Talk:Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
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[edit] Question
Under http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galciv2#Player_criticism it says
Other updates are set to follow after the release of a demo version.
I was just wondering where this information came from, and when they mentioned a demo version? --Mercury1 17:31, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
- If you want an official source, you should try this forum post, which has a reply by Brad Wardell (User:Draginol, aka Frogboy) who states that it should be available by the end of March. GreenReaper 18:30, 12 March 2006 (UTC)
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- This is very interesting! http://digg.com/gaming/Company_WANTS_its_game_pirated_ TonyJazzman 05:21, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
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- 1563 users digged the story as Truthful. EuERERS 22:56, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Digg is concerned with what people are interested in reading, not in what is accurate. In their own words: "To help promote stories to the homepage, simply visit the digg area and digg stories you think are cool." It may be really cool to hear a story about a company that wants its own game to be pirated, but that doesn't mean the story is true. GreenReaper 16:59, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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- GreenReaper is a StarDock employee, thus he should not edit this article.
- I believe this applies: Wikipedia:Biographies of living persons#Dealing with articles about yourself
- Sn0rlax 23:05, 15 March 2006 (UTC)
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- Just like Marty Meehan's employees have been banned from editing wikipedia, so should GreenReaper. Sn0rlax 01:19, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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- And why exactly is that? As long as GreenReaper is writing objectively and from NPOV, there is nothing barring him/her from editing any Wikipedia page. Also, could you explain why you insist on reverting to a grammatically incorrect version with numerous spelling errors? -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 02:37, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
- In addition, you can use your User:Robust Physique account to respond here. It is not blocked. -- Миборовский U|T|C|M|E|Chugoku Banzai! 02:38, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
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- The congressional staffers did not vandalize articles, they inserted POV, there is a huge difference. Sn0rlax 17:48, 22 March 2006 (UTC)
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- The question of my contribution to Stardock articles has been discussed elsewhere. While I was not intimately involved in its development (I'm on the credits, but that's mostly for the metaverse map), I do know quite a bit about the game, and I considered myself in an ideal position to improve this article. Without my input, it would probably still look a lot like this, which I think is somewhat lacking in comparison to the current version.
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- Moreover, you have offered no compelling reason for your own edits — or indeed any reason that relates to the content of the article. Why are you reverting to a version that is quantifiably worse? The digg story inaccurately represents Stardock's position (including a quote that they made up), by the author's own admission. They're someone I happen to know personally and they misunderstood something that was written by Brad. The phrase "download source" is also misleading - it seems to me to imply that Starforce was linking directly to a CD image or something, which is not the case. The reasoning behind the original employee's decision to link is also important, and it helps them come off just looking misguided rather than intentionally malicious (which I believe to be an accurate representation of the situation - I like to think that they didn't do it with the deliberate intention of "getting back" at us, it was just an angry developer who was tired of seeing negative reports of copy-protection). GreenReaper 16:56, 16 March 2006 (UTC)
[edit] "Two races will be exterminated during the campaign, mainly Alterans. They will, however still be available in 'sandbox' mode, but will not appear in the future releases of the game"
This line is a bit inaccurate. They still haven't confirmed exactly which two races will be killed off, and also it's "Altarians", not "Alterans". Thanks.
[edit] References Error
The reference link (#5 currently) to the StarForce article is no longer functional.Dp76764 16:07, 17 August 2006 (UTC)
[edit] Erronous Screenshot
The screenshot that claims to demonstrate the use of bonus tiles seems to show an entertainment network built on a tile with a food production bonus [and thus negating the bonus]. Hopefully, someone will replace the screenshot with a more accurate one. Filippo Argenti 22:30, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
- This could in theory demonstrate the bugs in the AI prior to 1.4 which caused such behaviour. :-) GreenReaper 06:32, 8 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] General Plot
This section seems to be a complete rip from a game jacket, press release or some sort of promotion. Either quote it for what it is, or I'll take it down after attempting to find a suitable replacement.--Oni Ookami AlfadorTalk|@ 17:57, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
- It does sound rather like the voiceover to the introductory video. Should it be quoted as such or just removed/replaced? GreenReaper 19:01, 16 February 2007 (UTC)
[edit] Umm..
..does anyone see any similarity to a certain other game? Not in terms of 4X, but concerning plot and terminology? I'm not saying its not a great game or even a rip-off, but shouldnt the obvious inspiration source be mentioned? --Echosmoke 13:46, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- If you're not going to specify the game, it's a little hard to know what you're talking about. Note that the OS/2 version of Galactic Civilizations was first released in 1993, and much of the plot was created in that era. It would also be necessary to find a published secondary source that stated that "obvious inspiration", otherwise it would be original research. GreenReaper 14:02, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
The game(s) im referring to have been released prior to that. And if u cant find out very easily which ones im referring to then the inspiration might not be that obvious ;) try it out --Echosmoke 14:10, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
- Seriously, dude, this isn't twenty questions. Just spit it out, find a reliable source that suggests it, and reference it. The opinions of random wiki users are immaterial - what matters is the opinion of reputable game reviewers and other industry figures. If something is obvious, they will probably have mentioned it. GreenReaper 14:23, 2 October 2007 (UTC)
You realize "Terran" (Terra Latin for Earth) is commonly used in sci-fi to refer to humans... You'll find em in: Wing Commander, Starcraft, Starship Troopers, Star Trek, the BattleTech universe, and FreeSpace, among others. Other than that, GalCiv also has some very commonly themed alien races; the techy pacifists, the evil bio-tech looking spacecraft for instance (perhaps the movie Aliens). I could draw parallels to dozens of sci-fi games that all reflect on the same collective sci-fi ideas. Could it be that maybe you've played like one other game with some of these familiar references and because you're not all that familiar with sci-fi writings you suspect they've lifted ideas from a game when really both games are drawing from the same sci-fi public domain. The plot... good vs. evil... the evil characters wielding unimaginable power... wildly advanced technology lost in the past and resurfaces... hmmmm... sounds like the plot of about every space-type game I've ever played. XLjedi 14:36, 4 October 2007 (UTC)
- I'm referring to none of that, no. The paralells are much more specific. The games you mention show that your knowledge of computer games does not reach very far back or outside the mainstream, btw ;) --Echosmoke 01:15, 17 October 2007 (UTC)
How far back should I reach? I wasn't even referring specifically to PC games (although I mention there are dozens out there) I was talking about the more general sci-fi public domain, Starship Troopers was a novel from 1960, Star Trek is from the mid 60's, battletech was a boardgame in the mid-80's, Wing Commander and Freespace PC games from the 90's. My point in mentioning those was to emphasize that there's so much to draw parallels to you'll have to cough-up something a little more specific to make your point. Actually, I shouldn't even have bothered to add to the topic, I'm not really a big GalCiv fan anyway. This will be my last commentary as this guessing game is a total waste of time...XLjedi 15:05, 30 October 2007 (UTC)
- Who know's what he/she's referring to. As you rightly point out, it's hard to find something truly unique in sci-fi, mostly everything has been done before. Star Control II for example has the common theme of bad empire, good union and precursors. Babylon 5 had to a similar degree. Stargate obviously had stargates. None of these were of course really original to these works, they'd been done before and will be done again. I presume none of these are what is being referred to since they are mainstream and not old enough but it does just prove the point, it's somewhat silly to play guessing games and I suspect you're right, echosmoke has perhaps played one game with some similarities and not realised how common these themes are. Nil Einne (talk) 07:10, 28 April 2008 (UTC)
[edit] Not officially supported you mean?
These two statements seem to contradict somewhat
- Serial numbers can be used multiple times and the company owner, Brad Wardell, has stated that they are taking an approach based on the view that people who install the game illegally were unlikely to purchase it anyway.
- Reselling copies of the game is against Stardock's license terms. Resold/used copies will not be supported, meaning that the buyer of a used copy cannot download game updates.
If the serial number can be used multiple times, then I fail to see how someone who buys a used copy can't download updates, unless the serial number has ben used so many times that it's not accepted (and of course, it's possible the cdkey was never registered with Stardock at all if someone didn't want to download updates or chose to do so via some other means). Also, presuming there is a serial number problem, wouldn't the original CD case or manual or whatever that contains the cdkey be sufficient to show you are the owner of that cdkey? The way I see it, whatever Stardock may like to say, their statements are contradictary and while they may not officially support owners of resold games, they do anyway. I believe GalCivII can also be purchased online in which case, it would indeed be difficult for an owner of a resold game to try and claim they are the rightful owner but this doesn't seem to be the case for owners of a retail copy, whatever Stardock may like to say. Nil Einne (talk) 17:35, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
- When you register a serial number with us to download updates, the key is linked to your Stardock.net account. If you don't have that account, then you cannot use the serial - it will not let you register it again. It is quite possible to install the game because the serial number is not activated on install, but then you are stuck with 1.0. GreenReaper (talk) 19:12, 15 April 2008 (UTC)
