Gamers' Temple put up their two cents on Galactic Civilizations II: Dark Avatar yesterday, giving it a strong 95% and their Award of Excellence.  Like previous reviews, time and attention is given to the improved graphics, the new spy system, and planetary terrain types, but this one gives a little bit more attention to an aspect of the game that is oddly overlooked; ship building improvements.

Here's what the review has to say about what Dark Avatar adds to the Ship Builder:

Many players of GC2 immediately fell in love with the game’s ship designer. This powerful and easy to use tool gives you the freedom to create an amazing variety of good looking ship models to populate your fleets. If you were one of those people, then you may want to buy Dark Avatar for the ship designer enhancements alone. Not only do you get a plethora of new ship parts, the existing ones have been given a little sprucing up so that your ships will look better than ever. With the Dark Avatar enhancements, you can use the ship designer to create just about any famous ship from your favorite Sci-Fi show or movie or to create an entirely new design more to your liking.

Take a few minutes to head on over to Gamers' Temple to read the full 2-page review.