Forum Overview :: Galactic Civilizations
 
Maybe by laudablepuss 01/14/2023, 6:43pm PST
GC3 is good and I personally wouldn't go back to 2. It's had a really weird history, which I've talked about in these posts. But some of my favorite games have been in the various iterations of 3. (That said, I bet I have more hours playing 2 under my belt than 3 even now.)

But in a sense GC2 IS the gold standard, in terms of where Gal Civ was and from which it seems to be running as hard as it possibly can. The beam/mass driver/missile vs shields/armor/point defense mechanic is going away soon, and we've already seen the departure of a real map that can be viewed as a cohesive galaxy. The idea of making spaceships and *seeing them fight* has been on life support and might not be a thing in later versions. They seem hell bent on making this the dumb version of Stellaris.

Maybe Brad has a vision of where he wants to take this franchise, but I kinda suspect he does not.
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New 4.5 patch for III by laudablepuss 12/24/2022, 9:34am PST NEW
    Also, a major overhaul of GC: IV is in the works by laudablepuss 12/24/2022, 10:01am PST NEW
    Re: New 4.5 patch for III by laudablepuss 12/26/2022, 10:32am PST NEW
        Re: New 4.5 patch for III by laudablepuss 12/27/2022, 10:05am PST NEW
    Re: New 4.5 patch for III by laudablepuss 01/13/2023, 4:50pm PST NEW
        Is GC2 still the GOLD STANDARD? by pinback 01/14/2023, 3:18pm PST NEW
            Maybe by laudablepuss 01/14/2023, 6:43pm PST NEW
        4.51 is out, no patch notes by laudablepuss 01/24/2023, 7:42pm PST NEW
            fff by laudablepuss 01/24/2023, 7:52pm PST NEW
            Better just turn off AI surrenders by laudablepuss 01/31/2023, 7:57am PST NEW
 
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