turn-based strategy video game
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords
By Stardock, released 1 Jan 2006
- Microsoft Windows
- science fiction video game
- space opera video game
What it is
Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords is a turn-based space strategy game in which you lead a space-faring civilization through a hostile galaxy. You balance economic, technological, diplomatic, cultural and military power while expanding, forming alliances and fighting wars. The single-player game offers randomly generated galactic maps as well as a multi-mission campaign about the ancient Dread Lords. The listed package includes the Dread Lords game and the Dark Avatar and Twilight of the Arnor expansions. Dark Avatar adds opponents, units and a campaign, and expands play with asteroid belts that can be mined, planets requiring particular colonization technologies, espionage and additional diplomatic treaties. Steam lists adjustable difficulty, play without timed input, anytime saves, stereo sound and Family Sharing. The game is listed for Microsoft Windows, with Windows as its Steam platform. It is a single-player strategy entry for players who want to manage a civilization's growth and power across a galactic map.
What players like, and what they don't
- Randomly generated galactic maps
- Multi-mission Dread Lords campaign
- Adjustable difficulty
- Save anytime
- Dark Avatar adds espionage and asteroid mining
- Single-player only
- Listed for Windows only
Who it suits
It suits strategy players who want a single-player campaign or generated maps, with several dimensions of civilization management. Windows is the listed platform.
Dread Lords centers on balancing a civilization's growth and power while competing in a hostile galaxy. The included expansion material adds further systems and campaigns to that strategy framework.
