Every single game is exactly the same as the previous one

[HexaGun81]

You just do exactly the same thing a little faster...

There is zero variation in the building order and the production chains. It's always tons of workshops, tons of lithic tools, tons of ropes, tons of plows, fight animals standing over resource nodes, tons of useless fur for 100 turns, oh look I made two ceramic shops because I already know I need lots of ceramic pots for my palace, build over whatever resource node is around because that's the only sensical thing to do, make ropes, more ropes, make lithics too man, ok one BASKET here for the dwelling plz, ok the tribe ALWAYS wants a spearmen, now domesticate some goats because, hello, that's what's on the map for you today, OMG make wheels because you should know from last game (and ALL the previous ones too) that you ALWAYS need wheels, ok TRADE SOME STUFF WITH NEIGHBOUR NATION NOW, OMG SUCH CREATIVITY AND FREEDOM, oops never mind they broke treaty after WE DID NOTHING TO THEM EXCEPT MAYBE SEND GIFTS, ok time to make a dwelling because 5/5 coming real fast after ALL THOSE FEASTS THAT WE ALWAYS CRAFT/CONSUME FOREVER EACH GAME, and man guess what it's triumph time, got some ropes ? MAKE ROPES MAKE ROPES, TIMELY ALIGN WITH LYTHICS, become god of ARA UI, even toss another plow in there BECAUSE GOATS, yeah so like I said, do every thing exactly the same as previous game, but just a little faster...

There is no variety in this game. At all. It's an extremely linear experience.

The only element of surprise in this game is war, and you can MATERIALIZE your huge zero-maintenance reserve army at any non-occupied city in two turns.

Devs gonna go the usual path, make a DLC real quick, take the money, make another DLC... Never address fundamental issues.

This unfinished game is actually the first part of the money grab, it should have been early access but they couldn't have charged 70$US for it.

[Fenris]

Well the city cap can be uh... a bit expanded let's say ^^'
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=3341266690

[********]

Originally posted by V.A.L. Commorby:

arent u supposed to see a little mouse icon if the OP owns the game

LOL - and there's the end of the discussion. Looks like OP doesn't even have the game.

[Morholt]

Sweet summer child. Steam is not an only platform where ARA is available.

[TehJumpingJawa]

Originally posted by ********:

Originally posted by V.A.L. Commorby:

arent u supposed to see a little mouse icon if the OP owns the game

LOL - and there's the end of the discussion. Looks like OP doesn't even have the game.

Steam players are very likely a small minority for this game; most are playing for free on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

[vivas]

Originally posted by TehJumpingJawa:

Originally posted by ********:

LOL - and there's the end of the discussion. Looks like OP doesn't even have the game.

Steam players are very likely a small minority for this game; most are playing for free on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Well not exactly for free, i specificly renewed my gamepass for Ara.

[Lunyicon]

so not much replay value judging from various posts here?

[vivas]

Originally posted by Lunyicon:

so not much replay value judging from various posts here?

Not sure, havent read it all but for me there is a ton of replay value.

[wilcoxchar]

Originally posted by Lunyicon:

so not much replay value judging from various posts here?

Only if you judge by one person who seems to have gone into playing with the sole purpose of seeking things to dislike.

For most people though it sounds like there's a lot of replay value.

[********]

Originally posted by TehJumpingJawa:

Originally posted by ********:

LOL - and there's the end of the discussion. Looks like OP doesn't even have the game.

Steam players are very likely a small minority for this game; most are playing for free on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Well, I stand corrected. How do you brave souls on XBOX play it with a controller? It can't be that fun given all the little things you can click on.

[vivas]

Originally posted by ********:

Originally posted by TehJumpingJawa:

Steam players are very likely a small minority for this game; most are playing for free on Xbox Game Pass for PC.

Well, I stand corrected. How do you brave souls on XBOX play it with a controller? It can't be that fun given all the little things you can click on.

I play on the PC with the gamepass, i guess most people are.

[********]

Originally posted by vivas:

Originally posted by ********:

Well, I stand corrected. How do you brave souls on XBOX play it with a controller? It can't be that fun given all the little things you can click on.

I play on the PC with the gamepass, i guess most people are.

Didn't know you could do that. Shows you how much I know about gamepass and xbox.

[Ara: History Untold]

Hi there! Thanks for the feedback. We really do appreciate your thoughts. If you have any suggestions on how we can do better, please feel free to let us know! In fact, we have a "Wish List" thread here for just that! https://steamcommunity.com/app/2021880/discussions/0/4852155556170133768/

[bhsleepystudent3]

what do you do when your cities stop growing?im in 2act and can only get knowledge or wealth

[lusciouslanguidity]

While I get both what OP is saying and what others are saying, I feel like it's way too early to develop some sort of meta. Maybe the TEMPTATION to play the same is much stronger in this game if you are new than in other games where variation is a bit more IMMEDIATELY apparent, but there are clear opportunities to play in a varied way in this game.

For example, I feel like there's a lot of strategies that have not yet been explored. A player could focus minimally on military or go all in. Another player could focus very heavily on masterpieces. Another player could focus heavily on blasting through the tech tree. Another player could focus on specific mid and end game goods. One player could skip triumphs all together and someone else could go triumph heavy. Another player could focus on cities far and wide while another could play semi-tall. Etc.

Remember the purpose of the game is to earn the most prestige, and there's tons of ways to get prestige. Yes you need to keep certain things in check and that will be good for almost any game, but there are multiple ways to do that each game.

Plus, you can do a lot to vary map settings, number of nations, and so forth which can greatly change how a game is played. Certain AI will hate/love you more depending on the game and also what you decided to do, how you decide to trade with them, the kind of war you want to do or not, and so forth.

[Lunyicon]

Originally posted by wilcoxchar:

Originally posted by Lunyicon:

so not much replay value judging from various posts here?

Only if you judge by one person who seems to have gone into playing with the sole purpose of seeking things to dislike.

For most people though it sounds like there's a lot of replay value.

Again I read a lot of posts in this forum, not just this one. And my conclusion is that it sounds like for most people there isn't a lot of replay value.