Back to Old World

[texazsun]

I did enjoy the Demo and will probably play again but this just made me want to go play Old World again. That's my Civ like favorite.

[A Burrowing Owl]

Old World is pretty fun! What do you miss when you're not playing it? The rulers with traits? The tighter focus on a particular era?

[The Doctor]

I'd say of all the 4X games we currently have available that Old World is the best of them. It might even be the best 4X game ever with some incredibly unique concepts that help it stand apart from the rest.

However, it only covers one era of human history albeit in a great amount of detail and that's one of its great strengths. I often play Civ with the longest game possible so that I can experience each era for a longer period and Old World allows me to fully indulge in the Ancient/Classical era gameplay.

There's no industrial era or beyond at all which means it doesn't scratch the same itch as Civ can. So as much as I love Old World, it isn't a game that covers all the ages as this will do when finished and that's what I'm looking for here. I hope for a 'Medieval World', a 'Rennaissance World', an 'Industrial World' and a 'Modern World' game of equal depth instead. The fantasy would be to then combine them all into one monster game but that's a pipe dream.

[texazsun]

I love the BACK button. Cant tell you how many times I reloaded Civ because I accidentally click the wrong thing. i dont save just whatever happens. Never did that with Civ, just kept spamming reloads until I won. This is just as intense but more relaxed somehow.