Patavian

[quote]I have no trust at all in any review site with a track record of pulling reviews and re-posting them with better scores as a result of pressure from their advertisers. Not to mention posting excessive scores in the first place to prevent that happening. Gamespot has had zero credibility since Jeff Gerstmann got fired; sites such as 'Out of Eight' are much more valuable IMHO.[/quote] I second this. They seem very sketchy at best, but I still agree for the

This is the first game from Stardock that i've purchased. I never had the chance to play GalCiv or Sins or any of the other ones. I'm enjoying the game so far, and after seeing the support on the forums that things will get better i'm confident this will be a great game in time.

This is great! Thanks to all the hard working modders that are working on this. I can't wait to try this out.

I believe you are mistaken. George R.R. Martin is alive and well. It's Robert Jordan who left his epic unfinished and Jordan's estate is having Brandon Sanderson take over. I can understand the confusion though, it's been what, 5 years that GRRM has been working on his latest?