Galactic Civilizations II is the best selling strategy game in the United States, has received several awards, and spent a number of weeks in the U.S. Top Ten Game Charts. Endless Universe builds on the epic story, following on from Dark Avatar and Twilight of Arnor.
Thanks to Dark Avatar the different races now have multiple characteristics which adds variety and fun during the game. Now, the races range from "super-diplomatist" to "super-destroyer". Also, Dark Avatar provides the planets with environmental conditions. Thus, the player needs to decide whether he wants to invest into research and development or leave the planet to a hostile player. Furthermore, Dark Avatar presents new scenes, new challenges, asteroids which can be used as mines, new races, and a new version of the spy system.
Stardock has released Impulse's top ten weekly sales chart for the week ending on November 28.
Stardock has released their weekly top ten sellers list on Impulse for the week ending on October 17.
The ability to adjust the size of the galaxy (creating outer space expanses that would take months to complete, if so desired), the frequency of habitable planets, the evolutionary curve of the species and a host of other aspects make this a comprehensive tool for the serious sci-fi RTS gamer.
Unfortunately, it's rather lacking in terms of multiplayer, which is somewhat unforgivable these days considering the size of the game, otherwise Endless Universe could likely take on Eve Online in terms of scope. So close, but ultimately a few parsecs short of a light year.
