This or stay with 3?

[BSNB]

I have 3. What are some reasons to move on to this one?

[Aten]

They have shown this information quite a few times. Have a read, four is far better I find.

https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1357210/announcements/detail/3748741975731938261?snr=2_9_100003_

[Slimdragoon]

3 looks and feels better and this game has less to offer. 4 should have more depth than the complete 3rd game with dlc's but its not. Unless you have a friend to play with, probably best to not go to 4 because its less fun.
the planet builder sorta sucks, I feel like this game is just micro management and not the fun kind. Going through the motions for each turn but not enough random events to make it interesting. snooze.

[Sycloness]

I have 1000+ hours in GC3 and no way could I go back and play that now after GC4.

[SLG]

You really can not compare the 2 games since 4 is not go through its whole development cycle like 3 has.

[Boardwalker]

I had a lot of fun with GC3 and it was a very good game. But no way could I go back to it after having played GC4.

[BATTLEMODE]

Supernova is a far better game than 3 with all DLC in my opinion, it has better games design from top to bottom.

[Stormwind]

Originally posted by BATTLEMODE:

Supernova is a far better game than 3 with all DLC in my opinion, it has better games design from top to bottom.

Specifics?

I played GC3, and I bought GC4 but only 1/2 hour into my 2 hour decision window. Thats not a lot of time to decide if its worth it.

[Skulbow]

I played GC3 for over 1000 hours and have now played over 140 hrs of GalCiv 4 and I think this is already more enjoyable, has better tension more control over your starting galaxy and a deeper more immersive game. Also it is very polished for a "new" release. The year it spent on Epic you could argue that GalCiv 3 was maybe a better option but NOT now.

[L3wt]

Originally posted by Sycloness:

I have 1000+ hours in GC3 and no way could I go back and play that now after GC4.

Originally posted by Skulbow:

I played GC3 for over 1000 hours and have now played over 140 hrs of GalCiv 4 and I think this is already more enjoyable, has better tension more control over your starting galaxy and a deeper more immersive game. Also it is very polished for a "new" release. The year it spent on Epic you could argue that GalCiv 3 was maybe a better option but NOT now.

Heh. The elders of GalCiv have spoken. 4 it is!

[Etterra]

But how much of the game has been locked behind DLC? GalCiv3 was TERRIBLE about it, especially considering Stardock wrote the first real book on ethical games development and then tossed it in the dumpster for money. What happened, did Tencent get their hooks in Stardock too? Epic clearly did.

[SpecOp Clergy]

Is there an espionage system yet?

[Sarellion]

I found GalCiv 4 more enjoyable so far than 3. I haven't played 3 that much, so I never was an expert in the game, but it felt rather tedious and weird in some ways after all the DLC.
The DLCs introduced quite a lot of mechanics and reworks which added new stuff, but also made it more clunky and my impression was that Stardock overnerfed previous stuff so the numbers add up later.
I also found the early game rather tedious and boring.
In comparison GC 4's systems mesh better, the early game is ok, leaders feel way more impactful than GC 3 citizens and I found GC 3 requiring precious resources for everything really annoying. GC 4 seems to hit the sweet spot in that regard. Still choices o make and you have to take acquiring them into consideration but it doesn't feel like you have to run after every single arnor spice or whatever as soon as they pop up somewhere.

[Remnar]

The one thing that annoyed me about GC3 is how long it took for the AI to make a decision. Is there any improvement in GC4?

[Toxicwire†]

Originally posted by Atenvardo:

They have shown this information quite a few times. Have a read, four is far better I find.

https://steamcommunity.com/ogg/1357210/announcements/detail/3748741975731938261?snr=2_9_100003_

Does this also include stuff that expansions add from 1, 2 and 3 compared to GC4:SN or is it only from base content?

[Terminus]

You can kind of see the AI thinking and going through its moves but it is not a noticeable delay for me at least, only a few seconds.