RedEye9 wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 09:14:

Erf345_ wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 04:26:
Please. Please sign-up, please...

Already did, thanks! And people continue to do so.
For my troubles i have received 100+ games for free with absolutely no downside.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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@jd, should have been also not always and i wasn't referring to you.

Ah.

Erf345_ wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 04:26:
Please. Please sign-up, please...

Already did, thanks! And people continue to do so.
For my troubles i have received 100+ games for free with absolutely no downside.¯\_(ツ)_/¯
,,.,.,.,.,.,.,
@jd, should have been also not always and i wasn't referring to you.

jdreyer wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 05:50:

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 01:05:

jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:21:
I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?

It's old with 7 year old play mechanics. It's not that fundamentally different from GC2 though the ship designing is goddamned atrocious in it with very clunky controls. You can design cool ships but you'll be spending some time doing it. Something you'll need to do to maximize your ship class because the default designs are merely "ok".

IIRC, ship design in GC 2 was also clunky and time consuming.

In my opinion the game is just boring AF. I tried to get into it like 3 different times because people kept saying it was great. But it literally had nothing interesting for me. Plonking down buildings on planets to get adjacency bonuses, the exploration just giving you nothing interesting. There was literally no reason to play this game versus Endless Space 2. And that was astounding to me...that they had a DLC to put heroes in the game...wtf? And the combat is equally uninteresting and flat. Why the hell was I playing this? That's what I thought all the way through.

Burrito of Peace wrote on Jan 14, 2022, 01:05:

jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:21:
I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?

It's old with 7 year old play mechanics. It's not that fundamentally different from GC2 though the ship designing is goddamned atrocious in it with very clunky controls. You can design cool ships but you'll be spending some time doing it. Something you'll need to do to maximize your ship class because the default designs are merely "ok".

IIRC, ship design in GC 2 was also clunky and time consuming.

RedEye9 wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:31:

jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:21:
I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?

Someone dared make a comment about how they liked the game the last time Epic gave it away, there was always a failed Nostradamus prediction amongst the fray.

I'm not sure what you are driving at. That old conversation was about the viability of the EGS business model, which I was not opposed to, but wondered simply about its effectiveness long term. Given that they're still giving away free games, the jury is still out. My question here, even though I already had the game in my library from the last time, is this: "is this game different enough to justify learning and playing given that I have a lot of hours in GC2 already?" There was none of that kind of discussion last time.

Please. Please sign-up, please...

jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:21:
I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?

It's old with 7 year old play mechanics. It's not that fundamentally different from GC2 though the ship designing is goddamned atrocious in it with very clunky controls. You can design cool ships but you'll be spending some time doing it. Something you'll need to do to maximize your ship class because the default designs are merely "ok".

I haven't played this yet. I have been meaning to look at Stellaris, but free is a good price to check this out first. Weird that I had it from the first giveaway and completely forgot.

jdreyer wrote on Jan 13, 2022, 19:21:
I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?

Someone dared make a comment about how they liked the game the last time Epic gave it away, there was always a failed Nostradamus prediction amongst the fray.

I enjoyed Gal Civ 2. How different is this?