eXplorminate

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The eXplorminate Podcast brings you great content about 4X, strategy, and tactics games. We feature news, reviews, discussion of gameplay mechanics, and interviews with the genres' top developers. Enj... more

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August 05, 2020 Episode #10: Tactics Talk
Ben, Drexy, Shaun, and Rob sit down and discuss a variety of Tactics Games topics, including some of their favorite games, favorite mechanics, and more.
02:52 - Phoenix Point News
07:17 - Rob's Son in Old World
08:40 - Humankind OpenDev News
12:32 - Godking Update
13:49 - Othercide News
15:03 - Civilization 6 Frontier Pass News
15:33 - Interstellar Space: Genesis Sale News
16:35 - Topic Start: Tactics Games Discussion
Transition music by Flybyno for Amplitude Studios. Outro music by Firaxis Games for XCOM 2.
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1h 28min
July 29, 2020Episode #9: I'm a Mechanical Man
A full house of 4X game fans discuss their favorite game mechanics from the 4X genre and get into the details of why they were so great. This episode was brought to you in part by our wonderful patrons, in particular this week, Eerie Forest Studios, who, as our first Master-of-Orion tier patron, requested that we do this episode. Thank you all!
***ALL TIMES ARE APPROXIMATE DUE TO THE EDITING PROCESS***
02:16 Battle of Polytopia

03:15 At the Gates

09:22 Civilization VI

11:27 Stars in Shadow

12:04 Topic Start

12:43 Rob: Sword of the Stars and its Research Tree

16:49 Stellaris: How it Handles Research

18:21 Interstellar Space Genesis: Research

21:26 TortugaPower: Ship/Unit Design

23:15 Fantasy 4X Unit Design

25:00 Alpha Centauri/Galciv 3/Aurora 4X/Distant Worlds: Universe - Unit Designer

29:03 Alpha Centauri Terrain Mechanics

33:30 Ben: Master of Magic and Alpha Centauri - Timeless Aesthetics

39:32 Kirk: Star Ruler 2 - Diplomacy Card System

44:12 TortugaPower: Customizable Factions

45:49 Rob: Asymmetrical 4X games - Ascendancy & Endless Legend

48:00 Sword of the Stars Faction Asymmetry

52:00 Strategia - Endless Legend's Tactical Combat

54:35 Shadow Empire & Gladius - Warfare

59:05 Kirk: Star Ruler 2 - Economy

59:20 TortugaPower: Distant Worlds: Universe Private/Public Economy

1:02:00 Ben: Warhammer 40K: Gladius - No Diplomacy, but Great Combat

1:05:00 We must not give up on diplomacy in 4X games!

1:06:00 Alpha Centauri is a timeless work of art
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1h 14min
July 22, 2020 Interlude #1: A Humble Plea
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2min
July 17, 2020 Episode #8: Behind the Scenes
Rob, Drexy, and Ben talk about all of the things that have been going on behind the scenes to cause Rob to formerly shut eXplorminate's site down, what is next for the community, and catch up on some of the news that's occurred since the last episode.
Please feel free to offer up topics on what you'd like to hear from the podcast moving forward!
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1h 5min
June 18, 2020 Episode #7: Enchanted with Legendary Heroes
Rob, Ben, and Drexy speak about Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes and why it was way better than it had any right to be and why it's easily among the most underrated 4X gems out there. We also go over some recent relevant news, too!
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55min
June 09, 2020 Content Creator Interview with DasTactic
Rob and Ben sat down with THE DasTactic and had a great discussion with him on his YouTube origins, 4X games, and much more!
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1h 18min
June 01, 2020 Interview with Vic of VR Designs about Shadow Empire
Shadow Empire is a post-apocalyptic hybrid sci-fi strategy game mixing the 4X genre with military wargaming and role-playing games. It features a highly detailed procedurally generated planet creation system that creates a wide variety of believable worlds to play on each with their own simulated economies and populations, a sophisticated logistics and supply system, procedural generation of units and one of the most detailed combat systems we've ever seen in the 4X genre.
Join Rob and Ben as they speak with Vic from VR Designs about Shadow Empire in light of its upcoming June 4th release date.
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53min
May 29, 2020Episode #6: Whatcha Playin?
Rob takes a break this week, as Ben hosts Kirk and Eric as they talk about the recent 4X news and what they've been playing recently.
OUTLINE:
00:46 - Alliance of the Sacred Suns

02:52 - Field of Glory: Empires Persia 550BCE- 330BCE

11:30 - Do people still read game manuals?

12:12 - What is "TortugaPower Game" category as coined by Drexy?

12:57 - AI War 2

17:46 - Total War: Warhammer 2 Greenskins update and The Warden & The Paunch DLC

24:52 - Shadow Empire

48:35 - Aurora 4X C#

55:55 - Armageddon Empires

57:28 - Solium Infernum

59:26 - Pax Nova and its Steam Reviews

1:00:51 - Emperor of the Fading Suns

1:06:10 - Drexy's Playing X4

1:06:45 - Star Sector
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1h 9min
May 17, 2020Old World Interview with Soren & Leyla Johnson of Mohawk Games
Rob and Ben had the awesome opportunity to sit down with Soren and Leyla Johnson of Mohawk Games and pick their brains about their newest 4X hit, Old World. Please consider supporting this channel and our site, www.eXplorminate.co, by using the "Creator Tag" EXPLORMINATE on Epic Games Store, or by contributing here: https://www.patreon.com/eXplorminate. if you plan to purchase Old World, please do so here: https://store.epicgames.com/explormin...
For a general layout of the interview, see our outline here:
OUTLINE:
For those that don’t know, can you briefly describe Old World?

What brought upon the idea of Old World? Was it something you always wanted to make?

What lessons from Civ 4 did you learn and what have you done to implement them?

Is there something you’re unhappy with right now?

1UPT vs Doom Stack: what are your thoughts?

Combat in a 4X: why does it generally suck?

Tell us more about the events? Leyla, I understand you’re writing a lot of them?

What was the inspiration for the Orders system?

Can you tell us about the AI and what its intentions are? How difficult is it to develop competent AI? What about AI in the late game?

Was it the intention to keep games shorter?

Plans for future content down the line? You supported Offworld so well, I can imagine new cultures, different geographic zones, etc.

Have you played any recent 4X games recently?

Any that stand out in general and if so, which ones are pushing the genre forward?
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1h 15min
May 13, 2020 Episode #5: Old World Early Access
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
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1h 16min

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