Before summer finishes we get another warm Civ4 GOTM! This time you play as Montezuma on a standard size temperate rainforest map on Emperor level. The barbarians start with archery, to have a bit of an extra challenge. You have until November 6 to spread the glory of the sungod! For more information please see this thread.
Twinfinite has published an article called “Top 10 Best 4X Games”. While a top 10 can be very limited, the writer made a very good selection in this case, containing Civ5, Civ6, Alpha Centauri, Humankind and Old World.
The excerpt from Civ6:
It should be no surprise that Civilization 6 is on this list alongside its predecessor. It’s the most-played 4X game on Steam at around 41,000 players in September 2023. And it’s no understatement to say that the Civilization series has a monopoly on the people’s vision of a 4X game. Wherever there is talk of the 4X genre, Civ will always make an appearance.
In previous installments, a game of Civ was skewed towards building tall, rather than build wide. This has since changed with Civilization 6, moving its tile supremacy into sprawling your empire across as many tiles as possible. Districts are the major point of addition that shakes up how you approach city building. Previously, the most important tile was your city centre, but now districts can be built on any tile in your empire. City location and management just became far more important. Mountains are great for science-dedicated cities, while those that anchor beside a beach can earn gold through trade hubs. The magic you know from Civilization is still here, its polish is unquestioned, and its additions all hit the right mark.
Read the full article here, and discuss it with us here.
Thanks to Rui Castro for this tip on Twitter.
The Civilization IV Hall of Fame has been updated – 5 games were accepted since the previous update, come congratulate the winners here.
Congratulations to Conquistador 63 for the highest score of the update with a Small, Epic, Monarch, Space Colony game for 329,654 points.
tsvyatkov was the most active player during this update, submitting 3 games.
Gauntlet Updates
Congratulations to tsvyatkov for winning G-Minor 272 with a date of 50BC, zbgayumn was second. The settings I chose were too difficult to overtake the current record but congratulations to you both for excellent efforts.
New Gauntlet Starting
G-Minor 273 – Score, Monarch, Ancient, Tiny, Normal, Rain Forest, – High Score Wins! (check options)
Hooded Horse, the publisher of Old World, has announced the new DLC “Pharaohs of the Nile“, which will be published on October 4. The new DLC will come with 6 historical scenarios, a lot of events and a new civilization, Kush. Discuss the news with us here.
Our master mapper bite has updated his Humankind map collection, to reflect the latest Oceania DLC. His maps show now the extend of all Humankind civilizations through the various eras. Have a look at the maps at his site, and discuss them with us here.
Civ6-streamer and history student paisley_trees has made another video, after the tooth video, this time about a natural wonder, Pamukkale. They talk about the health benefits from the waters, how this relates to the next city and adjacency bonuses, and about holy sites in real life at this location.
Have a watch, and discuss this article with us here.
PCGamesN has also released an article covering Hexarchy, called “Civilization and Slay the Spire collide in 4X deck builder on Steam”. The article talks about that Hexarchy is a light-weight game which can be played in less than 1h, that a lot of balancing has gone in the tech tree, and, shocking for veteran civ players, that there are only 10 civs to choose from.
Read the article here, and discuss it with us here.
The developers of Ara: History Untold have published their 5th dev diary, this time talking about the eras in the game. The description from youtube reads the following:
Join our host, Steven Bell (@Stakuyi), and Lead Designer, Michael Califf, as they discuss the heart of Ara: History Untold and explore its fascinating progression system through its three Acts.
You can find this dev diary also on Twitter here, and you can join us for the discussion about Ara in the forum here.