Kotaku has made a video about our most beloved genre: The 4X games. In this video, they go quickly back to the beginning of 4X with Master Of Orion 1, and then describe a bit the features which all these games have. The video is not very in-depth, but if you need to convince someone else why these games rule (I mean… we all know that), then this video is worth a watch.
Watch the video here: https://kotaku.com/whats-a-4x-game-and-why-do-they-rule-1847817394
PCGamesN has an article today, telling that Old World will come to both Steam and GOG in spring, while it is still exclusive to the Epic store right now.
The article also says that an addon will follow, although it says that there is nothing known besides that there will be an “expansion campaign”.
Read the article from PCGamesN here: https://www.pcgamesn.com/old-world/steam-release-date
Discuss this article in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/pcgamesn-old-world-coming-to-steam-gog-in-spring-also-new-expansion.673593/
You can already add them to your wish list on both services!
The creators of Old World have released a new patch. This update includes 7 new events, and otherwise mostly balancing and graphical changes.
The full change log can be found here: https://mohawkgames.com/2021/10/06/old-world-update-73/
Discuss this patch in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/old-world-patch-73-october-6.673586/
It is again time for the new Civ3 “Game Of The Month”! In this competition you can play a set game, and see if you are doing better than your fellow Civ-fanatics!
For the base Civ3 game, you can play this time as Spain on deity level with restless barbarians. You have until December 31 to finish this game. You can find all the details and the savegame here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/cotm157-hittites-regent-discussion-and-spoilers.673460/#post-16166189
If you have the “Conquests” addon, you can also play a game with the Hittites on an archipelago map on regent level. You also haveh ere until December 31 to finish this game. All other details including savegame can be found here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/cotm157-hittites-regent-discussion-and-spoilers.673460/#post-16166189
Our user pholkhero has taken up one of the Civ traditions for also for Humankind: Writing a story. Story means in this case that you spin a role-playing story around your current game, describing why you do certain things in-game and why not others, with some flavour (all with screenshots). Some players also ask what decisions would be best to make.
Right now the game is in an early stage, and pholkhero has asked us what we think the people of his game should be called. If you are interest to see how his game progresses, and if he will lead his people to victory, then follow his story in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/the-people-of-avalaina.673544/
Sean Seanson has produced a video for the youtube channel of PotatoMcWhiskey, showcasing the Civilization 2 port on the PS1. The Civ2 version definitely looks like an improvement over the Civ1 version on the PS1, especially given that it is available in English. As the Civ1 version, the Civ2 version looks considerably different.
If you’ve never seen either, have a look at this video and the video of the Civ1 version.
Discuss this post in our forum: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/video-civilization-2-on-the-ps1.673560/
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month”. In the “Game Of The Month” series you compete with other civ-players on who does best in a pre-set game. This time you play as Kamehameha on a small continents map on Immortal level. You have until October 30 to finish and to send in your savegame.
Read all the other details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-tsg209-announcement.673507/
Soren Johnson has published a new blog post, this time about “events”, have a read here.
Soren this time writes about how the random events in Civ4 were a necessesity to allow scripted actions happen, and that they were missed from Civ2, since they allowed great story mods there. He didn’t want to repeat them in Old World, since they were basically not diverse enough. In Old World he rather went for a system, which would make your leader and the foreign relations more personal, allowing you to better relate to other leaders and their actions.
An excerpt:
“Thus, I had the basic blueprint for an event system – it would be a virtual deck of event cards which each had a potential trigger (such as meeting a new nation), a set of requirements (a childless leader), and possible effects (a foreign spouse). When a trigger occurs, the game finds all events in the deck valid for the current game state and then chooses one randomly based on the weight, probability, and priority values of each event. The backbone of the event system are the subjects, which are a set of game objects randomly chosen for each potential event. Subjects can be anything from a character to a city to a family and even to a law or technology. Each subject can have multiple tests to find the perfect one – an adult child of the leader who is NOT the heir but IS a bloodthirsty schemer is a good example of a very specific subject that might mean bad things for the current heir. Further, the system can test for relationships between subjects, such as two nations that are at war with each other, the religion of your spouse, or a character who is vengeful against another. The event options can affect any of the subjects and can also be unlocked based on the current ratings or traits of the leader.”
Discuss this blog post in our forum here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/soren-johnson-on-events.673515/