4X Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova Edition

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

Space Pirate tits. Gonna check what GalCiv is up to, but I don't have particularly high expectations. The previous game was worth a single playthrough but was otherwise pretty meh.

 

[covr]

I've played this for a couple of hours, there's a new beta version of Supernova edition and it is really not bad. A lot to micromanage with citizens, but I like it. Music is superb, events are interesting, combat is rather crap.

 

[Infinitron]

 

[covr]

This is really probably the best Stardock entry in the last decade. Or two. But the price is too high IMO.

 

[GhostCow]

In what way is the price too high?

 

[Non-Edgy Gamer]

It does get annoying paying $50 for the same game over and over, and then have to pay for the same DLC for it again. At least, that's what they seemed to do with GC3.

 

[GhostCow]

That's not at all what they did here. They released a whole new game for $50 and people who own the previous game can get it at a discount.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

This is really probably the best Stardock entry in the last decade

it's probably the ONLY stardock entry in the last decade.

 

[covr]

In what way is the price too high?

It is stardock, game would be discounted by 40% by Christmas. Game is also bit similar to GalCiv3, not that much new stuff. It is much better game, but not that different.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

damn, this sucks.
everything feels like it's either bugged, a placeholder or an afterthought. for instance, i put everything to slowest, that's how i like my civ, in the blink of an eye i was building everything on the planet in 1 turn, then i went out of space, but you just can't leave a planet idle, so all was left was destroy a structure and rebuild it, every turn, for ever and ever. if there was anything else to do, either the interface bugged or hid it somewhere. and music is recycled from previous games.
map is terrible, you're going to lose track of those extremely tiny ships very soon while you lose your eyesight and you're going to keep the map scrolling just to try to understand what's interactable and what's background. at least they're LARGE, and the new turn calculations are quick.
galciv1, 20 years ago, sucked hard because anyone who colonized a large planet first automatically won the game. galciv4 is still the same.

 

[covr]

damn, this sucks.
everything feels like it's either bugged, a placeholder or an afterthought. for instance, i put everything to slowest, that's how i like my civ, in the blink of an eye i was building everything on the planet in 1 turn, then i went out of space, but you just can't leave a planet idle, so all was left was destroy a structure and rebuild it, every turn, for ever and ever. if there was anything else to do, either the interface bugged or hid it somewhere. and music is recycled from previous games.
map is terrible, you're going to lose track of those extremely tiny ships very soon while you lose your eyesight and you're going to keep the map scrolling just to try to understand what's interactable and what's background. at least they're LARGE, and the new turn calculations are quick.
galciv1, 20 years ago, sucked hard because anyone who colonized a large planet first automatically won the game. galciv4 is still the same.

Well, if you don't want to build anything because of lack of space on the planet, you can always do some kind of project, there's one for extra modules and there's one that gives you some money. You can also expand the planet to have some new extra hexes to build. I play on normal speed and never had to destroy any structure.

As for the fleets - yes, they are tiny and galaxy is huge. They should increase visibility of the fleets, especially enemy forces on your territory.

 

[Tweed]

So what about the AyyGPT thing?

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

you can always do some kind of project

projects are for shipyards. planets have none of that stuff.

 

[covr]

you can always do some kind of project

projects are for shipyards. planets have none of that stuff.

They do, in the right bottom corner, you can select projects for your planet, probably they has to be unlocked via research, but they are fairly early tech. https://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/..._7b5f298956e59d275d1b05dc843d6e504c5957e7.jpg

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

why do you play with the text encrypted?

 

[covr]

Wow, this is a flop, only around 400 ppl playing this at the moment, just after they've released first major patch.

 

[GhostCow]

Wow, this is a flop, only around 400 ppl playing this at the moment, just after they've released first major patch.

You realize the majority of players are going to be on Epic, since most people bought IV there and then upgraded to Supernova, right?

 

[covr]

I doubt it is majority of players, last time I've checked Steam had 3 times more active user vs Epic. But yeah, point taken - it was released a year ago on Epic, but anyone with brain knows that those exclusive deals are nothing more than pre-early access before Steam launch.

 

[JarlFrank]

Nobody actually buys games on Epic, people just use it for free games and Fortnite.

 

[HammyTheFat]

combat is rather crap.

Any improvement from 2 or 3? It feels kind of unfair to say it even has combat. You're just clashing two funny color numbered fleets against each other in 2 & 3 and the bigger number wins.

 

[MadMaxHellfire]

still the same.
i honestly can't put my finger on what's new from 3.

 

[Mortmal]

I've read that its less rock-paper-scissors combat compared to 3, but I'm really not in the mood to risk it and waste cash on this. One thing is for sure: there are lots of advertisements everywhere.