Planet view seems to have room for improvement

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Current planet view/map seems to have dropped the planet's view, map, continents altogether and just left hexes in place. Compared to GC 3 planet view, it feels less immersive and it does not add to the atmosphere of the game. I was expecting GC4 put us more inside the actual galaxy, helping us experience more the civilization we are shaping. But the current map feels like a step back rather than forward. 

Even worse, it cuts back on the excitement of discovering and colonizing a new planet. Because what you see doesnt even pretend to be a planet anymore, it just exposes you to a rather bare hex collection, saying 'Hey! Im a minigame'.

I can understand the programmatical complexities with generation of planet surface, its map, placement of hexes on that map etc. But this shouldnt cause dropping an important part of the immersion. There are already legions of 4x space games which are mostly menus with some images plastered on them. GC shouldnt become one of them.

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I have to agree with you, I just downloaded and started to play the game to check it out, and that was the first thing I noticed, and honestly it's a gamebreaker for me. If they get rid of the planetary view like it used to be in Three, I'm not sure if I'll even stay with the game anymore :'(

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Reply #2 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Yeah, i definitely was looking forward to immersing more in the actual civilization we were building. Maybe interact with buildings, see them in a closer view, see the actual land etc. This totally seems like a gigantic step backward. GC's difference from other 4x space games was that its galaxy, worlds, aliens, everything felt more real and live compared to others. It was easier to get immersed in. Now it seems to have taken a step back towards the legion of games which are mainly statistics with alien images slapped on them.

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