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John-SJ
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Silicon Valley, USA
Aug 1999
time: 21:13
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I downloaded it last night and am in the process of going through the extensive tutorial. So far, this game looks pretty GOOD! See also the Gamespot preview, http://www.gamespot.com/features/impgal2_pre/index.html .
This may be a game that I risk buying as soon as released, it looks that good!
John-SJ
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Nicolas
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Did you play the first game? If so, I would think your enthusiasm would be tempered by a healthy dollop of suspicion.
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Hanibal
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Akron, Oh USA
Mar 2000
time: 05:13
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You downloaded a 123MB demo????!!
Jeez! What kinda machine have you got there? A Cray?
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John-SJ
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Silicon Valley, USA
Aug 1999
time: 21:13
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Nicolas,
Well, I am trying one of the missions now, and I have to admit, it's *slow*! I don't mean the game itself, but the game play, there are long periods of time where nothing is happening, it seems I spend most of my time waiting for things to happen. Set the speed to high, something happens, set speed to low, react, set speed to high, repeat...
Maybe I'm doing something wrong, but this isn't exactly what I expected. Hmmmm...
John-SJ
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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
time: 05:13
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I am downloading it now, but even with a download resumer as getright i doubt i can get it before a week from now or something. This is got to be worth it (=
I played Imperium I, and it was very fun for a while, but after u got upgraded to grand admiral the story ends, and so does the fun. It becomes so much the same, over and over again, and theres so many planets to conquer. I never completed it, it became to boring. I play SC and civ instead.
Kaiser
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BeeBee
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Belgium
Apr 2000
time: 05:13
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I heard the new game is MUCH better than the first one. So don't make prejudices...
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KaiserIsak
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of Isakistan Empire
Oct 2000
time: 05:13
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Dam, it didŽnt work on my comp )=
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Asmodean
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Aarhus, Denmark
Aug 1999
time: 06:13
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I went and did it...I bought the game. And I must say that this game ROCKS!!!!!!!!!!
Beautyful graphics. Awesome. Great gameplay. Very much like MOO2 but in my opinion better. Only drawback is that there is some waiting, but that is due to the real-time nature of the game. Real-time?? I hear you say. Well, that doesn't really matter. You can pause the game at any time you like, while still being able to issue orders, which will then be carried out, once you resume time.
The features include. Fully 3D rendered graphics, space- and groundbattles, diplomacy, espionage, trade, exploration. Well....what more can a hard-core strategy fan ask for??
This game, I can recommend.
Asmodean
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I used up all my sick days, so I'm calling in dead
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Asmodean
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Aarhus, Denmark
Aug 1999
time: 06:13
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Yeah...in my opinion it is a great game. One of the best 4X games I've played ever. Of course, you have to like strategy to think this game is fun, but not many non-fans of strategy find their way to Apolyton anyway, so...
Provost...if you like 4X strategy games, and have a comp system that can handle it, this game is a MUST HAVE.
Beware, though. On the various IG2 forums on the net, I've seen references to problems with this game. Apparently on some systems, it runs smoothly, whereas on other systems, the game crashes all the time. Fortunately my machine is one of those that it runs smoothly on. It seems that this issue is centered around compatibility problems between Direct X 7 and the soundcard SB Live! from Creative. So if you have that sound-card, I'd be real careful buying this game, untill this issue has been settled.
Otherwise, go ahead and buy. 
Asmodean
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By looking at the screenshots I thought it's something like Dark Reign 2, but this game has so much more to it...
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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I just finished the tutorial for the demo. It looks good so far. The game that I compare it to is Deadlock for those of you who know what that is. Of course, it's real time. I think that it's an improved real time though. I hope you don't have to struggle between building and fighting at the same time. Does anyone know?
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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This is the remaining question for me: does multiplayer work? Has anybody tried it out?
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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Garth,
No, I haven't gotten that far yet.
I have a few questions too. One, who will try this out on multiplayer with me. I don't really know what I'm doing too much, but I want to try it out.
Two, is there another forum or anything else where people can meet and play or chat.
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John-SJ
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Silicon Valley, USA
Aug 1999
time: 21:13
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A.S.
The developers site, www.gtgames.com has front page links both to the IG2 site and to the forum.
John-SJ
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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Thank you John
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Adam_Smith
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The Raisin Capital of the World
Dec 1999
time: 05:13
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I was very excited about this game. I had to try it so I went and bought it after playing the demo after a very short while. After all you really can't tell how great a game will be until you play it multiplayer.
Unfortunately I became more and more disapointed. The biggest let down is that you can't even save during multiplayer. I just couldn't believe that at all. I played about a dozen mutiplayer games. They were not fun. Most of the people who play the game are more into RTS so they did not want to pause the game and micromanage. They just want to play it like Homeworld or Command and Conquer. Single play is also not good. There are only 3 levels of difficulty. The second one is too way too easy, and the third is way too hard. That is the sign of an AI that has been programmed very badly. The designers had a good thing going here, but I think they decided to make a quick buck and release this prematurely. Their rep will be hurt by it though I think.
I thought that this game would be a good sign of things to come for RTS: a game that would appeal to RTS and TBS palyers both, but it turned out to just be a pile of crap with good graphics.
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