It looks Average to me, I won't be buying it, But what I would like to see is more epic space battles that the old Moo2 game had, I liked customizing my ships, and using the weapons in 2d space combat, turn based - I hate how its all gone pause play, action now. I like Galactic Civilization, I just wish the combat in some of these new games brought back the fun of the old school turn-based combat systems, like moo2, mom, or x-com, I loved spending the time playing those battles.

Looks interesting, never heard of it until now.  A shame the only games that get attention these days are ones with huge production values.

I loved MOO2 and tried to like GalCiv2, but I just couldn't get into it for some reaon.  Will have to keep an eye on this.

Cheers, Anguille.  Good to see you popping your head in here again.   

I too would really like to see a diplomatic victory option.  Having to conquer the bloody map does get old sometimes. 

People like you make me feel bad for not had played those games (I'm actually "new" to TBS games). Each time I read one of those comments I feel like I missed something really important and interesting. :/

Sorry, I had to say it.

You can even tell who broke it by where the table breaks down.

I thought that sounded familiar... I'm guessing its basically the sequel to Armada 2525 (haven't played that in a long time!) since he has it listed under main titles he worked on.

Diplomancy is dead... 

True, advertising sells more than  quality.

Anyway, in terms of turn based 4x strategy it's far more fun than GalCiv2 ... but that's just my opinion - I could never warm myself for that game.

As Brad himself has pointed out, competition is a good thing

Personally, I'm wishing the game good luck!

The combat is in real-time, the empire management is turn-based.  Think Total War, but set in space (which is not surprising, given Bob Smith worked on the first four TW games). 

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