HUMANKIND Megathread

[ChrisG]

A new civilization builder from Amplitude. Just announced on Gamescom

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TDivjMzbLWg

https://store.steampowered.com/app/1124300/HUMANKIND/


https://explorminate.net/2019/08/19/amplitude-studios-announces-humankind/

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Ah, so this was what the email was about???

Wishlisted.

[ashbery76]

Wow.They are coming for you Firaxis.

[Gregorovitch]

If the game is even half as imaginative as that trailer it'll be heading for my wish list too. Love the Neuromancer reference.

[ashbery76]

I was thinking while playing AOWP how Civ really needs to get back to the fundamentals of diplomacy,war,expansion before Culture and all the other baggage has been added over the years and how that is most likely impossible at this stage for them to do.

Glad Amp is having a go at it.

[BBB]

I just saw this.

Colour me unimpressed.

Then again Civ is a broken, tired franchise, so if all they do is deliver Civ but less formulaic, they'll gain great success.

I happen to think Endless Legend is the most overrated game of the last 5 years, so I have severe bias here.

edit: and wtf is that trailer all about? A Neanderthal Techno DJ...:S

[sgtshaggy]

Trailer is great. Curious to see what they can do with some RL 4X. The culture combining to create Civs (ah, shit, all that alliteration) is certainly interesting.

[BlackSmokeDMax]

Originally posted by BBB:

I just saw this.

Colour me unimpressed.

Then again Civ is a broken, tired franchise, so if all they do is deliver Civ but less formulaic, they'll gain great success.

I happen to think Endless Legend is the most overrated game of the last 5 years, so I have severe bias here.

edit: and wtf is that trailer all about? A Neanderthal Techno DJ...:S

I'm with you on the trailer. Until they showed some actual graphics towards the end of it.

I wishlisted it to follow it. Not gonna buy it until after it's out and I can watch let's plays. Mostly due to my partial agreement with you on Endless Legend.

[ashbery76]

One has to wonder if this was their choice or Sega who are going after the historical game monies which make more than Sci/Fantasy.

[AK_icebear]

The trailer is a miss for me too, but I would like to see the Civ subgenre as crowded as the space 4X one - I'd especially like to see the Distant Worlds or Paradox approach to this kind of game.

[ashbery76]

Originally posted by AK_Icebear:

The trailer is a miss for me too, but I would like to see the Civ subgenre as crowded as the space 4X one - I'd especially like to see the Distant Worlds or Paradox approach to this kind of game.

Not if it was 85% Civ2 clones.

[aReclusiveMind]

I'm more excited for 10 Crowns, but worth a wishlist to see what comes of it.

[Rob]

Originally posted by ashbery76:

One has to wonder if this was their choice or Sega who are going after the historical game monies which make more than Sci/Fantasy.

Very cynical of you. It has nothing to do with that.

[Rob]

https://explorminate.net/2019/08/19/amplitude-studios-announces-humankind/

[PengoPaddy]

It looks like it'll have similarities to Endless Legend. If they can make the turn based battles fun and interesting (which IMO they largely are not) then they're onto a winner.

Civ is a beast in terms of sales, Amplitude seem to be doing the polish of the Endless games with the instant familiarity of standard Earth. Any 4X casual that likes Civ but unwilling to try other styles of 4X may buy. That'll be huge for 4X.

They better try and release on consoles too.

[Nasarog]

Hell. YES!!! This was their dream project before even ES 1.