Ben "rL" Martin
The 4Xplorer
Dave "Daveheart" Gwynne
eXplorminate
Joshua "Gwydion" Jacobs
Dallin "Kearon" Holden
Micah "Marlowe" Dutro
Oliver "Mezmorki" Kiley
Matt "nonsense" Gittleson
Nate Nasarog
Sam Spackman
Chris Massey
Ben "TiltedAxis" Alberts
Troy "TC" CostisickJoin Nate and Troy as they bring you all the important information on all of your favorite 4X and strategy games! This week they talk about Star Zeal, Endless Space 2, Stellaris, Interstellar Space Genesis, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Driftland: the Magic Revival, Thea 2: the Shattering, Civilization 6 and much much more. As well as continued coverage for your other favorite 4X and strategy games!
Music for eXplorminate by Mangadrive
Show Notes:
- Star Zeal update – 02:01
- Endless Space 2 update – 07:06
- Stellaris update – 10:35
- Interstellar Space Genesis update – 14:28
- Age of Wonders: Planetfall update – 17:11
- Driftland gave us an update – 24:05
- Thea 2 update – 27:11
- Civilization 6 update – 31:13
- Star Control update – 34:12
- World of Warcraft III: Reforged is available for pre-purchase – 36:38
- What is Waylanders? – 39:41
- Dominions 5 poll results for “How Would YOU Rate Dominions 5?” – 41:52
- eXemplary – 25
- Recommended – 9
- Consider – 4
- Beware – 3
- Avoid – 13
- Distant Worlds: Universe Steam page
- Q&A idea – 45:40
Games played – 47:50
- Space Tyrant Steam page
- World of Tanks Blitz Steam page
- Red Dead Redemption 2 webpage
- Mutant Year Zero: Road to Eden Steam page
Categories: 4X, Podcast, Strategy Game, Weekly eXchange
By the time this show goes out everyone will of course know that Civ 6 is getting a new expansion called Gathering Storm. We’ll see how that lands, the base game and its first expansion are not very highly rated on Steam. Who knows, maybe this will be the one that really cements the game as the best yet.
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nice show, thanks.
was very interested in MYZ:RtE but it is unfortunately another game i’m gonna miss on purpose as it uses DRM i don’t like (in this case denuvo).
so looking forward to Phoenix Point and see what that will bring. on the other hand, there is the update/addon for Battletech incoming, so new tactical game time there.
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Game now requires 1.5GB less RAM to run! Optimizations were made to which audio files are loaded and when are played which allowed for a reduction of 1.5GB of RAM required to play the game. This is especially critical for lower-end graphics cards that don’t have dedicated RAM.
While (part of) the declared system requirements is:
Memory: 3 GB RAM
Graphics: 1GB+ graphics card.
Sounds like a hot mess. Not very surprising to hear from the people who think they can make a (good) game knowing nothing about low end programming though.
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I gather your making an assumption, have you actually tried it?
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BLACK FRIDAY SALE ON STEAM!!!! I just bought my best friend Endless Legend for $7.50 and we played a game over steam multi-player. First time I’ve done that, was a lot of fun.
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Writing software (including low level) – yes. Writing games – no. I understand that games isn’t just a software. Too many people are misinformed that the “software” part can be avoided (automated) while writing games.
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Another great show thanks Nate and Troy. Hope you enjoy your turkey day this week.
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