not exactly turn base but still a good 4x game is Europa Universalis iv. Definitely alot better than 3.
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[quote who="Chibiabos" reply="23" id="3409451"] I'm cautiously optimistic. There were a lot of disappointments with Civilization V ... I think the biggest buzzkill of the game for me, though, is it doesn't efficiently multi-thread. In late game on large maps, end turn processing can take over a minute (!) to process, taxing out one core at 100% while my other cores sit idle. Taking a minute to complete a turn is atrocious ... I was hoping Firaxis would have not
[quote who="Cyong_" reply="9" id="3409230"] I am going to go in a weird direction, because I like the idea, but at the same time can see the issues that Stardock would be facing with implementation. What about a portion of the research tree where you research fighter tech (With of course different kinds of weapon/armor whatever...) and you basically add those to your ship while building it like any other ship component. [/quote] +1