Galactic Civilizations IV

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Ich hatte ja lange Probleme mich mit der Serie anzufreunden, als passionierter Space4x-Spieler habe ich die anderen Teile immer irgendwie billig oder umsonst geschossen, aber der Teil hat mich jetzt erstmals motiviert ausdauernd zu spielen - trotz holperigen Tutorial und der einen oder anderen Leerstelle in der deutschen Übersetzung. Die Storyteile sind eigentlich fehlerfrei bisher, nur bei den Diplomatie-Dialogen und im Tutorial ist die eine oder andere Lücke. Nachdem das Tutorial zu Wünschen übrig lässt hat das Spiel erstmal eine längere "Explore" Phase bei den Mechaniken, die mir aber viel Spaß macht.

Excellent game. I've been playing Civilization 4 for 20+ years and now maybe Galactic Civilization 4 will take its place :)

While you could see some fun and enjoyment here, this product itself is shoddily stitched together on every corner. Its own pre-predecessor from 2006 is genuinely better. Supporting a game which has the foundational basis to fulfill its potential several years down the line, is the most risky gamble, when GalCiv III already had a rough reputation.

I like this one better than the previous one. They have improved most everything. I could not finish the game because the victory acheivement never completed. There are other games like this where clearly I won but the game for some reason does not recognize that fact. So, I can continue or I can stop and start a new game. I'll still give it a 75/100.

Very meh overall game experience. The building on planets is neat and all, but everything else is not very nice. It feels like a random assembly of not really well connected mechanics, very poorly balanced. The utter lack of QOL features is inexcusable and makes this game an exhausting experience to say the least. There is next to no automatization at all while requiring more and more micro management with every new station or planet. The map overview is bland, confusing and misleading. You couldn't find enemy fleets on it if they occupied its entirety. This game cannot hold a candle to titles such as Endless Space or Stellaris. Whatever gripes you have with annoying popups or bad automatization in THOSE games, THIS game is SO much worse.

I like the little movies and the leaders and the remastered soundtrack. Other than that GC2 is better as far as the core gameplay loop. GC4 adds a bunch of little math puzzles like moving leaders around so you get the best numbers in various positions for small percentage boosts here and there. Buildings on planets have adjacency bonuses. It adds complexity, but is it fun? Did we need that? My answer is no.

Con sommo rammarico mi trovo a dare una valutazione negativa. Ho giocato a una versione precedente di questa serie, trovandola molto coinvolgente e divertente, nonostante a suo tempo il gioco non fosse stato tradotto in italiano. Nonostante quì lo sia, e siano state fatte molte modifiche grafiche, mi ritrovo con un gioco che a mio avviso è solo l'ombra di quello che era, non diverte, e dopo poco tempo annoia. Ci sono poi tutta una serie di "scelte" poco sagge fatte dai programmatori, che minano e rendono frustrante giocare. Un esempio banale, la scelta di mettere in sottofondo della mappa di gioco, un'immagine dello spazio con stelle, soli, pianeti e comete in transito, che si appare bello, se non fosse che ci impedisce di vedere quello che davvero ci interessa con chiarezza, come mondi, asteroidi, anomalie ecc... Sono state fatte tutta una serie di scelte poco lungimiranti che rendono questo 4° capitolo frustrante da giocare. Peccato mi aspettavo davvero molto.