Do the space battle graphics reflect whats happening in the actual battle, before a ship actually explodes? If my dreadnaughts massive blaster beams blow through the targets paper shields, does that look any different than my glorified space shuttle with a laser tickling a dreadnoughts godlike shields? If i watch 2 ships battling can I tell from the graphics which ship is winning before the loser explodes? I like the graphics to tell me how my ships are performing.
I don't own GalCiv 3 yet. In GalCiv2 the graphics told nothing about how my ships were performing until they exploded. A pnball machines bells and lights were a better display about what was actually happening. IMO GalCiv2 was a wonderful game except for that.