Galactic Civilizations III and Crusade just saw some major improvements with the v2.5 update. We're seeing a lot of modifications to the base game in an attempt to improve performance by strengthening the parts of the game already lauded by players.
One of the most notable aspects of this update is that it makes an effort to migrate some of the features of Crusade over to the base game, given how much it improved gameplay in the first place.
The updates for Crusade include:
The base game updates (from Crusade) include:
The base game is $29.99 and the game plus Crusade is $39.98 on Steam right now. Update v2.5 has just gone live, so now might be a good time to jump back in.