Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade

Mechanics

Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade for PC introduces three new playable factions: Terran Resistance from Earth, the Onyx Hive that dwells in the asteroids, and the Slyne – arrogant and highly advanced cybernetic amoebas.

Now, players can also create their own civilizations, including its leader, ideology, and abilities. We can also create our civilization’s space ships and write its history and dialogue lines. We can do all of that with the help of a thing called the Civilization Builder, i.e. a special tool integrated with Steam Workshop, which allows us to share our creations with the game’s community.

Galactic Civilizations II: Crusade for PC also introduces the citizens system. It allows us to create characters with specific functions (like iral, engieneer, celebrity or pioneer) so they can aid our civilization’s development. Crusade also introduces the espionage mechanics. Our secret agents can steal alien technologies, spread rumors to create social turmoil, sabotage our opponents, and even murder our opponent’s citizens.

The rather simplified Invasion system from the base game was replaced with a new, more complex one. Now we have to train our soldiers and manually control our invasions. We also use this mechanics to defend our worlds from opposing factions.

Galactic Civilizations II: Crusade also introduces some lesser changes and upgrades. There are more mercenaries to hire, we can create space stations by ourselves, and there are more various random encounters in the game. The interface and the technology tree were also overhauled.