Galactic Civilizations III trailer!!

[Grim.Reaper]

Thanks everyone...still pondering...but the feedback helps.

[Barthheart]

So.... this officially releases tomorrow.... is it any good? I have never played any of the Gal iv games. 

[tgb]

So.... this officially releases tomorrow.... is it any good? I have never played any of the Gal iv games. 

It's very good. It doesn't break any new ground the way Endless Legend or Apollo 4X do, but it brings a ton of polish to the traditional 4X format, and if there's one thing Stardock knows how to do, it's AI.

I'm really excited about this hitting tomorrow.

[Kushan]

I bought it last week, its already been uninstalled after two nights of play. I found the game play utterly boring and unimaginative. Most of the mechanics seem to be a copy and paste from Civilization. The galaxy set up offers a lot less flexibility then similar games like Distant Worlds. I loved GalCiv 2, so I knew what I was getting when I bought it, but I think its just proved the Civ model doesn't work for me anymore.

[Yskonyn]

I have been playing the bèta's of this game and am pretty excited for the full release! There is one big advantage to the GalCiv series over other 4x space games: cracking AI!
Its unpredictable at times and very cunning at the normal and above settings.
It assesses threaths, forms alliances to counter those and is pretty dynamic overall.
Many of this is 'under the hood' of course and not readily aparent.

I do agree that 3 is a more polished and shiny version of 2 in a broad sense. But that is what most people wanted to get, so I don't think we can call that a bad thing. :)

If you liked GalCiv 2 and want the newest shiny then GalCiv 3 is a no brainer IMO.

[bbmike]

I don't know why but I'm having great fun with this version. I enjoy it much, much more than the first two.  O0

[sandman2575]

Was excited to give this a spin tonight until I came across this --

http://steamcommunity.com/app/226860/discussions/1/620713633846699102/

Apparently there's no simple way to remove idiotic star names like "Plentiful Steak" -- small thing maybe, but this kind of nonsense pi$$es me off...

[Bison]

Not including an option to rename or re-randomize names is a piss poor decision.  I hate these sorts of founders incentives.  They did it in Pillars of Eternity and if you read the wrong clickable thing it ruins the game for a short while.  Jackassery. 

[bbmike]

Was excited to give this a spin tonight until I came across this --

http://steamcommunity.com/app/226860/discussions/1/620713633846699102/

Apparently there's no simple way to remove idiotic star names like "Plentiful Steak" -- small thing maybe, but this kind of nonsense pi$$es me off...

Yeah, I wasn't too happy about that either. But the good thing is the star names DO NOT show up on the map, only the planet name (which you can change in game). I do hope Stardock changes the game so that you can rename stars.
Also, Stardrive 2 has the exact same problem- you can't rename stars in game.

[Barthheart]

Reading that thread there is a way to ceding the ml file that contains the names. Now it has 4000! names in it but it is possible.

Still on the fence because of the price.... Might have to wait for a sale.

[sandman2575]

I hate these sorts of founders incentives. Jackassery.

Precisely.

[bbmike]

I do like the race customization though.

[sandman2575]

Nice!  Just looking at that calls to mind the menacing voice of Ricardo Montalban - "Kirk! My old friend! Still alive!"   ;)

[Freyland]

Just need to replace that pic with the one of Kirk in his underwear to make it official.

[tgb]

If the biggest issue with the game is the inability to rename stars, I would say that's pretty damn good.