In 2013, I bought into the Founder's Edition of Galactic Civilizations III for $99. It spent two years in development, and had a decent 1.0 release in 2015. The game has been released for over 4 years and six months now. In that time, the game has reinvented itself multiple times, and if I stretch the investment for the amount of years that I have played this, it works out to be $20 a year, which is much less than other AAA titles. It's four cups of Starbucks in a different way of thinking. The value proposition of this game is outstanding, and with some time for Christmas to play, I'm diving back in and relearning the game with some DLC's that I've not tried yet.
If you want to own a Stardock game, it'll be supported even if it releases with bugs. If you are given the chance to become a Founder on a Stardock game, it's been a really outstanding value proposition for all the games that I have been a Founder on. And as Galactic Civilizations is one of Stardock's flagship titles (if not THE title), it should be a no-brainer to get in on the action if it is ever offered again.
Don't know if or when a GalCiv IV is coming out (it stretches out the value for GalCiv III for longer), but if it ever comes around, I'll be buying in at full price to be a Founder as I want to see a future. It's been that great a proposition. If you've just come in by the Humble Bundle route, welcome to the community, and I hope you enjoy the game as much as we have over the years.
Amen brother! Never regretted the decision for a moment!! Best investment I ever made. Based on the number of hours played this game was almost free.
If you count up all of the expansions and dlcs it’s been worth it.
When I had the chance to pay money early to become an Elite Founder for GalCiv3, I wasn’t sure I wanted to spend the money long before I could actually get anything. As I thought more about it, I started thinking about GalCiv2 and how much I spent on it. I bought physical versions of the game and its expansions at first. Later I bought electronic versions as new expansions were released. All this buying meant that I had bought several copies of the original game along with the various expansions. I finally decided paying the money early for GalCiv3 was a good deal. I did it in March, 2014. Once the game was released, it didn’t take long for me to be sure that I made the right choice.I haven’t had to worry about getting any of the expansions or DLC, because they are always automatically downloaded when they get released. With the hours I’ve put into the game, the cost has been very cheap on a $/hr basis. Actually, it’s a cents/hr basis. I just calculated it and found that it’s a little more than 2 cents/hr for me. I consider that to be real bargain.
It's less than 2.5 cents/hour for me, too.
Thanks guys!
We appreciate it!
Add me to the list of people who would do it again for GC 4. No hesitation.
I did not buy the founder's edition of GCIII and am sorry I did not. I have bought every DLC (except the villains of star control, which I am uninterested in) and spent far more than I would have had I founded. I'm not too sorry about that, I've put a lot of hours into this game. If/when GC4 makes a founder edition available, I'll be in.
About 2.5 cents per hour estimated. When I heard I could help make the game I was in. I almost wen with the founders package instead. I decided the elite was better over time, even though this was going to hurt that weak.
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