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Galactic Civilizations Coming Soon

Posted by Hemos on from the good-game-bonanza dept.

dragonsister writes "Like Master of Orion 3, Galactic Civilizations is a turn-based strategy game involving colonizing and dominating the galaxy - militarily, diplomatically, or economically. Unlike MOO3, GalCiv will (release date March 26th) come without copy-protection; Stardock are addressing the piracy issue by providing a bonus pack and further downloads to users providing a CD key. This 'rewarding the honest' approach is precisely what Slashdotters have asked for ." I've been playing a lot of MOO3, which I love, but this is looking great as well. Ah, the bounty of games.

GalCiv may also be purchased via a subscription to Drengin.net, which also supplies a variety of 'smaller' games which would not sell so well in the normal market.

I have no connection to anyone producing Galactic Civilizations. I'm planning to buy the game because I've been impressed by:

  • The developer's interaction with fans, at least on the newsgroup comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic
  • The level of beta-testing employed
  • The comments from the public beta-testers
  • The developer's budget of a year of additional development, including AI improvements (Stardock has a reputation for good game AI anyway!)
Others may not be so pleased to hear that the game is developed for single-player only - no multi-player - but to each their own."

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  1. business model.... by yuri82 · · Score: 1, Funny

    1) spend millions making a game
    2) sell it without any copy protection
    3) ???
    4) profit !!

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  2. Free Advertisement by TheCovenant · · Score: 1, Funny

    Can I write a game and get free advertisement on Slashdot?

    Please!

    Wait. I already participate in a game that has a great user / developer relationship. It is a MUD called Genesis and it has been around since 1994. Much better game than any you can buy and there is no worry about copy protection since it is a free game.
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  3. Re:Not everyone is honest by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    s/copy protection//g

    Whoops, another DMCA violation!

  4. Re:GalCiv has multithreaded AI by greenreaper · · Score: 2, Funny

    If you can beat it at Intelligent, you have essentially beaten the AI. Anything higher and it starts getting more money from it's colonies (evil genius civs long ago realised that slavery pays great dividends ;-).

  5. I thought it was something big.... by mbone · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sheesh - I see a headline like
    "Galactic Civilizations Coming Soon"
    and I thought ./ had a scoop from the SETI Institute.

    Alas, it was just a game...

  6. Re:GalCiv has multithreaded AI by Mac+Degger · · Score: 2, Funny

    Heh...I knew it: in the future, AI in games won't be made as such, it will be grown! Releases won't be held up by the renderer, or the artwork being late, but because the dev team wanted the AI 'to grow a little more: it just wasn't right, so we decided it needed an extra month to learn'.

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  7. Galactic Civilizations? by Sgs-Cruz · · Score: 4, Funny

    Sweet......are these galactic civilizations the anarchic oppressive Star Wars-type, or the unrealistic techno-communistic Star Trek type? And do we, as a species, stand to survive in these civilizations? I, for one, welcome our new insect overlords :)

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  8. In the tradition of MOO3.... by Luxviaest · · Score: 1, Funny

    So we can expect this game to go gold in 2013?

    My brother got his arm stuck in the microwave, and, uh, my grandma she dropped acid and hijacked a school bus full of penguins, so it's kind-a a family emergency. So come back later? Great.
    - John Cusack, "Better Off Dead"

  9. Re:A warning about MOO3 by great+throwdini · · Score: 2, Funny
    MOO3 is what we in open source would call a "Release Candidate". I am amazed that Infogrames actually let this one out of the door at this stage.

    The reverse cover of the first Civ III manual reads: "Master of Orion III - You've conquered the Earth, now master the galaxy. First contact begins Q1 2002 for the PC and Macintosh platforms."

    Yhe release found its own way out after the hinges on the door had rusted away.