Review #2 is in, and boy is it a doozie! GameSpy took a look at the final version of the game and, let me just say, they were very pleased with what they saw. The three page review, written by veteran strategy gamer Allen Rausch, pretty much waxes poetic about the new features we crammed into Dark Avatar.
A choice quote:
"In my original review of Dread Lords I said "Master of Orion is dead. Long live Galactic Civilizations II." After a week of playing Dark Avatar, you may forget Master of Orion altogether."
Allen even commented that the AI was so good, he had to abandon his normal difficulty of "Challenging" and play at "Normal" due to how much better the AI players had become since the original game.
The final verdict? A 5 out of 5 and Editors Choice Award! Dark Avatar is on its way to being one of the highest rated games of 2007!
Read more at GameSpy.