Oh Sweet Mercy
Published August 22nd, 2007I hate my existence. Why can’t I somehow be paid to be a scholar of Galactic Civilizations II? Why can’t every spare moment I have be spent playing that wondrous game? Why, oh WHY ARE THEY COMING OUT WITH ANOTHER EXPANSION!? Dear lord. The greatest 4X game is getting better and another factor more complicated. I can’t keep up. I can’t play enough! I don’t have the time! Jeez.
Anyway, GalCiv2: Twilight of the Arnor will drop in November. I don’t even understand how to properly play Dark Avatar still. My computer can’t handle a Gigantic galaxy, and now they’re implementing another size up (”Immense”). Do I need a Cray for that? Will I need to learn how to grid my computers to run it? Will my laptop melt down like thermite through an engine block if I attempt it?
Madness. I can’t enjoy this game, it’s the flight simulator of 4X games now. Jebus. You could write a dissertation on it. You could make it your life’s work - and still not understand it.
I’ll be buying the expansion. I need to start planning now on how the hell I’ll have time to play.
Let me know how the expansion is. I did pay for the game. I am still figuring it all out, too. I hate spying on other people’s planets and seeing research structures that are more advanced than mine, and as fun as it is to get free ships and research from the yellow tech tree benefits, it seems like it’s designed to just keep up.