Demo: Come on, come on...

Its been told before already it was finished last friday and should be relesed this week

I don't stick to this always, but quite often I wish I did (such as with MOO3, for example).

The reviews keep appearing, but I've bought games based on reviews before and been disappointed (Black And White, anyone? JK3? Unreal 2?)

People keep saying it's a great game, and I'm sure it is. But I've bought games based on recommendations before, and again, been disappointed.

JK2 is what I meant, not JK3.

If you are a 4X fan, then GalCiv is a freaking no-brainer. How can you come to this forum, read the posts, and not be convinced?

Go buy the game. Downloading the demo is just delaying the inevitable.

I need a demo too

Since the MoO3 debacle I don't believe anyone except myself, so please hurry

Don't worry, it's coming.

I'm so glad I didn't get MOO3 with all of the bad press it gets here. Salivating over a space civ sim, I was torn between GalCiv and MOO3. I was a big MOO2 fan... and was leaning towards MOO3. After reading usenet, and seeing Brad's posts, I went with GalCiv.

I'm very very happy with it. Thanks Frogboy and folks at SD for such great support, and such a great game!!!!

Like I said, I'm sure GalCiv is a great game. But thongor raises an interesting point. "if you are a 4x fan..."

Thing is, am I? I don't think so. I just occasionally find a good one (Shogun, basically, though I'm trying to get to grips with EU2. Very complicated though.) and like it.

CariElf: Good to know it's on its way. Anychance of an ETA?

Thanks

Oh, just read again - sometime this week. Cool.

We've finished here. We handed it over to Strategy First.

Save yourself the inevitable head bashing you will give yourself after you realize you delayed your enjoyment of a great game by waiting for the demo.

This is not Moo3. Just look at the support. Two full patches already out on a game that was infinitely more playable out of the box than Moo. You have Frogboy and the like constantly on teh forums helping out. And it's only 35 instead of 50 too. Buy the thing already.

Thankyou Stardock.

I am (essentially) in agreement with Rangerfish. My bad experience was Imperium Galactica. Bought for £30, sold for £10 only a few weeks later.

Being a 4X fan does not mean that I go out and buy every single 4X game released. I, too, own and enjoy MOO2, but have not bought it, due to the _lack of a demo_ and the fact that it has been universally despised by the gaming community.

I have three key reasons why I don't buy new computer frequently. Firstly, my system was, until recently, so old it only just ran Tropico.

Secondly, as a student, my budget does not stretch to shelling out large amounts of cash for useless software.

Thirdly, the principle of rewarding a company for shoddy goods is not one to which I adhere. I have little doubt that GalCiv is great, but want to try before I buy, and also check that there are no problems running it.

Pontius made an interesting point about headbashing because I missed time playing. As far as I can tell, the game has not yet been released in the UK, so I'm not missing out. Even if I were, I'm not concerned that I miss a short amount of playing time (which I wouldn't have anyway, because my system is at home, not uni) but I am concerned that I spend my money wisely.

Hopefully, come summer, I may be looking at buying GalCiv. Once again, thankyou Stardock!

Some of us are more concerned with technical issues rather than enjoying the game. I will not invest in this game unless I know for sure that it will run on my computer (my computer is QUITE archaic).

Ahhh Echo I see. I have a p3 6oo coppermine (the latter series with the on die cache), 128 mg ram 64 mg (non shared) video card but can understand the will it work issue. For the record, my system is minimal on the box specs (below the recommended actually) and I was a bit worried, but figured I could go do work while the turns changed. Much to my pleasant surprise, the game has run absolutely smoothly with no bog downs even in later games on gigantic galaxies. So from personal experience, Unlike some games where it doesn't really work on the minimal system, ie civ3 and 30-45 minute turns (and don't even make the attempt on anything less) this game really does work and well on the minimum system as stated on their box. But be warned, sometimes demos work and the corresponding game does not. I ran into that very thing with an older system years back. The Demo worked fine, the game was just too much for the old clunker.

Wooster I hear you. I'm usually a wait till it reaches 10 $ game buyer. I'll wait out a game 3 years for the most part if necessary. I paid 30 some odd for this one out of the chute and am well satisfied. And the support really is good. And retail product in Britain just plain costs more. A 50$ game shouldn't cost 80 pounds across the pond. Yet I've seen that happen frequently.

It's a bit academic since the demo is finished but just not released yet, but I think there's a lot of people like myself who *aren't* 4x fans or even TB strategy fans who are looking for something different and perhaps more challenging than the usual fair.

I usually play RPGs mixed with some of this and that but I've played very little TB strategy, apart from a bit of Civ3 (but not really enough to justify the purchase - I thought it cheated so I stopped playing).

So when people say "just buy it", that might make sense for a genre fan, but there's a lot of us for whom it's a bit more complex.

I surprised you've seen games cost £80. £30 used to be standard, but since I went out of contact a little with the market, it's gone up to about £45. I guess capitalism doesn't work, eh?