Any final thoughts on GC2 vs GC3?

Published on July 22, 2019 By MyViewsAndMuse In Galactic Civilizations III

I am a big fan of Stardock and their games. Loved and played the crap out of GC2 as well as original version. Signed up as a founder for GC3 and certainly have loved it as well.

Of course when GC3 game out it was seen as a subset of GC2 as far as game features/mechanics. I do not disagree with that but I knew the rest would come.

Anyway, now that we have what many have said will be the last DLC for GC3 I am curious what others thoughts are when comparing GC3 to the final version of GC2? Any features you feel missing, better, etc?

As for me, the jury is still out on the artifacts and hypergates. I have only recently started a game with the new version.

Anyway, I am very curious to hear what others thing overall.

thanks

Comments

DMF

on Jul 22, 2019

I've been playing GC since the very first release. I've done extensive mods on GC2. But I haven't played GC at all in more than two years so have fallen behind and am now just understanding the latest 3.+ GC3. (I've played a lot of classic GC3 (2.33).)

GC2 had - and still has - some serious problems, which many of our mods were intended to address. GC3 is clearly the more developed game. But GC2 allowed a clarity of strategy and tactics that I find difficult achieve in GC3; there's just so much to manage in GC3. With Crusade, Mercenaries, and Intrigue, SD may have complicated GC3 into the ground.

I'll go back and play some more GC2 real soon™ to get a better POV.

ForgottenSlayer

on Jul 23, 2019

I started with the base game several years ago and the game now is so much more involved. Maybe because I have only been playing 4X games for a few years but I feel for a person jumping in it might be a lot unless they are a 4X player. Not that this is a bad thing I love this game but there are some serious flaws. I truly hope they aren’t finished here. I don’t think it needs another expansion or more DLC but I hope they give this a few more final coats of paint and don’t leave it up to the modders to throw on the last coat of polish that will allow this game to shine like the gem it is.

I’m excited for what GC4 will be.

admiralWillyWilber

on Jul 23, 2019

They didn't say last dlc. They said the last expansion.

The interface is way ahead of 2. I tried it's hard going back to two. The features are light years ahead of two. More factions. A bigger map.

As far as balancing that depends on the reviews if we stay above 70 percent then we are not done ever.

AdamMG

on Jul 23, 2019

admiralWillyWilber

reply 3

The interface is way ahead of 2. I tried it's hard going back to two. The features are light years ahead of two. More factions. A bigger map.

I agree with this.

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