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[quote who="Bodyless" reply="5" id="2766735"]you mean its valuable to abuse the AI or be abused by the AI, like in galciv2.[/quote] I personally like tech trading in Gal Civ 2. I feel it gives me another viable way to be successful even if the cards I'm dealt aren't that great. For instance, if the planet tiles on the planets weren't suitable for trying to specialize for research or production, I could turn it into a cash cow and then either buy

[quote who="Raven X" reply="144" id="2764412"]If you all want to see a shining example of a "polished game", check out Mafia 2. It's got more polish then a crate of Turtle Wax. Seriously, every company in the business should strive to make games as polished and detailed as it is. [/quote] I really hope i overlooked some element of sarcasm in this post. Mafia 2 is the perfect example of everything that is WRONG with gaming today.

The amount of these things available initially seems to be based on a random seed. You definitely do NOT need to play a smaller map to get more of these. I play exclusively large maps (and I'm looking forward to even larger maps in the future). Some new games are absolutely loaded with goodies/events, and others are spread much further out. I'd just suggest reloading if the map doesn't look promising from the start. You can also in