Galactic Civilizations (Windows)

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Description

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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Alternate Titles

• "银河文明" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "Галактические Цивилизации" -- Russian spelling
• "GalCiv" -- Common title

Part of the Following Groups

• Enhanced remakes
• Galactic Civilizations series

User Reviews

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Critic Reviews

Gameplanet	May 12, 2003		90
GameSpot	Mar 26, 2003	8.4 out of 10	84
Gameplay (Benelux)	Sep 29, 2003	82 out of 100	82
Computer Active	Oct 30, 2003		80
Games Finder	May 24, 2014	8 out of 10	80
PC Games (Germany)	Oct 03, 2003	75 out of 100	75
Adrenaline Vault, The (AVault)	Apr 04, 2003		70
Jeuxvideo.com	Dec 03, 2003	14 out of 20	70
Joystick (French)	Dec, 2003	7 out of 10	70
GamesFire	Feb 28, 2005	66 out of 100	66

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Trivia

Development

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.

Awards

• Computer Games Magazine
  • March 2004 - #9 Game of the Year
• GameSpy
  • 2003 – PC Turn-Based Strategy Game of the Year

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Related Web Sites

• Galactic Civilizations - The definitive space based strategy game (Official website)