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Episode Synopsis
Join Rob, Ben, and Drexy as they discuss the news of the past couple weeks and then launch into a deep discussion of Soren Johnson's new 4X game, Old World.
----The 4Xchange #5 Outline----
Old World, Formerly "10 Crowns", Out!: A game that we're clearly a bit enamored with here at eXplorminate, Old World is set to release into Early Access at 11a EDT tomorrow, May 5th! As a gentle reminder, we'd love for those of you who plan to purchase Old World to use the creator tag "EXPLORMINATE" at checkout in the Epic Games Store or you can use THIS LINK HERE (we love you!).
Pax Nova eXits Early Access!: As it entered into v1.0, Pax Nova gained a lot of content, AI improvements, pacing improvements, and much more. Rob is pretty positive on it so far, but we will have our final critical take on it within the next couple of weeks.
Galactic Civilizations 3 v4.0 Opt-In Now Available!: Stardock has provided an Opt-In for their upcoming v4.0 update to their flagship 4X title. It improves how the planets look and makes a LOT of balance changes!
Stellaris Dev Diaries #177 and #178 Released: #177 outlined the changes to edicts coming and #178 outlined the changes to Federation Laws and more.
Godking: Master of the Rituals Updates: A few updates to this promising game have been released, including the latest Opt-In that adds a new faction and a lot of new sounds and sound effects. The updates are coming in hard and fast!
AI War 2 Reached v2.031 "Faction Color Choice": Lots of improvements and updates, including full GOG compatibility. Stay tuned for a continuance of Rob's Let's Play of it.
Topic of the ‘Cast: Old World
First, the bad:
Epic Store
Memory Leak
Drexy’s issues
The good:
Orders system
Events
Units have different attacks
The pacing
----The 4Xchange #5 Outline----
Old World, Formerly "10 Crowns", Out!: A game that we're clearly a bit enamored with here at eXplorminate, Old World is set to release into Early Access at 11a EDT tomorrow, May 5th! As a gentle reminder, we'd love for those of you who plan to purchase Old World to use the creator tag "EXPLORMINATE" at checkout in the Epic Games Store or you can use THIS LINK HERE (we love you!).
Pax Nova eXits Early Access!: As it entered into v1.0, Pax Nova gained a lot of content, AI improvements, pacing improvements, and much more. Rob is pretty positive on it so far, but we will have our final critical take on it within the next couple of weeks.
Galactic Civilizations 3 v4.0 Opt-In Now Available!: Stardock has provided an Opt-In for their upcoming v4.0 update to their flagship 4X title. It improves how the planets look and makes a LOT of balance changes!
Stellaris Dev Diaries #177 and #178 Released: #177 outlined the changes to edicts coming and #178 outlined the changes to Federation Laws and more.
Godking: Master of the Rituals Updates: A few updates to this promising game have been released, including the latest Opt-In that adds a new faction and a lot of new sounds and sound effects. The updates are coming in hard and fast!
AI War 2 Reached v2.031 "Faction Color Choice": Lots of improvements and updates, including full GOG compatibility. Stay tuned for a continuance of Rob's Let's Play of it.
Topic of the ‘Cast: Old World
First, the bad:
Epic Store
Memory Leak
Drexy’s issues
The good:
Orders system
Events
Units have different attacks
The pacing
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