respectively.
Key Features:
  • Beautiful 3D engine brings planets, stars, asteroids and ship battles to life.
  • Create custom 3D ships piece-by-piece with your Shipyard.
  • Play as any of a dozen unique civilizations or create your own.
  • Multiple paths to victory: Military conquest, cultural domination, political alliance, technological supremacy or ascension.
  • Addictive gameplay: Dynamic galaxies ranging from tiny to gigantic.
  • Superior multi-threaded artificial intelligence enables computer players to provide a challenge without having to cheat.
  • Put your scores online via the Metaverse and compete with players from around the world.
  • Fully moddable design enables players to create unique opponents, graphics and scenarios.
  • Advanced diplomacy enables players to trade, make treaties, alliances and more.

If this sort of thing tickles your fancy, you should know that you can purchase it for 25% off through December 9th.





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Related Games: Galactic Civilizations II (Ultimate Edition) (PC), Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor (PC), Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (PC), Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords (Collector's Edition) (PC), Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar (PC)

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DirkBelig
Dec 2 2011, 8:11 PM


I got GalCiv 2 and never played it because I couldn't figure out WTF to do. Because the maps are randomly generated, the tutorials were useless. (I need my hand held with these sorts of games.) Wish I could've sussed it out.


Sup71 replied to DirkBelig's post
Dec 2 2011, 10:36 PM


Use forums to suss it out or watch gameplay videos. I had issues with some of the finer points in civilization, the forums are the best place to get info on how to learn the game. I'm sure there are people who can point you in the right direction.


LeoVE replied to DirkBelig's post
Dec 3 2011, 10:01 AM


Have you tried campaign mode at all? It is quite a bit smaller and does include some handholding (via what the missions are), this might get you going in the right direction.


Generalissimoist
Dec 2 2011, 3:04 PM


I personally enjoyed the original Gal Civ 2, but I never quite fell in love with it like I with did Masters of Orion II. Of course, a lot of that was probably just nostalgia, as MOO2 came out when I had few responsibilities besides school and playing computer games for hours upon hours on end.

Gal Civ 2 supports ludicrously ginormous maps, so it offers a really epic 4X space experience if you are into turn based strategy games.



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