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Galactic Civilizations III Crusade Announced
Plymouth, MI. February 2, in the year of our Lord
2017 - Stardock announced Crusade, the long awaited
expansion to its popular space 4X strategy game Galactic
Civilizations III today.
The expansion adds a host of much anticipated features such as
interactive planetary invasions, espionage, galactic citizens, a
civilization builder, new playable civilizations, a new
campaign, an updated diplomacy system, an updated graphics
engine and much more.
"Our focus with Crusade has been to create a much deeper yet
more approachable space strategy game," said Paul Boyer, Lead
Designer of Galactic Civilizations III. "At the heart of your
civilization are your citizens. What you do with your citizens,
whether that be training them to be scientists, engineers,
farmers, soldiers, diplomats, merchants and where you send them
will determine how your civilization evolves."
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade adds an extensive list of
features, many of which fans have been asking for. A few notable
examples include:
• Interactive Invasions: Conquering an entire planet is no small
feat. Now, players will take citizens that have been trained as
soldiers and battle it out across the planet's surface. Invaders
choose where they will land and defenders will choose where they
will resist, both decisions requiring considerable strategic
thinking.
• Galactic Citizens: The player's agency within their
civilizations are now expressed through their citizens. Citizens
are created every several turns and can be specialized by the
player into numerous specializations to help boost their
civilization globally or to enhance a specific planet.
• Espionage: Citizens trained as spies can now be used to to
take down adversaries from behind the scenes. Players can use
spies to destroy planetary improvements, steal technology or
assassinate enemy agents.
• Civilization Builder: From the main menu players can now
design their own unique civilization including all the ships
that player will use for each role. Players can design their own
custom ships or download any of the over 12,000 ships that are
available via Steam Workshop. With the Civilization Builder,
players can literally create any fantasy or sci-fi civilization
they can imagine and pit them against each other.
• Crusade: The new single-player campaign introduces players to
some of the new alien civilizations that the expansion
introduces as well as provides a story-driven narrative of
making the mistake that those soft, pink hominids of Sol 3 are
push-overs.
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade is set to release this
Spring for $19.99 for existing Galactic Civilizations III
owners.