Monthly Archives: August 2021

SEGA commissions cave art of Humankind’s modern historical events

By The_J | August 19, 2021

Various news outlets have reported this interesting piece of information: For the release of Humankind, SEGA has commisioned “cave art” of various events in modern history. This is definitely a creative marketing strategy. You can read more about it here: https://www.megavisions.net/sega-commissions-cave-art-of-modern-historical-events/ https://www.buckinghamshirelive.com/news/buckinghamshire-news/hellfire-caves-sega-art-marks-5797504 https://www.thesun.ie/tech/7457768/sega-cave-art-covid-19-pandemic/ The article of “The Sun” also has a video worth watching. Discuss this in our… Read More »

Soren Johnson’s designer notes about the tech tree

By The_J | August 18, 2021

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Soren Johnson, the lead designer of Old World, which is probably the biggest contender for Humankind right now, has written another note about the design decisions in Old World. An excerpt: “Of course, every piece of game design is a set of trade-offs, and one of the trade-offs that the traditional tech tree made in the name of… Read More »

Humankind first video-impressions by a CivFanatic

By The_J | August 18, 2021

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Our long-term member mbarker (member since 2004, so longer than some of our other members are old) has made a video about his first impressions of Humankind. If you want to see on video what a true Civfanatic thinks about this game, then check it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-a-newbs-first-impressions.672490/

New Civ4, Civ5 and Civ6 “Game of the Month”

By The_J | August 18, 2021

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And we have the next iteration of our monthly competition called “Game of the Month” (GotM). The GotM teams have prepared again new challenges for both Civ4 and Civ6, and you can compete to see if you’re the best CivFanatic to beat this game. For Civ4, you start as Lincoln of America on Emperor level with 5 AIs.… Read More »

Civilization 6 for iPhone/iPad discounted

By The_J | August 17, 2021

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Aspyr media, who did the port of Civ6 to various platforms, has today, due to the release of Humankind, discounted the iPhone and iPad versions of Civ6. You can play the base game for 60 rounds for free, and then you have the option to buy it for 5€ (expansions not included). Check it out here: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sid-meiers-civilization-vi/id1235863443 Follow… Read More »

The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #6

By The_J | August 17, 2021

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And now we got our final review for Humankind. Our modder and moderator Gedemon, known for his mods for Civ5, Civ6 and Old World, has also written down his first experience with the game. Read it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-my-first-impressions.672474/ An excerpt: “Thankfully Humankind is much better on that side, I’ve not played enough for a definitive judgement, but the… Read More »

Play Humankind on a world map

By The_J | August 17, 2021

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Our user Elhoim has worked during the beta on the very first map for Humankind: He just released the first version of his world map. If you want to really conquer the world, check his map out here. This map has also been featured in PCGamesN!

Humankind released!

By The_J | August 17, 2021

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The long awaited 4X contender to Civilization, besides the recently released Old World, is finally available. You can find the official page here, and discuss in our forum here. The Civfanatics here have also written reviews, so that you know how this game feels like to a Civ player. Read them here: Review by Victoria Review by pokiehl… Read More »