Galactic Civilizations
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The galaxy had been linked together by stargates, allowing minimal travel between two very specific points in the galaxy. However in the late 21st century, the Humans of Earth enter the interstellar community by inventing the hyperspace drive. With the hyperspace drive allowing travel to previously uncolonized planets, a race is on to establish the largest empire and exploit choice minerals.
Galactic Civilizations is a 4X space strategy game where the player controls the human empire on a randomly generated map. The player must first name his civilization and choose a political party. Five other alien civilizations are your opponents: the Altarian Republic, the Yor Collective, the Drengin Empire, the Torian Confederation, and the Arcean Empire as well as a few minor extraterrestrial races.
Starting from a single planet, Earth must send colony ships to choice planets in order to expand it's control as well as explore and make contact with the other alien races. From there, the player must research new technologies, manage the economy, create military, send trade ships to other races, negotiate diplomatically, all while keeping an eye on the political approval rating. As the form of government becomes more democratic, the morale of the planets matters most in who they will elect for the next four years. Keeping control of the senate confers bonuses to the player. Only through successful management can the humans take their place among the galactic civilizations.
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- ΠΠ°Π»Π°ΠΊΡΠΈΡΠ΅ΡΠΊΠΈΠ΅ Π¦ΠΈΠ²ΠΈΠ»ΠΈΠ·Π°ΡΠΈΠΈ - Russian spelling
- ιΆζ²³ζζ - Simplified Chinese spelling
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Average score: 76% (based on 27 ratings)
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Average score: 3.6 out of 5 (based on 22 ratings with 1 reviews)
If you're looking for the best MOO clone out there - this is it...
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If you like MOO2, don't look at MOO3 for a worthy sequel. Instead, seek out Galactic Civilizations. True, it may seem a bit dated compared to modern games out at the moment, but the gameplay is top notch and the game really immerses you, making you really feel like you're the President of Humanity. OK Graphics, good music and good gameplay with some novel approaches to tweaking the Space TBS genre. I give it 7/10.
Windows · by Rambutaan (2990) · 2005
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This is a remake of Stardock's original game effort, a space-based 4X game of the same name for OS/2, developed in 1993.
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- Computer Games Magazine
- March 2004 - #9 Game of the Year
- GameSpy
- 2003 β PC Turn-Based Strategy Game of the Year
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Game added by Cabeza2000.
Additional contributors: PCGamer77, Afterburner, Unicorn Lynx, Corn Popper, Stratege, Patrick Bregger.
Game added July 2, 2003. Last modified July 23, 2024.