Imperium Galactica II Demo

[John-SJ]

I downloaded it last night and am in the process of going through the extensive tutorial. So far, this game looks pretty GOOD! See also the Gamespot preview, http://www.gamespot.com/features/impgal2_pre/index.html .

This may be a game that I risk buying as soon as released, it looks that good!

John-SJ

[Nicolas]

Did you play the first game? If so, I would think your enthusiasm would be tempered by a healthy dollop of suspicion.

[Hanibal]

You downloaded a 123MB demo????!!

Jeez! What kinda machine have you got there? A Cray?

[John-SJ]

quote: Originally posted by Hanibal on 04-08-2000 06:05 AM You downloaded a 123MB demo????!! Jeez! What kinda machine have you got there? A Cray?

It doesn't take a fast machine, but a DSL connection sure helps!

John-SJ

[The diplomat]

I downloaded the demo too. I think it is a great game but it'll run really slow if you don't have a lot of ram. The pause button makes this RTS worthwhile. The game really does rock!!

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[John-SJ]

Nicolas,

Well, I am trying one of the missions now, and I have to admit, it's *slow*! I don't mean the game itself, but the game play, there are long periods of time where nothing is happening, it seems I spend most of my time waiting for things to happen. Set the speed to high, something happens, set speed to low, react, set speed to high, repeat...

Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but this isn't exactly what I expected. Hmmmm...

John-SJ

[Bkeela]

I downloaded it. Took me ages. And I can't run the blasted thing cause I don't have a 3d accelerator card.

My computer is about a year and a half old, and already it's obsolete. I refuse to upgrade.

Bkeela.

[KaiserIsak]

I am downloading it now, but even with a download resumer as getright i doubt i can get it before a week from now or something. This is got to be worth it (=
I played Imperium I, and it was very fun for a while, but after u got upgraded to grand admiral the story ends, and so does the fun. It becomes so much the same, over and over again, and theres so many planets to conquer. I never completed it, it became to boring. I play SC and civ instead.

Kaiser

[BeeBee]

I heard the new game is MUCH better than the first one. So don't make prejudices...

[KaiserIsak]

Dam, it did´nt work on my comp )=

[Asmodean]

I went and did it...I bought the game. And I must say that this game ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!

Beautyful graphics. Awesome. Great gameplay. Very much like MOO2 but in my opinion better. Only drawback is that there is some waiting, but that is due to the real-time nature of the game. Real-time?? I hear you say. Well, that doesn't really matter. You can pause the game at any time you like, while still being able to issue orders, which will then be carried out, once you resume time.

The features include. Fully 3D rendered graphics, space- and groundbattles, diplomacy, espionage, trade, exploration. Well....what more can a hard-core strategy fan ask for??

This game, I can recommend.

Asmodean

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[Provost Harrison]

I was wondering about this game. I have been looking for a new strategy game that can utilise my GeForce/Athlon 700 system. Quake III is the best yet. So it is a good game, yes?

[Asmodean]

Yeah...in my opinion it is a great game. One of the best 4X games I've played ever. Of course, you have to like strategy to think this game is fun, but not many non-fans of strategy find their way to Apolyton anyway, so...

Provost...if you like 4X strategy games, and have a comp system that can handle it, this game is a MUST HAVE.

Beware, though. On the various IG2 forums on the net, I've seen references to problems with this game. Apparently on some systems, it runs smoothly, whereas on other systems, the game crashes all the time. Fortunately my machine is one of those that it runs smoothly on. It seems that this issue is centered around compatibility problems between Direct X 7 and the soundcard SB Live! from Creative. So if you have that sound-card, I'd be real careful buying this game, untill this issue has been settled.
Otherwise, go ahead and buy.

Asmodean

[onepaul]

By looking at the screenshots I thought it's something like Dark Reign 2, but this game has so much more to it...

[JERandall]

quote: Originally posted by Asmodean on 04-30-2000 06:54 AM Beautyful graphics. Awesome. Great gameplay. Very much like MOO2 but in my opinion better.

Asmodean, could you flesh out the comparison to MOO2 a bit more? I still play MOO2 and enjoy it a lot.

In what ways is IG2 similar to MOO2? How do they differ? Do you think you'll still be playing IG2 six years from now? Why or why not?

Thanks.

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