Wintersong

GalCiv III "should" allow you to play your singleplayer (and hotseat?) experience without Steamworks stuff active (no Steam) and without internet connection. If you want achievements, friend lists, multiplayer... hit Steam.exe and there you go. One can dream, right? My Steam games collection has been increased mainly because of free game (Bard's Tale) and free Steam keys for Kickstarter/Indie games (like FTL, Xenonauts, Shadowrun Returns...). Otherwise, it's a really small col

" Interesting factoid: The music themes in GalCiv III (including the trailer) are being done by the same person who did the music for Civilization IV and V. The ambient music is being done by the same person as Galactic Civilizations II. " - Frogboy

[quote who="Borg999" reply="7" id="3408360"]The ghost of it''s release is still haunting your dreams, when everyone else has moved on. [/quote] People still complaining about Elemental release on GalCivIII forums disagree with that comment? Like if Fallen Enchantress and Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes never happened in between that and GalCiv III. Hey, stick to "Heroes" for iterations. Elemental Heroes. Fallen Heroes. Avenging Heroes.

It's difficult to anwer. I like all the events and mega events. Obviously, I can get quite annoyed by some of them and their timing but that doesn't mean that the events are bad. Jagged Knife one can actually end being quite good to have if it happens when you are at peace and can muster quickly transports because it's a nice chance to get planets that you could only get by declaring war on a major civilization. Right now, no ideas about new events that hasn't

[quote who="chuck1es" reply="11" id="3408259"]There's a huge number of games I've ended "early" simply because I wasn't in the mood to waste so much time with what is a foregone conclusion.[/quote] "Muahahahaha!!! I have finally managed to create a powerful fleet to conquer everybody!" *takes a look at the Diplomacy screen* "Everybody feels close to me due to my complex web of lies weaved to protect me from them while I created my army?" *chec

[quote who="yarodin" reply="194" id="3408111"] Of course they won't step in - they want to rise the tension as much as possible. A soon they say, "yeah, there is tac combat" or "no, there won't be tac combat", one faction or the other will scream bloody murder and they never ever will buy the game. So why say a thing? Anything they say will pump hydrogen into the fire for everyone will interpret any statement suitable to his/her view.[/quote] It'd be impos

[quote who="Zydor" reply="4" id="3407913"]GalCiv is a TBS, its designed to be a thinking game, with battles along the way. It should stay that way - simplified shoot-em-up's are not hard to find, and I for one can live without them.[/quote] Less micro != FPS, you know. Are you implying that Governors in GalCiv II make it a non thinking game? [e digicons];P[/e] I have never used them, I love to control all the stuff going on in my little empire/republic/federation. But surely some

You bought blindly (hey, like me!) two Elite preorder for a game we know no much about, planning to play it together. So now... MUST HAVE COOP OR TEAMS OPTION? [e digicons];)[/e] I'm not against coop/teams, just hoping that if they are not in, you don't complain about the purchase. But if Hotseat is in the table, I don't see why coop/teams cannot be too. [e digicons]:)[/e]

Mega Events would activate when things were too peaceful/relaxed in the map. Like suddenly getting hordes of spies in everybody's planets. XD Not sure if the Dread Lords appearing in an empty planet was one but those 20 defenders of it do kick ass. They were a great optional addition and I hope to see them back in full strength in GalCiv III. [e digicons]}:)[/e]

[quote who="Gaunathor" reply="6" id="3407871"] Quoting Wintersong, reply 4Moving from hex to hex? That would be a curious idea. Maybe they'll make a separate map for star systems, like in MoO2 or Ascendancy. Well, maybe not like Ascendancy. That one was in 3D. [/quote] Didn't GalCiv I have separate map for star systems? The GalCiv III map pic we can see used as Media button has the star and its planets around it. But it could be some kind of mock u

[quote who="NitroX infinity" reply="2" id="3407831"] I hope the solar systems will be more realistic; planets orbiting stars.[/quote] [e digicons]o_O[/e] Moving from hex to hex? That would be a curious idea. [e digicons]:O[/e]

We all know that Apple is a dictatorship so why complain about it? [e digicons]:P[/e]

https://www.galciv3.com/game/faq So far, it's in the table.

So no Carrier module that allows X Tiny ships to not count Logistics wise in the fleet where that module is present?

[quote who="TweetyLeaf" reply="8" id="3407683"] I think you should be able to overthrow planet's government with espionage. Install enough people in their government system and flip the planet. In combination with cultural influence this could be potential tool against more militaristic, powerful races. However, this should not be as easy as cultural influence. Should take long time planning and investment.[/quote] I'd like to be able to just c

The strategy layer is the core of GalCiv. Anyone expecting super duper tactical combat with movie quality CGIs as gameplay... yeah, suuuure. Dreamland ------>

[quote who="MottiKhan" reply="20" id="3407463"]It was partially done in GalCiv2 to a minor extent with the experience points that let a ship level up after battles. The ship was essentially the hero in that case.[/quote] I understood the experience of the ship to be how experienced the crew of that ship was. But yeah, it's similar to a point. [e digicons]^_^[/e]

[quote who="Nikioko" reply="18" id="3407434"]Hexes. What a progress! Civilization changed from squares to hexes and sucked. But this game in not like Civilization set on a planet's surface, it is set in space. And in space, there is a third dimension. I wouldn't mind whether there are cubes, truncated octahedra or rhombic dodecahedra. The important thing would be to use this opportunity.[/quote] Civ V may have sucked for you but not for everybody. And are you sure it was the h

[quote who="MarvinKosh" reply="114" id="3407432"] You know, I've read the forums and looked at the site but I have to say I'm surprised that GalCiv III is being developed now. I was half-expecting to see something else being announced in its place. Though I guess I should have known, what with Stardock turning 20 (happy belated birthday!) that an oldie would make a comeback. [/quote] Stardock has another two announcements to make. Based on <a href="https://for

[quote who="Nikioko" reply="16" id="3407423"] I hope that the map will be 3D, but I think I will be disappointed and it will be 2D again.[/quote] Check the pic of Media: https://www.galciv3.com/game Plus they already said that they have gone from squares to hexes. No mention to cubes or anything like that. At least in the strategic map.

GalCiv III for next gen consoles? XCOM:EU did relatively well in this one from what I read. *dodges the "NOOO! They will dumb it down!!!" and similar reactions* [e digicons]:-"[/e]

[quote who="qrtxian" reply="111" id="3407203"] About how long do we have to make a decision on whether to sign up for the Alpha Founder deal?[/quote] They will lets us know with some time in advance so it's a good idea to keep an eye on the website and/or the forums from time to time.

[quote who="Shandzin" reply="28" id="3405534"]you should realy learn from blizzard how to creat such movies. these really increase the desire to play[/quote] Stardock doesn't have the experience or the resources to do something that Blizzard can afford and has been doing for along while. Blizzard quality level videos would be more than epic though.

[quote quoting="post"] poor combat animations and effects. I just couldn't go from the amazing graphics and animations in Might & Magic Heroes 6 to that. There is simply no excuse anymore for having low production values. Every race should be completely unique in every way. [/quote] If the price to pay for excellent gameplay is to get poor combat animation and effects, it seems a low price to pay.

[quote who="jim_viebke" reply="12" id="3407190"] If you're paying $99, a different badge for bragging rights don't seem like much to ask for.[/quote] It's just a reskin with some backend extra work so not so much to ask for. But should the badge be bragging rights? Do we need bragging rights? Naming a star is not enough? Saving some bucks on all GalCivIII's products is not enough? Being able to have a say during alpha is not enough? Right now, if you preordered,