Galactic Civilizations I Ultimate Edition
A 4X relic where the Ultimate tag just means the expansion is bundled in. Great for patient turn-based veterans, punishing for anyone used to modern strategy UI.
GamerScout Verdict
Only for 4X archaeologists who want the original Stardock AI and can forgive a UI that never got modernized.
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About Galactic Civilizations I Ultimate Edition
The store page sells this as the definitive package, and on one narrow point it delivers: Ultimate Edition means the base game plus its expansion content in one install, no hunting for missing pieces. Where it does not match the pitch is the word ultimate itself. There is no remaster here, no UI pass, no quality-of-life patch layered on top. What you get is a 2000s 4X preserved as it shipped, and the Mixed 50% Steam rating (against a Metacritic of 83 from its era) is almost entirely the gap between those two facts. As a package it is honest at least. The expansion is real content, not a wallpaper pack or a soundtrack folder, so nothing here is shelf-filler. The problem is that Galactic Civilizations II and III exist and do the same tech tree, diplomacy and ship design ideas with menus that do not fight you. Buy this if you specifically want the original single-player campaign, the AI that made Stardock's name, and you accept clicking through a lot of 800x600-era screens to get it. Everyone else should start at the sequel.
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System Requirements
Minimum
- Processor
- 600 MHz Processor
- Memory
- 128 MB RAM
- Graphics
- 8 MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible Video Card DirectX®:8.1 Hard Drive:700 MB HD space Sound:DirectX 8.1 Com…
Recommended
- Processor
- 1 GHz Processor
- Memory
- 256 MB RAM
- Graphics
- 16 MB DirectX 8.1 Compatible Video Card
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Game Info
- Developer
- Stardock Entertainment
- Publisher
- Stardock Entertainment
- Release Date
- Aug 14, 2012
