Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is an expansion pack for Stardock's popular 4X space strategy game, Galactic Civilizations III.  Crusade is a top-to-bottom update of the entire game.  This article will walk you through what's new, what's changed and try to explain it for those who may not be familiar with the series. The Specs Title : Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade Platform : Windows PC, 64-bit Price : $19.99 if you already have Galactic Civilizations...

Galactic Civilizations has the distinction of being the longest running strategy game developed by the same company. Let's take a look at how it has changed. Galactic Civilizations OS/2 The game that started it all.  I wrote this game from my dorm room in college.    Galactic Civilizations for OS/2 (1993)   First commercial multithreaded game First commercial game to use more than 256 colors First commercial 32-bit game It was written for I...

  Crusade is the space strategy game made by 4X nuts for 4X nuts.   Let's do this. What is Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade? In 2015, Stardock released the latest entry in its popular 4X space strategy game series, Galactic Civilizations III. 4X means eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, eXterminate and is turn-based.  GalCiv III was well received (81 metacritic) and has a recent Steam review score of 82.  However, coming from Galactic Civilizations II (94...

In our previous entries, we've discussed specific major new features of Crusade.  For this entry, we're going to go through a guided tour of what's new in Crusade over GalCiv III in terms of features and gameplay.  Strap in! Let me preface that this is long and probably a bit full of typos.  I wanted to get this out to you as soon as possible. It's long, but I hope you like it! -brad   Prior to the age of digital distribution, Crusade would be a sequel...