GalCiv2 Expansion

[Strategia_In_Ultima]

frightlever said:
GalCiv2 NEEDS to be more like Space Empires.

SEV NEEDS more competition so that less people will buy it.
Also, Aaron NEEDS people copying his ideas and making more money off of it than he.

[Yimboli]

It sounds like you're treating the purchase of both games as mutually exclusive... but people can buy both games. I see it like this: joe's never heard of se4 and he buys the galciv2 expansion (which is now more like se4), and he loves the modifications... and then he sees someone on the galciv2 forums talking about se4, so he checks out se4. He likes it, finds the forums and awesome mods, and becomes another SE junky.

I suppose I'm not too concerned about galciv2 decreasing SE revenue because SE4 is such a better game all around with more repeatability (sp?)... by the time joe is tired of se4, galciv10 will have come and gone.

Perhaps what I'm trying to say (and failing to do so succinctly) is that games similar to se4 will increase our userbase. Everyone that buys galciv2's expansion might not find their way here, but *some* will. Even if galciv2's expansion makes much more money from Aaron's ideas than Aaron does, he's still better off than he was with a smaller userbase.

does that make sense to anyone else??? i've been in such a philosophical mood lately...

[Warshed]

I bought GC2 and I will buy SE5. I was disappointed with GC2 since it is extremely constrained strategically when compared to SE4. I played GC2 for about a week and then put it away to collect dust and then busted out my copy of SE4 again. Graphics is nothing compared to gameplay when it comes to 4X games. I still play Master of Orion to this day.

[Atrocities]

that is the same thing I did with GalCiv I and is why I chose not to buy GalCiv2.

[gregebowman]

I thought they had released GalCiv2, but I don't recall seeing it in teh stores. I think I'll pass. GC was a great game, but even with better graphics, I much preferred SEIV over GC. I bought MOO 2, but again, after playing it for awhile, I went back to SEIV. Maybe one day someone other than Malfador and Shrapnel will realize that consumers will only buy a game that has the features that they want, instead of whatever the computer company wants to force on us.

[Fyron]

I'm pretty sure that GalCiv2 has many of the features that its fan base wants.

[Atrocities]

And many that we want to see in SE V.

[NTJedi]

One very important feature SEV has which GalCiv2 does not... is multiplayer. 33% of the GalCiv2 community was willing to pay for multiplayer, but Stardock wasn't interested. When SE_V arrives 33% of the GalCiv_2 community will consider playing the SE_V demo and buying the game... all we have to do is let them know when it arrives.

[Caduceus]

I have downloaded the Demo and I still can't stand the movement set-up of GC2. I like to know how long things will take to get somewhere... Maybe its just me.

[Yimboli]

I whole-heartedly agree - one of the things I love about se4 and civ4. hopefully that will be added in a patch.