Forum Overview :: Galactic Civilizations

But when combat comes around it's just stats and dice? by Mischief Maker 05/25/2015, 8:09am PDT Like in Sword of the Stars, your shots are rendered in the engine as moving projectiles, your ships are 3D objects, and a "hit" is determined by whether the two connect and at what angle. This brings all sorts of tactical considerations, like how Tarkas make these snake-shaped ships with a very small forward profile so they're best deployed facing straight at their targets, while human ships have gigantic engine rings and they're better off attacking with sideways broadsides. When you start adding improved armor, solid shots that hit at an oblique angle can simply bounce off without causing damage AND might impact another ship. What's great fun is putting burster cannons on a large ship and splattering a wing of enemy destroyers watching every deadly piece of shrapnel rendered in 3D. Why the hell are simulations like SOTS the exception, but boardgame-like computer games remain the norm? In Gal Civ 2, no matter how messy the ship models turned out, all that determined combat success were Risk-like dice rolls as I sat watching my ships vaguely wobble around with laser effects shooting out willy nilly.

GC3 is a really, really good version of GC2. by pinback 05/24/2015, 3:22pm PDT     Is there still a purely aesthetic ship-builder? NT by WITTGENSTEIN 05/24/2015, 8:42pm PDT         Re: Is there still a purely aesthetic ship-builder? by pinback 05/25/2015, 5:09am PDT             But when combat comes around it's just stats and dice? by Mischief Maker 05/25/2015, 8:09am PDT                 Yep. Like I said, it ain't gonna convert anyone. NT by pinback 05/25/2015, 12:03pm PDT     That's good by laudablepuss 05/26/2015, 9:59am PDT         Well... what do you consider a "ship-builder" if not what's already in the game? NT by pinback 05/26/2015, 12:04pm PDT             Sorry, my mistake by laudablepuss 05/26/2015, 3:42pm PDT     I'm frying up breakfast on my video card, anyone want some? by laudablepuss 06/07/2015, 10:21am PDT     Let's talk brass tacks, Pinback by laudablepuss 06/10/2015, 1:49pm PDT         There are spacecraft carriers!! by laudablepuss 06/11/2015, 3:07pm PDT