Galatic Civilzations II and other 4X.

(eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate)

I've been playing thos one unpatched, will DL the bpoatch sometime in the next hours, and find it's not so much fun as the standard for the genre, ascendancy, but is a good game if your waiting for another game to play.

The graphics are good, and I should add the ship creator in the 'Starport' menu is a nice example of open ended design like Spore will have. (Although on a different theory: Playdoh vs lego)

The tech tree is too defined and there isnt' enough items to catch my intrest, although a expansion that's on a seperate disc of downloadable would be nice. (the planatary upgrades are just:: A: a on planet' image and ghost image. B: Image for the buildlist and descriptive image. C: In game modifiers if you have the improvement).

Otherwise it's pretty normal, with less that a minimul system it plays sluggishly, although has some nice features.

Looking for others who have played it. As thsi is a FFforum , yes It's cut ino mye playing FF more. (Still need to start III.)

Two: What other 4X have you played? (Ascendancy is about it for me. And Reach for the Stars (1984).