Galactic Civilizations II (Ultimate Edition)

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Originally released on 2006-2-21, Galactic Civilizations II (GalCiv II) is a 4X Grand strategy game set in the 23rd century, when multiple alien civilizations scramble to conquer the galaxy, planet by planet, by force, diplomacy, influence (culture), or technology. GalCiv II focuses on the single player experience that consists of a Campaign mode and a "Sandbox" mode, and omits multi-player. The game is notable for its artificial intelligence, which is challenging without being given resources and abilities not available to the player, as is common in the majority of strategy games. Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar is the first expansion pack to the turn-based strategy game Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. It added new features such as: Two new civilizations: a genocidal Drengin offshoot called the Korath and a civilization called the Krynn, A new campaign in which the player leads the Drengin Empire, The ability to create custom opponents, An "environment" statistic to planets, which will determine which civilization can innately colonize or what technologies will be necessary for other civilizations to colonize different planets, An enhanced role for espionage, special "Agents" being hired that can conduct various missions, such as sabotage or destabilization, on rival worlds, or act as counter-agents against rival agents attempting to conduct missions on the player's worlds, Asteroid fields to the space map, for players to mine for resources. Resources from asteroid fields are directed to planets where they increase manufacturing capacity, A great deal of new ship hulls and jewellery and The extermination of two civilizations during the campaign - the two exterminated civilizations will still be available in "sandbox" mode, but will not appear in the future releases of the game. Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor is the second expansion pack to the turn-based strategy video game Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. It added new features such as: The ability to destroy solar systems with massive ships called "Terror Stars", Unique technology trees, planetary improvements, and weapons for each civilization, A map pointer and custom scenario editor, New graphics that reduce graphic memory requirements by over 90% and a new map size that allows for games that may take millennia to complete The officially supported Community Update, included in all recent releases of Ultimate Edition, fixes severe bugs in the AI that were present in Twilight of the Arnor.

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Strategy Turn-based Strategy

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Science fiction 4X (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)

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Dec 1st, 2011

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Get the complete Galactic Civilizations II saga including the acclaimed PC strategy game of the year Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords, the award winning expansion pack Dark Avatar, and the newest expansion pack Twilight of the Arnor!

Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords: Galactic Civilizations II is the sequel to 2003's hit turn-based strategy game of the same name. The player takes on the role of the leader of a space-faring civilization and must guide its expansion in a hostile galaxy. Gamers must balance their economic, technological, diplomatic, cultural, and military power to forge alliances, fight wars, and ultimately dominate the galaxy. The game is single-player and allows the player to play randomly generated galactic maps or play through a multi-mission campaign that tells the story of an ancient enemy called the Dread Lords.

Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar: The expansion pack for Stardock's award-winning hit strategy game, Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords. This expansion pack not only adds the usual content that expansion packs tend to do such as new opponents, new units and a new campaign. It also greatly expands the game play of Galactic Civilizations II. New features include asteroid belts on the map that can be mined for resources, unique planets that require special technologies to colonize, spies to conduct sabotage and destabilization (or used to protect your worlds from the same), new types of diplomatic treaties, an enhanced artificial intelligence engine, and much more!

Galactic Civilizations II: Twilight of the Arnor: The year is 2227 and the fire of war is consuming the galaxy thanks to the manipulations of the evil Dread Lords. But the remaining factions, led by the humans, have a plan to rid the galaxy of the Dread Lords once and for all.

Expand the Galactic Civilizations II universe with Terror Stars, unique technology trees per civilization, Map editors, Custom Scenario makers, campaign editors, new types of ships, new planetary improvements, and much more!

Key features:

Beautiful 3D engine brings planets, stars, asteroids and ship battles to life.
Create custom 3D ships piece-by-piece with your Shipyard.
Play as any of a dozen unique civilizations or create your own.
Multiple paths to victory: Military conquest, cultural domination, political alliance, technological supremacy or ascension.
Addictive gameplay: Dynamic galaxies ranging from tiny to gigantic.
Superior multi-threaded artificial intelligence enables computer players to provide a challenge without having to cheat.
Put your scores online via the Metaverse and compete with players from around the world.
Fully moddable design enables players to create unique opponents, graphics and scenarios.
Advanced diplomacy enables players to trade, make treaties, alliances and more.

System Requirements

Minimum

Operating system: Windows® XP SP3 / Vista™ SP2 / Windows® 7 / 8.1 / 10
Processor: Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz (or AMD equivalent)
Memory: 512 MB (1 GB for Windows 7 / Vista)
Hard disk space: 2 GB
Video: 64 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card
Sound: DirectX® 9.0c Compatible Sound Card
DirectX®: DirectX® 9.0c
Other Requirements: Broadband Internet connection, also to activate this game you must create a Stardock account while launching the game on Steam.