Bought the game + expansions, played for 35h or so. I find it a lot harder than GalCiv2 (playing on Normal).
With GalCiv 2 i could play on the more extreme settings and still win.
I like the interface better, many good changes, but overall i think i had more fun with GalCiv2. Economy is immensely difficult now, keeping track of administrators isn't exactly adding to the fun. It's not as forgiving as GalCiv2..
One thing i dislike is how little information they give to the player during the game (in text windows etc), usually just adding 1 or two more words to the text would make everything 100% understandable, but instead they force you to google or ask on forums what the text means. Sometimes they can forget to tell you that e.g a certain ability comes with a whole new tech tree, would be so fast and easy to fix for them but no, you'll have to google what it means and what something does. Idiotic.
What started as a crusade has become a war of retribution.
Across the galaxy, ancient alien artifacts are being discovered, giving civilizations powerful new capabilities. Meanwhile, as civilizations try to carefully balance building an economy, funding an ever growing war machine, and engaging in diplomacy, the humans of Sol III have invented a game-changing new technology - Hypergates - which, when connected, allow for rapid transit across the galaxy.
With two new major civilizations and the concluding campaign to the Galactic Civilizations III backstory that serves this massive space 4X sandbox game, Retribution asks the question: How will you rule your galaxy?
Features
Artifacts - Powerful items buried on planets across the galaxy will give your civilization instant-access to new abilities.
Hypergates - Construct powerful gateways that, when linked, allow your fleets to travel even faster across hyperspace.
New Major Civilizations - The Drath and the Korath are back! The manipulative Drath pull the strings across the galaxy while the Korath rely on extermination. Each has its own set of special abilities, bonuses, and ship parts.
Cargo ships - No longer do your planets act just as islands in space. Cargo ships can be constructed to deliver goods and services to your other planets to aid in their development.
New Technology Tree - A top to bottom overhaul of the technology tree adds depth and sharpens the strategic choices in your research options.
Retribution Campaign - The climactic final battle players have been waiting for. The malevolent Drengin Empire thought humans were soft and peace-loving. They made a terrible mistake that may now end in their extinction.
Galactic Civilizations III: Retribution arrives on February 21. The expansion to the massive space strategy game adds new civilizations, hypergates, supply ships, new technology trees and much more.
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