GalCiv 2 First Impressions

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Aron Schatz

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GalCiv 2 First Impressions

Tue Feb 28, 2006 2:01:07 PM #15092 Perm Link

http://www.galciv2.com

The game has a high learning curve. It is sort of like MOO2, but not really. You can't build everything on a planet (which is annoying to me) and planets have a class that determines how much can be built on them.

The combat isn't tactical... which sucks. The ship building interface is crazy, you can customize everything about ships... which is too much for me to bother with.

I want to highlight the fact that this game includes no DRM/copy protection whatsoever. I'll be keeping this game even if I end up not liking it. Support games with no DRM.

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Tue Mar 21, 2006 1:54:34 AM #16563 Perm Link

Starforce posted links to torrents of this game in their forum. In spite of everything, they're number one in sales at EB, gamestop has a hard time keeping it in stock as well. ^_^

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 6:11:50 AM #16578 Perm Link

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Stardock, you mean. Starforce is the stupid DRM company that plagues your computer with crap.

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 12:13:24 PM #16587 Perm Link

Yeah, stardock is the publisher, starforce published links to .torrent files of the game in their forum. There was a story on gamespot about it. Just another example of starforce's evil.

EDIT: here's the link: http://www.gamespot.com/pages/news/story.php?sid=6145864&page=0

here's the reaction straight from Stardock: http://forums.galciv2.com/index.aspx?forumid=161&aid=106741&c=1

Edited at Wed Mar 22, 2006 9:59:46 PM

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Wed Mar 22, 2006 2:03:31 PM #16588 Perm Link

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From that link...

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What other publishers do to protect their intellectual property is up to them. I simply don't [think] CD-based protection is particularly effective. Any copy protection system, in my opinion, should be focused on trying to increase sales--not stop piracy. The two aren't the same. Most people who pirate a software product would never have purchased it. It's pointless to waste time on those people. The people to focus on are the ones who might have bought your product or service but chose not to because it was easier to pirate it.

This guy hit the nail right on the head.

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Tue Mar 28, 2006 9:32:32 AM #16686 Perm Link

That was my favorite part of it as well. It made me want to buy the game even though I'd never be able to play it and I had no intention of doing so before. I agree with him totally about that, DRM breaking copy protection doesn't increase sales, it punishes people for buying your software.

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