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[lordcooper]

I saw this thing on Steam. I want it so badly, but I have no spending money D:

Nevertheless, watching.

This is me. Y u have so many awesome games, 2012?

Liar

[Solifuge]

Oh my god this looks amazing. I wish I had the money to throw at this right now... I would Let's Play the crap out of this.

It reminds me a bit of Race For the Galaxy, which is definitely a good thing. Been looking for a more tactically-paced sci-fi strategy game for a while, and this might just be it.

[Capntastic]

It is a very good game.  I await multiplayer to educate people on the virtues of Horatio.

[Oliolli]

You even chose Horatio to be your avatar, eh?

[Capntastic]

My previous avatar:    Pul Wat Aa, a 5th dimensional being who wants to unify and simplify the entire universe under their perfect godhood.

My current avatar:    Horatio, an ultra-rich and fashionable eccentric who wants to unify and beautify the universe under their perfect image.

It's just fate, really!!

[Oliolli]

Personally I prefer the Sophons. That +40% research bonus is just lovely, as well as the fact that they start with more tech than any other faction.

[Capntastic]

Being able to clone heroes is amazing.

[Aklyon]

Yes, the Sophons are nice. But I do have one thing to point out:
Newbie difficulty + only one on this half of the galaxy = broken. I know its the easiest difficulty (thats why I tried it first, like I do with civ), but good lord, that was far too easy. I was interrupted by the expansion victory of all things while I was figuring out how to cross to other constellations.

[RulerOfNothing]

Yeah, the whole "you get half of the galaxy mostly to yourself until you get warp drive" makes the game rather easy.

[Sirus]

So I managed to score $30 and I'm looking at this game. So far, I haven't heard anything I really hate.

HOWEVER, I'd like to know how demanding this game is, resource-wise. Do you need a powerful processor and a top-of-the-line graphics card? Can you get by with low-end specs?

[Aklyon]

I haven't tried moving past the 'Fast' setting (second lowest), but its working perfectly fine on my i3, 4gb ram, intel hd graphics laptop. Occasional lagspike in the battle scenery if I have too many ships in one place (like 22 corvettes)

[Sirus]

I haven't tried moving past the 'Fast' setting (second lowest), but its working perfectly fine on my i3, 4gb ram, intel hd graphics laptop. Occasional lagspike in the battle scenery if I have too many ships in one place (like 22 corvettes)

:O

Those are practically my specs. Awesome!
One last question: What version did everyone buy? I'm thinking about Emperor (extra heroes and skins and so forth), but is the stuff included worth an extra 4bux?

[Aklyon]

I'll poke back in here later once I've tried a huge map to see if it works less, but a small-medium map worked fine. Whichever one the default was.

Also, theres a bit of a bug in the resolution changer. Fix isn't too hard to find.

[darkrider2]

I saw this on steam and was amazed. I want it so bad.

It looks like Galactic Civilizations II except way better.

[Neonivek]

I saw this on steam and was amazed. I want it so bad.

It looks like Galactic Civilizations II except way better.

Ok I don't get it...

Was Galactic Civilisations 2 good or bad?

Because I didn't like it but everyone around me liked it. (Also I am starting to despise the "One rail" Research tree method so much. ESPECIALLY in sci-fi settings)