Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe
Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe is a compilation featuring the content of Dread Lords, Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor. It was released exclusively in Europe on September 26, 2008 and it was…
Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe is an indie developed by Stardock, released 26 September 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe is
Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe is an indie game developed by Stardock and released in 2008. It was published by Kalypso Media. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is a 4X turn-based strategy by Stardock for Microsoft Windows. It is the sequel to the 2003 game, Galactic Civilizations, and was released at retail and on Stardock's online subscription service, TotalGaming.net, on February 21, 2006. An expansion, Dark Avatar, was released in February 2007. A second expansion, Twilight of the Arnor, was released in April 2008.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate) and science fiction. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.
How it was received
Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 5,101 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 25 points above the year average.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for Intel® Pentium® III 1 GHz (or AMD equivalent), 512 MB (1 GB for Windows 7 / Vista) of RAM and 64 MB DirectX 9.0c Compatible Video Card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB.
What it launched against
Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe launched on 26 September 2008, within three weeks of Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut and World of Goo. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Dead Space (2008), Dead Space, The Witcher: Enhanced Edition Director's Cut, World of Goo.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Galactic Civilizations II: Endless Universe yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.
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