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In article <MPG.2fc84ecbf...@news.eternal-september.org>, 
p.w.h...@gmail.com says...
> 
> Any opinions *based*on*actual*games*played out there? 
> 
> I am not entirely sold on this; I've played GalCiv  since the OS/2 
> version first came out, and I still pull out Twilight of the Arnor from 
> time to time - it's a great 4x, I love it.
> 
> But from what I see in most reviews, GalCiv 3 is more or less same old, 
> same old, with glitzy graphics and 64bit only support (not a problem for 
> me) but  .... otherwise? Is there any real, compelling innovation that's 
> worth shelling out $60NZ ??? If so, I haven't seen it mentioned in any 
> of the reviews.
> 
> I'm stuck between "I want a new toy" and "I'll wait until Steam does a 
> half price weekend special or some such, because there really isn't any 
> rush to get this". 
> 
> -P.

I am impressed by the roaring silence in this ng - maybe it really is 
dead and it's time for me to move on.

Anyway, I have just studied the user reviews on steam for 90 minutes, 
and boy, there's way way too much "not recommended" going on, I almost 
get the impression that the majority of recent reviewers (or at least 
half of them) are NOT at all happy. And that in turn has me wondering 
about the gushing 'pro' reviewers.

All of that once again reinforces my thinking that paying lots of money 
for 'early access' in order to  become an unpaid alpha/beta tester is a 
bit of a mug's game (ok, call it a gamble). Glad I resisted. I supported 
Wasteland 2 and while  it's not a bad game, I only spent less than 1/3 
of what I'd have to pay for Galciv3 - and I find  that Wasteland doesn't 
really manage to capture my imagination. I haven't gone further in it 
than the railroad camp and I just lost interest. Too much tedium for the 
payback in story. But 15 dollars are a lot easier to write off than 50. 

Think I'll not be buying this game for a good long while. After the 
initial Fallen Enchantress debacle, and my annoyance that the revised 
version was superceded in VERY short order by Legendary Heroes which 
really wasn't much more than a fleshing out of content and should've 
been  offered at a discount for owners of the former .... well. Seems 
that we're going to see something like that happening all over here.

What's more galling in a way is that Wasteland2 will have a GotY version 
coming out and it will  be FREE to previous owners (and I'll give it a  
run, trust me). I think I paid at least twice, or maybe even 3 times 
full price for Galciv 2, and I paid  twice full price for Legendary 
Heroes (which IS a top  notch fantasy 4x, let's not be coy about that), 
but still  .... it teaches  me one thing: don't get in early on  
Stardock games [any more]. 

 Stardock's stellar reputation  with me is taking a bit of a turn for 
the worse these days. No longer a guaranteed 'must buy'. Is short term 
cashflow more important than long term customer confidence and loyalty? 
It seems to be the way of many these days. But, yeah, loyalty. poof.

-P.