Ara: History Untold – latest news

By | September 2, 2024

Various things have happened with Ara, many of it during the latest Civ7 info, so now we are catching up on Ara!

The devs have released their 5th Q&A. In this episode they talk about that there are options to not automatically eliminate civs at the end of an era, that your population might leave for other nations if they are not satisfied and that there are no artificial rubber-band mechanics, although things such like war-weariness are certainly included. For the remaining 5 questions please watch the video and join us here.

In addition to the Dev Q&A we also got the 3rd of the encarta series, where the devs give us a profile of Egypt. They start the introduction with some history of Egypt, and it’s ruler in Ara, Nefertiti. She will have 5 traits, which all give various bonuses. e.g. she will get more food from her farms, or faster research for religious technologies and faster religious spread. For more details please check the video and join us here.

As last important news, CivFanatics has decided to give also more attention to Ara, and give this game also its own subforum. You can find all the Ara-related discussions now here.

The sound of Civ7 – what we know

By | August 31, 2024

While mechanics and graphics are important, also the sound of a Civ game are not unimportant either, which we know at least since Christopher Tin won a grammy for the Civ4 theme song. And everyone loved Leonard Nimoy for the tech quotes too.

For Civ7, we get Gwendoline Christie from Game Of Thrones, which has been welcome by the community so far (see thread).

For the Civ7 theme song we get again a composition from Christopher Tin, although we don’t know anything else (see thread).

It also seems that for a big part of the Civ7 soundtrack Geoff Knorr will be again responsible, who made some excellent pieces for Civ5 and Civ6. He is the lead composer and producer, as he confirmed to our member Guandao (see thread).

PolyCast 438: Something to Believe In [Part 1]

By | August 30, 2024
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The four-hundred-and-thirty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Something to Believe In [Part 1]“ is now available for streaming on the PolyCast YouTube Channel. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus, Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:

News
00h01m43s | The Death of the 2K Launcher
00h04m24s | August Challenge of the Month: Rotating Redux
00h09m52s | Civilization VII Gameplay Reveal
00h11m22s | Ages
00h20m47s | Crisis
00h30m21s | Leaders
00h44m00s | Civics, Technologies, and Governments
00h52m27s | Diplomacy


NOTE: This Episode was recorded on August 24, 2024.

PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.

Come join us to discuss this episode with us here.