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Simulator, Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS), Indie
Galactic Civilizations III is the largest strategy sandbox ever made. Start with a single world and expand across the galaxy through diplomacy, trade, cultural hegemony or military conquest in this single-player or multiplayer 4X strategy game.
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Epic, cool, richly built and contemplative.
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Game InformerDaniel TackMay 20158.8/10Different races, ship customization, and disparate methods of victory and progression make your choices meaningful, leading to an essential experience for strategy-game enthusiasts
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PC GamerRichard CobbettMay 201587/100More of a refresh than expected, but still hands down the best modern way to conquer unknown space.
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PCGamesNFraser BrownMay 20159/10I worried that, after years of playing its predecessor and all of its expansions, I would be too familiar with Galactic Civilizations III. I worried that I'd get a bit tired of it too quickly. This hasn't remotely been the case. I'm hooked in the same way I was with the last game, and not because it's stayed the same, but because it's managed to strike that balance between the comfortingly familiar and the refreshingly new.
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Rock, Paper, ShotgunAdam SmithMay 2015Despite my uncertainty about some of the specifics, it's a game that has me firmly in its clutches and I'm happy to be there. Maybe it's a hug rather than a clutch.
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Hardcore GamerSean HannleyJul 20153.5/5Galactic Civilizations III is better than Beyond Earth (especially at release), but in this ever improving genre you have to come up with your best shot at launch and, if you want to sell DLC, build on top of that in engaging ways. This genre is one of high replayability and hundred hour games so your product has to challenge last year's fully DLCed 4x games in a substantive way to merit the kind of investment in time, intellectual energy and money that these games require.
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IGDB rating 7.4/10 from 20 ratings.
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