Editing Galactic Civilizations (section)

==Reception==
===''Galactic Civilizations''===
{{Video game reviews
| title = Galactic Civilizations
| MC = 83/100<ref name=MC1>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/galactic-civilizations/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Galactic Civilizations for PC Reviews |website=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Geryk |first=Bruce |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_227.pdf |title=Galactic Civilizations |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] |issue=227 |date=June 2003 |page=99 |access-date=April 18, 2017 |archive-date=January 3, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190103031622/http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_227.pdf |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpot = 8.4/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Parker |first=Sam |date=March 26, 2003 |url=https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/galactic-civilizations-review/1900-6023968/ |title=Galactic Civilizations Review |website=[[GameSpot]] |access-date=April 18, 2017 |archive-date=April 19, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170419105247/https://www.gamespot.com/reviews/galactic-civilizations-review/1900-6023968/ |url-status=live }}</ref>
| GSpy = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Rausch |first=Allen |date=March 28, 2003 |url=http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/galactic-civilizations/5720p1.html |title=GameSpy: Galactic Civilizations |publisher=[[GameSpy]] |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| GameZone = 7.5/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Schutz |first=Jake |date=April 16, 2003 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/galactic_civilizations_pc_review |title=Galactic Civilizations - PC - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081224184016/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r18100.htm |archive-date=December 24, 2008 |url-status=live |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| IGN = 8.2/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Brenesal |first=Barry |date=April 8, 2003 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2003/04/08/galactic-civilizations-review |title=Galactic Civilizations Review |website=[[IGN]] |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| PCF = 86%<ref>{{cite journal |last=Griliopoulos |first=Dan |url=http://www.pcformat.co.uk/reviews/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=19541&subsectionid=680 |title=Galactic Civilizations |journal=[[PC Format]] |issue=154 |date=November 2003 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040818053735/http://www.pcformat.co.uk/reviews/default.asp?pagetypeid=2&articleid=19541&subsectionid=680 |archive-date=August 18, 2004 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| PCGUK = 88%<ref>{{cite journal |title=Galactic Civilizations |journal=[[PC Gamer|PC Gamer UK]] |year=2003}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 82%<ref>{{cite journal |last=Peckham |first=Matthew |url=http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/galactic_civili.html |title=Galactic Civilizations |journal=[[PC Gamer]] |date=June 2003 |page=82 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060315144440/http://www.pcgamer.com/archives/2005/07/galactic_civili.html |archive-date=March 15, 2006 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| XPlay = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Jonah |date=June 4, 2003 |url=http://www.techtv.com/xplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3439185,00.html |title='Galactic Civilizations' (PC) Review |publisher=[[X-Play]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030608093724/http://www.techtv.com/xplay/reviews/story/0,24330,3439185,00.html |archive-date=June 8, 2003 |url-status=dead |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
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The game received "generally favorable reviews" according to the [[Review aggregator|review aggregation]] website [[Metacritic]].<ref name=MC1/> By December 2005, the game had sold 75,000 copies, which ''[[Computer Gaming World]]''{{'}}s Bruce Geryk called "impressive" for its genre.<ref name=sales2>{{cite magazine |title=''Galactic Civilizations II: Dread Lords'' | author=Geryk, Bruce |issue=263 |date=June 2006 |pages=86–89 |magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] }}</ref> According to writer [[Greg Costikyan]], the game's sales had surpassed 100,000 units by 2008.<ref name=costikyan>{{cite conference | author=Costikyan, Greg | author-link=Greg Costikyan |title=The Independent Developer Shall Rise Again! |format=PPT |conference=SCAD Game Developers Exchange 2008 |pages=64 |date=October 21, 2008 |location=[[Atlanta, Georgia]] |url=http://www.costik.com/presentations/The_Independent_Developer_Shall_Rise_Again.ppt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090306112653/http://www.costik.com/presentations/The_Independent_Developer_Shall_Rise_Again.ppt |archive-date=March 6, 2009 | url-status=live }}</ref>

''Galactic Civilizations'' was named the ninth-best computer game of 2003 by ''[[Computer Games Magazine]]'', and it won the publication's "Best AI" award, tying with ''[[Halo: Combat Evolved]]''. A writer for the magazine called it "the sort of game that will still be on your hard drive when all the other games you are playing right now are gathering dust on a shelf."<ref name=cgm13th>{{cite journal | author=Staff | journal=[[Computer Games Magazine]] | title=Best of 2003; The 13th Annual Awards |date=March 2004 | issue=160 | pages=58–62 }}</ref> The editors of ''[[Computer Gaming World]]'' nominated ''Galactic Civilizations'' for their 2003 "Strategy Game of the Year" award, which ultimately went to ''[[Age of Wonders: Shadow Magic]]''. They wrote that they "found it impossible to ignore the [game's] almost overwhelming depth of strategy".<ref name=cgwpremier2003>{{cite magazine | author=((Editors of ''CGW'' ))| magazine=[[Computer Gaming World]] | title=''Computer Gaming World''{{'}}s 2003 Games of the Year |date=March 2004 | issue=236 | pages=57–60, 62–69 }}</ref>

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===''Altarian Prophecy''===
{{Video game reviews
| title = Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy
| MC = 77/100<ref name=MC2>{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/game/galactic-civilizations-altarian-prophecy/critic-reviews/?platform=pc |title=Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy for PC Reviews |website=Metacritic |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| CGW = {{Rating|3.5|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |last=Geryk |first=Bruce |url=http://www.cgwmuseum.org/galleries/issues/cgw_245.pdf |title=Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy |magazine=Computer Gaming World |issue=245 |date=December 2004 |page=99 |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| GameZone = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Lafferty |first=Michael |date=January 16, 2005 |url=http://www.gamezone.com/reviews/galactic_civilizations_altarian_prophecy_pc_review |title=Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy - PC - Review |publisher=GameZone |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090331210817/http://pc.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r23712.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2009 |url-status=live |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| IGN = 8/10<ref>{{cite web |last=Butts |first=Steve |date=January 12, 2005 |url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2005/01/12/galactic-civilizations-altarian-prophecy |title=Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy |website=IGN |access-date=April 18, 2017}}</ref>
| PCGUS = 62%<ref>{{cite journal |title=Galactic Civilizations: Altarian Prophecy |journal=PC Gamer |date=March 2005 |page=71}}</ref>
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The ''Altarian Prophecy'' expansion pack received "favorable" reviews, although slightly less than the original, according to Metacritic.<ref name=MC2/>
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