Complete Timeline of Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova

[@TheRedKing]

If you want to prepurchase Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova (which launches on the 19/10/23) you can do so here: steam.gs/l/nuroq/TheRedKing

[@MrHellknightimp]

I love Gal Civ, But the lore has two completely unbelievable things for me. 1 that the other races never developed fusion and 2 that we would share hyperdrives with everyone.

[@TheRedKing]

The fusion part I agree with; but I can foresee a world where we shared hyperdrives... naively so but nevertheless, could happen!

[@MrHellknightimp]

Ok, that's probably true

[@Brakvash]

To nit-pick, they did say "advanced" fusion, not just fusion - so I interpreted it as the aliens having fusion, but the humans have better fusion.

[@raphaelrodriguez8316]

In a galaxy of only rational actors, sharing fusion power and hyperdrives should have created infinite prosperity that rendered war obsolete. But this is a galaxy were at least half of prominent powers are motivated primarily by an irrational desire for genocidal conquest.

[@Keren2]

@@raphaelrodriguez8316 Not like Stellaris, where 9/10 of the powers are motivated primarily by an irrational desire for genocidal conquest. And the remaining 1/10 are just looking for erradicate all life in galazy.

[@TheRedKing]

If you want to prepurchase Galactic Civilizations IV: Supernova (which launches on the 19/10/23) you can do so here: steam.gs/l/nuroq/TheRedKing

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

One thing btw. Pretty sure humanity was perfectly willing to let the Xendar live as a species and just blockade their home system while the Council sorted things out from there. But the Drengin, terrified that their involvement would come to light and the 'now savage humans' would come for them, basically sent down strike teams covertly who detonated WMD's across the Xendar homeworld. Humanity never found out and just played off it diplomatically.

[@greendragon0009]

Dude I didn't know about any of this. Thank you so much. It helped me see the game more clearly.

[@TheRedKing]

Glad to hear it!

[@mikesurlygentlemanwalton]

Thanks for this video. I have been a GalCiv fan since the first game. The story and lore(not to mention gameplay) have gotten better with each iteration. I'm looking forward to you making some GalCiv videos just like your Stellaris videos.

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

A surprise, but a welcome one.

[@Peryite_the_Platypus]

He kind of forgot about the Thalan Empire. I know they are not part of the Galaxy anymore but their part within in the story was significant.

[@heraadrian7764]

Very interesting.

[@BeagleFeatures]

There needs to be a TV series based on all this lore

[@darthcalanil5333]

Yees baby. It's Xenos purge o'clock

[@adamgardner3768]

Weird that I’ve never played one of these games before… might have to give it a try now

[@maddadplays7565]

They should make an Netflix show about this

[@TheRedKing]

Yeah i'm all for more Scifi shows!

[@AnthonySmith-wc8ky]

I'm amazed Paramount doesn't have a copyright on Iconian.

[@54032Zepol]

Nice!

[@TheRedKing]

Thanks!

[@Book_Bird]

Long love The King!

[@Zathurious]

Interesting, but I feel like your forgetting someone. Wasn't there a race of aliens from the future? I forget what they were called in GC3. My custom race in that game was designed using their template.

[@TheRedKing]

Yes, I left them out as I had introduced alot of empires already and didn't want to confuse the overarching story to much. Same reason I didn't address why there are now two human factions

[@kanoslayer2735]

I suprised you didn't mention the bug dudes that came back in time due to the actions of the Crusade

[@TheRedKing]

Yeah, I was trying to not over complicate the story tbf, as I felt most of my audience would be new to the game.

[@kanoslayer2735]

@@TheRedKing Fair point, but is still a big thing in the 2nd & 3rd ones well that & them also finding a living Anor

[@TheRedKing]

Yeah completely agree, in the back of my mind I was going to do a seperate video on them and events surrounding them. In a similar vein I omitted Humanities split, although smaller i just felt it was alot to get into one introductory video.

[@kanoslayer2735]

@@TheRedKing Yeah good point. Still a second video on the details for the lore woulden't be a miss either. The world building is very interesting in the GC games

[@jajsem1109]

I played third GalCiv and it was great. But I encountered bug, that just did not let me end turn and it repeated on every playthrough, sometimes early, sometimes late, but always,it was there, lurking in the shadows of the code... So after a few attempts, I stoped playing...

[@54032Zepol]

Have you ever heard of the old video space rangers one and two?

[@TheRedKing]

I have not

[@54032Zepol]

@@TheRedKing it is a old game but still checks out, they have various factions that have range and all the planets have different governments, well worth it to look into the lore.

[@Alexor117]

​@@54032Zepolinteresting

[@emilysmite9356]

I don't know if you've played the game yet but would you recommend it? It seems like a fun game and I trust your opinion

[@TheRedKing]

I have put a few hours into it, it's enjoyable and the backstory is great. I believe Montu Plays has some gameplay footage if you want to see what the gameplay is like. I would recommend the game if you enjoy the 4x genre, however I think if it was my money i'd probably wait for a sale. It's £41.99 atm, which I think is probably a bit expensive.

[@emilysmite9356]

@@TheRedKing Thank you for the information ^^ Hope your day/night is well :]

[@TheRedKing]

yw, you too!

[@Alexor117]

@@TheRedKing i buy this in game for 14€ in instant gaming ( this is big and Amazing one of my favorite game now )😍

[@TheLordmep]

I got lucky and nabbed Galactic Civilizations 2 while it was free on Steam. After playing it a lot, it seems I haven't touched or even thought about it since 2018. Maybe I'll get 3 when it goes on sale.

[@RomanCigić]

It was free several times on Epic Games

[@00yiggdrasill00]

It's quite good, just be aware I've had constant trouble with multiplayer and none of it was ever really fixed. Outside that it's a genuinely good game for single player

[@Diarmuhnd]

I was sad GC4 did not continue the story campaign for us to paly through. They said so few players did it they didn't bother ... oh well. Oh, also, going EPIC exclusive first was meh and I'm not a fan of this AI content. But I adore The Red King doing LORE so regardless of my salty feelings VS Stardock I'll give the video a thumbs up. Have fun everyone

[@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird]

You gotta admit these aliens are so silly looking..

[@ChromisPasqueflowerBowerbird]

Rather unrealistic non of the aliens have discovered fusion power where freaking stars are literally everywhere in the universe.... Not to mention fusion power isn't even the most advanced form of energy source scienist have envisioned.

[@willyvereb]

They discovered fusion power, they could not make it widespread and economical before. Our own world has fusion power for at least 70 years now but making those reactors actually practical and produce net energy (so far they take more energy to operate than what they produce) is a whole other issue. I feel humans reproducing FTL technology and reusing it for hyperdrives is the major copout. It should've taken significant time for their civilization regardless. The entire timeline of GalCiv is a bit strangely accelerated.

[@ADobbin1]

I'm not sure why humanity is shocked utopia doesn't exist. We keep being shocked when one country or another decides to do there own thing now contrary to uptopian thinking.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

So is the game a Stellaris ripoff?

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

"Is the fourth entry in a long running franchise which has been around for nearly 15 years a 'rip off' of a newer game than the first two entries in said series" that's basically what you're asking.

[@marcusblackwell2372]

​@@McDonaldWilliamTThanks. To be honest, I didn't even know this franchise was older than Stellaris

[@TheRedKing]

Ahaa not quite!!! Galatic Civ has been around since the early 2000s iirc

[@McDonaldWilliamT]

​@@marcusblackwell2372lol, no worries, basically Galciv has also always been turn based instead of real time and almost always includes several 'campaign scenarios' with specific win conditions and the like. As the name suggests it's basically 'what if Sid Mayers Civilization was set in SPACE' mechanically as well as thematically

[@MrHellknightimp]

The first game was dos or early Mac ill have to look it up again, first game on windows was a remake of the original.