Apparently You Win Game By Having the Most Prestige

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I just read in the PC Gamer review that you win the game by having the most Prestige? Why must I read this in the PC Gamer review to find that out? I know the reviews have been all over the place, but I certainly agree that the game does not explain itself (rules, mechanics, goals, lore) well. 

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Reply #1 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

There are multiple ways to win and you can set the victory conditions in the new game options. One is through prestige, another is a tech victory, or you can just crush your rivals etc.

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I just read in the PC Gamer review that you win the game by having the most Prestige? Why must I read this in the PC Gamer review to find that out? I know the reviews have been all over the place, but I certainly agree that the game does not explain itself (rules, mechanics, goals, lore) well. 
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Some of the prior victory conditions got a bit rolled into prestige at this point (like research, ascension crystal, etc).  It's actually a good system.  Alliance victory is incoming in a soon-to-be-released update, and you can always blow people up, as Schism said..

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Reply #3 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

Quoting tid242, reply 2

Some of the prior victory conditions got a bit rolled into prestige at this point (like research, ascension crystal, etc).  It's actually a good system.  Alliance victory is incoming in a soon-to-be-released update, and you can always blow people up, as Schism said..
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I don't think the criticism was on the Prestige Victory itself, but on the lack of knowledge explaining it to the user. That much I can agree with. Frankly most of my understanding of the game comes from previous GC titles, I can't imagine a player unfamiliar with the series trying it out for the first time...it would be exceptionally confusing.

Prestige Victory I only understood because of one of the developer diaries. If I had never seen that, and just played the game straight off, there is a good chance I wouldn't understand prestige victory either.

 
Reply #4 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I really like the Prestige Victory --stops the late game grind.

Reply #5 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

It's called prestige, but really it's mostly a gauge of how powerful you are relative to other empires

With that said, I think it's set too low. I usually have to ignore all the Galactic Challenges (which do actually just give prestige) because otherwise I would win way too early

Reply #6 from GalCiv3 Forums Top

Quoting trancejeremy1, reply 5

It's called prestige, but really it's mostly a gauge of how powerful you are relative to other empires

With that said, I think it's set too low. I usually have to ignore all the Galactic Challenges (which do actually just give prestige) because otherwise I would win way too early
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It was even worse before they nerfed it.

 

Reply #7 from GalCiv4 Forums Top

I just turn off all the victory conditions except "Conquest" since that's the only one that matters to me.  That way nothing stands in my way until I've crushed every other Civ }:)