WOW. I completely forgot about the trailer for GC1. Now I remember seeing it, first in pieces, then in one piece. The little girl with the teddy bear really impressed me, and is what makes me think the GC1 trailer was the best of the three.

I also remember that the first trailer initially challenged low end GPUs pretty heavily and they had to tweak it to make it better.

One thing worries me, though. The trailer for GC3 leaves me wondering if GC3 will be the last of the series. I hope not.

Well, This may be the end of the line sort of games, the series has evolved to match the epic space games of the ages. I wouldn't be surprised if this was the final release before they move on to a new series or perhaps even go further with the sins of a solar empire. 

Yes, I would be sad if this series had to end, but I think considering the 2nd one was based off of the 70's vision of space empires, this series maybe due for a retirement, unless they manage to drag on a sequel after the end of the universe occurred.

Or maybe I am just being optimistic. Then again I don't have a clue, nobody does.

If it becomes the anticipated "nice earner", I think GalCiv IV is a given in due time - I have a feeling he's in love with GalCiv as much as an Owner/Programmer can be.

Constructing a storyline along the lines of ....

"After the violence of the final climatic battle, unknown to the Terran Alliance, a massive worm hole was opened up to a parallel universe where the Brutal Zargassian Alliance,  and subjugated allies, saw their opportunity to mount a surprise attack through the worm hole ...... forced back to the Terran System, the Terran Alliance barely survived the brutal onslaught .... "

Rinse and repeat GalCiv with a brand new set of enemies and refreshed weapons blah blah....

Well .... one can dream .... stranger things have happened....

He is susceptible to bribery and corruption?

We could do an Inter-Galactic whip-round ..... if that fails, send in the Ninja's

He can always go the Douglas Adams route, too. "The fifth game in the increasingly inaccurately named Galactic Civilizations series...."