This vs Ara: History Untold

[MasterionX]

Worthy opponents. The battle will be legendary!

[ingosupercute]

Oh my, I somehow had not heard of that game before. Or I might have seen it at some game show and forgot about it again. You just made me put another game on my watchlist. I kinda hate you for it.

[Odarnok Leunam]

Both.
Sid Meier's Civ VII in PC only (Steam)
Ara in Xbox/PC (Xbox/Windows Store)

[Jack Greedy]

Both games will be ♥♥♥♥♥ , look at the release calendar of past year and please point one game which was good.

[Marshall of the Templars]

Ara: History Untold has at least two things going for it:

- The dev team is comprised of veterans who had worked on Civ V (conveniently they didn't work on Civ VI).

- It's been undergoing a couple of technical tests that virtually anyone can signup for.

Unless Civ VII can improve upon Civ VI's shortcomings (AI, moddability, etc), I'm going with Ara for now.

[reoman56]

I hope Ara is the first real competitor to Civ. It looks good so far from what they have showed but cant really know until its released to the public. I hope Civ 7 is awesome too. It would be nice to have two great games out at the same time. I'm worried after Civ 6 though.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Both, hopefully.

I'm also very tempted by Old World, though that's more temporally focused and not a stone age to space age game.

[ingosupercute]

Originally posted by Aikido:

Both, hopefully.

I'm also very tempted by Old World, though that's more temporally focused and not a stone age to space age game.

Dude, I picked up Old World with DLCs on sale earlier this year and it's soooo good!

I always hesitated because first it was on Epic, and then I thought I wanted a larger discount, and some people really hated the game... but it's actually superb. Minus the combat, combat is kinda trashy in it. But I have to say Old World only looks like ancient era Civilizations, it does not play like it at all. It's more like Imperator Rome but in actually good. I'd describe it as a political system dynasty manager.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

Originally posted by Aikido:

Both, hopefully.

I'm also very tempted by Old World, though that's more temporally focused and not a stone age to space age game.

Dude, I picked up Old World with DLCs on sale earlier this year and it's soooo good!

I always hesitated because first it was on Epic, and then I thought I wanted a larger discount, and some people really hated the game... but it's actually superb. Minus the combat, combat is kinda trashy in it. But I have to say Old World only looks like ancient era Civilizations, it does not play like it at all. It's more like Imperator Rome but in actually good. I'd describe it as a political system dynasty manager.

Yeah I definitely always got more of a "Crusader Kings if it was zoomed in on the political and dynasty aspect more, and turn-based, and had a much less intense learning curve" vibe from Old World, than "Civ but only in the ancient to medeival eras" vibe. It is definitely a game I'll eventually play.

The endless backlog grinds on, though. It is pitiless, and spares none lol. I'll get around to most of these games before I die with any luck.

[Marshall of the Templars]

Originally posted by ingosupercute:

Dude, I picked up Old World with DLCs on sale earlier this year and it's soooo good!

I always hesitated because first it was on Epic, and then I thought I wanted a larger discount, and some people really hated the game... but it's actually superb. Minus the combat, combat is kinda trashy in it.

Knowing that Old World's lead designer is the same one who was head of Civ IV's development team - Soren Johnson - it ain't entirely surprising the game ended up being a hidden gem.

[crzyfsh123]

None of the new contenders have been worth a darn.

[Aven Oul]

Originally posted by MasterionX:

Worthy opponents. The battle will be legendary! :cozyvalkyr:

never heard of it

[MFX_Media]

what about Millenia lol

[Surfer86]

Originally posted by MFX_Media:

what about Millenia lol

I had high hopes for that one. Sadly the great ideas are half executed and the world feels devoid of personality

[MFX_Media]

Originally posted by Surfer86:

Originally posted by MFX_Media:

what about Millenia lol

I had high hopes for that one. Sadly the great ideas are half executed and the world feels devoid of personality

Ikr. But all the streamers praised it ;D I hope civ 7 use the mechanics of ages. That is a great idea.

[Defective Dopamine Pez Dispenser]

Originally posted by MFX_Media:

what about Millenia lol

Thanks for letting me know this game exists, btw. Looking into it, I can see why some people critique it, but it does at least look like it has a distinctive approach to its design that I'm kind of interested in checking out now.