Trivia
In the campaign mode of the game, the mission titled "Siege" starts the player with three planets named: Sabin, Celes and Locke. The names are references to three of the main characters of Final Fantasy VI.
Contributed by
WildKard (11891) on Mar 08, 2008.
Galactic Civilizations II was named #6 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 
(3025) on Mar 25, 2007.
Galactic Civilizations II was named #3 "Game of the Year" by Games for Windows Magazine (March 2007).
Contributed by
PCGamer77 (3025) on Feb 25, 2007.
When the game was released and topped the American charts, without relying on copy protection, a StarForce administrator, working for the StarForce company providing copy protection for media, posted a torrent link to an illegal version of the game on the company's forum, with the message: Right now several thousands are downloading the pirated version from that web-site. Is it good for the sales? Unlikely. Good game [sic] surely would have the high sales rate even if it doesn't have any copy protection, but not because of that. Good protection is the tool, which increases the rate.
The offending post was soon removed, but this move raged gamers worldwide, accusing StarForce of relying on mafia-style blackmail activities to run its business.
Contributed by
Sciere (118149) on Apr 27, 2006.
