Mobile eXperience: Civilization VI
For a game (and a series) that gets a ton of fanfare, the announcement and subsequent release of Civilization VI on the iPad (CSiP) has been relatively quiet. No months-long PR campaign full of developer diaries and pre-launch marketing blitzes. No hype train full of YouTube personalities panting breathlessly about the title’s amazing features. One […]
2017 End of Year Statistical eXamination Part 2
You can find part one of this article series and all associated charts HERE. eXplorminate is entering its fifth calendar year of existence, thus we now have four years of market data from our time to examine. It’s been a very exciting period for 4X. Some call it a Renaissance, others a Second Golden Age, […]
Falling Stars: War Of Empires Review
We are currently living in a boardgame renaissance. While video games feel stuck in same-ville, the boardgame world is full of exciting innovation, risk-taking designs, and flourishing creativity. Naturally, the excitement for boardgaming has slowly spread back to the video game world, and thus we’re getting games with boardgame-influenced mechanics (such as Thea) as well […]
Galactic Civilizations III: Crusade Review
Sometimes it pays to be the n00b. When Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade was released back in May, it came to the attention of eXplorminate staff that I had yet to play any game in the GalCiv series. As such, I was uniquely suited to evaluate Crusade as a fresh 4X experience without the constant comparisons […]
Nate Asked – Day 1
Troy’s Reflection on the Last Year Nate asked the staff to write about games we wanted to play from the last year but couldn’t for whatever reason. I told him, there were no such games. For me, the last 12 months have been a bit of a hangover from the previous 12. From late 2015 […]
The Core Mechanism Of 4X Part 1: An eXposition
I recently got into a debate with my good friend and colleague Oliver on our internal eXplorminate forums about what is or isn’t a 4X game. The staff has these debates every now and then, usually sparked by a game that doesn’t exactly fit the pure 4X definition – games like Total War: Warhammer, Sorcerer […]
All That Glitters Is Not Gold
With the release of Endless Space 2 (ES2), a wave in the space 4X ocean has crested. The “Big 4” space 4X games – Master of Orion: Conquer the Stars (MoO:CTS), Galactic Civilizations III (GalCiv3), Stellaris and ES2 – have all landed within the past year along with major expansions for GalCiv3 and Stellaris amidst […]
Audible eXtension For Civilization VI
Join Nate, Troy and Joshua as they discuss the Civilization VI review. We discuss what was left on the cutting-room floor and where this game is headed. Come and listen to what we think about Civilization VI! Music by Mangadrive for eXplorminate
Weekly eXchange #131 – Big Day!
Join 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 Dawn of Andromeda, Galactic Civilizations 3: Crusade, Project Space Sector, Stellaris, Civilization 6, Eador: Imperium, Space Tyrant, Stellar Monarch, Phoenix points and much much more. As well as continued coverage for […]
Stellaris: Utopia Review
When Stellaris launched I was one of many to shower it with acclaim. Here was the space 4X game we’d been waiting for that would revolutionize the genre. Of course, there were problems, but Stellaris showed the promise for something great, given time. We’re now almost a year distant from that launch, and some would […]