THE NEW CIVILIZATION 4X GAME - Ara History Untold NEW GAMEPLAY & Info 

I, for one, am never going to complain about having more 4x games to play. Old World, Humankind, Civilization VI.....I love them all.

My fear is that the "cities" are of continental or regional dimensions like in Humankind, instead of being smaller like in pre-6 civs. I don't really like a medieval world for example but the cities being the size of Eperopolis

the way you easily pronounced Harun al-Rashid w the alveolar trills and everything, immediately followed by stumbling over Sappho really tickled me. anyway looking forward to this game for sure, thanks for letting me know about it!

I played the second beta of this game, and had an absolute blast. The crafting mechanic to get advanced units and buildings is unique in the genre and allows stockpiling of resources for war prep or trading.

For the record, Sappho was a Greek Poet, who is famous for love poems to other women. She was from the Isle of Lesbos and is the reason for the modern meaning of lesbian.

Ara you looking forward to Ara?

Ara Ara sounds awesome.

I like how the tech tree works. You get limited picks, but I think less is more so you don't have to follow the same path as every civilization. Though one thing that triggers me is the aesthetics. Not a lot of contrast. It is plain and greyish. Seems like it is going for a realistic style but the UI and avatars appear cartoony

Something I like is how they choose to include more informal leaders like Sappho, civilization has had leaders like Gandhi Heihachirō for a while now but I like this more creative direction, I think most people would have more fun playing as Rasputin and richielieu then just the more generic leaders like Catherine and napoleon

This could be promising, looking like a bit of a hybrid between Civ and Humankind with a potentially fun combat system.

Looks awesome. Can't wait to check it out.

Very intrigued to see where this game goes!

Looks epic, I just don’t like how the map looks realistic but the Leaders look like they’re from Civ VI lol but still looking forward to it!

This is looking good. It's been on my wishlist some time now.

Don't sleep on the act system. It might seem gamey to break gameplay continuity, but one of the biggest challenges for immersion in any grand strategy/4x game is scaling up to larger geographical areas while maintaining the same city geographies. If it works how I hope, with each act eliminating bottom players and scaling up the map to add in new players/unlock more of the map, the scaling dissonance will be solved by increasing scope roughly historically. Bronze Age collapse and Medieval collapse were arguably very similar to this act system and would be a cool way to control the scaling of the player's progress while also keeping that progress meaningful the entire game.

Definitely on my radar. Look forward to seeing how all this shakes out.

Hey man I really appreciate you putting the release schedule in the beginning. Too many times I've watched yours or others and I go to impulse buy the game only to find it ain't out yet. Glad I'm subscribed. Subscribe if you're reading this and haven't, he's one of the best channels for learning about new 4X games.

Very neat looking!!

that looks very interesting. the system of civilizations being out of the game after each act will leave it being extremely dynamic, but we need to know what will happen to their territories too now for the simultaneous turn, if you played the Game of Thrones board game(or the online version that was free on epic a while ago) you know how crazy it can get(i played the board one, there was a lot of chaos between me and my friends) i'll be getting it if the public opinion is positive and i think it will be

This game looks very interesting. I looking forward to seeing where it goes in the future updates.

This is the first I have heard of it! To me, I think nothing will ever beat the Civilization series in that genre. However, it is very cool to see new games of similar style coming along, so now I am anticipating it. It will be on GamePass, too? That to me, is a bonus!

i cant wait for the Ara Ara memes for this game.

Looks interesting enough so far

reminds me quite a bit of the Caesar games, with those meters

The remove civilisation per act is intriguing :o I wonder how it will feel when we play with friends

I do find it interesting that there seem to be quite specific resources like wood, stone and tools in comparison to Civs and Humankinds production.

Hopefully this will turn into a solid city-building game series

Been looking forward to this game for a bit...

Ara ara~ history untold

War will not be like Total War. You will recruit and move the armies on the map, but when they engage in battle you can watch a simulation of them fighting in Phases. Wich will be influenced by number and tech level + bonuses.

Interesting!

I had actually forgotten about this game, thx for reminding me, is it available to wish list on Steam so I dont forget again?

Allright. I think I will buy it once it releases. I hope it's gonna be on October, I have a big holiday that month😂

i hope it'll be a success

I was playing alpha test , I hope they will fix the combat , because actually I could do anything with my army , except moving them forward .

Looks better than civ6 to be honest, but let's hope the ai is not braindead like civ6. Also Ara Ara.

I've been hypothesizing the return of the RTS as Action 4X for about a year now. Fingers crossed on that theory being correct!

Lots of wonderful nuance and potential for depth, particularly with combat and city building. Could be mould-breaking for 4x. Or it could feel flat if these elements are just gimmicks. Really hope they take the time to develop these ideas they have into something that gameplay wise lives up to its potential, rather than just looking good in a showcase

it's look promising. My only question is that the units and buildings making process is like the civ series, humankind or like the age of wonder 4?

ara ara ❤

One of my biggest pet peeves with civ is that I feel constricted only using civ leaders with very specific abilities.

Ara ara!

Looks good

Definitely interested in the simultaneous turns - simultaneous turn based strategy gets ignored a lot and I'm not really sure why. It's far more dynamic and puts the emphasis on skill and adaptability, as opposed to arbitrarily following a stupid series of steps defines by a meta.

Looks extremely good. Too bad my laptop not strong enough to run.

Love to see new 4X games coming out, but I really really hate the model of changing your culture/Civ each era like in Humankind. Breaks the immersion for me.

Let’s hope it really is different. Neither Humankind nor Old World are the equal of civilisation. They promised much but are just dull.

It's Jeff Keighley (Key-Lee), not Knightly. Just a clarification.

This looks unreal? Too good to be true

nice i like decision based history games. im not so much like human kind did but more like say japan came to where they removed samari but instead you can choose to go the other way. less drastic of an effect toward the direction

SAPPHO IS HERE ?! Let's go lesbians !!!

The orders system sounds like it was nicked from the boardgames Wallenstein and Shogun designed by Dirk Henn

Love at first sight doesn't exis.... 😮

Upon first glance I thought it was news on Civ7.. I guess you can never have enough 4x.. But Sid Meier/Firaxis seems more my speed

nice, looks like Civ and Cities Skylines had a secret child

simultaneous turns I feel are a great idea. simultaneous turns are present in another strategy game ive played, fire and manuever, and it adds a lot of depth and strategy to everything. instead of just moving units and attacking, you have to take into consideration the priority of certain units attacking vs others, since the later a unit attacks, the more likely they are to be in a position where they cannot attack their targeted enemy. edit: apparently its just higher speed goes first in terms of military conflict, which i feel is kind of underwhelming (unless im misunderstanding something)

_Ara-Ara._

I personally suspect that they will give you those first few leader choices, and come out with another leader DLC for $$$ every month until you have spent hundreds of $ on the game. However, I will be keeping my eye on this one

Ara ara uwu

I was the 1k like 🥰

Did you know humankind shadow dropped on consoles yesterday? I’ve been checking for news regularly but to be honest this is the first time I’ve checked since August second… been to distracted. I’m not looking at that bear 😰

i guess it'll change going forward but it sort of feels.... mobile games-y. the UI, the way that building are placed sort of has that loot box look to it.

releas date ? any idea as i got lost

Lmao at Washington "focusing on formations to win battles." He certainly did do that but it rarely had any positive effects. He was one of those generals that overcomplicate things and end up tripping themselves up.

only thing I'd say that's very minor is it's a little weird having a poet for example in charge of a nation. IDK just in terms of immersion I would have preferred historical leaders imo xD

We need Rise of Nations type of game. If this is it, I’m in.

0:28 Man really pulled out his weeb voice for that

ara ara

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The graphics are beautiful, but as usual the devil will be in the details. I hope the gameplay is as good as the visuals look.

Their combat vid said "this is not a wargame" and looks like it's just a numbers thing with no tactics. So.. domination is out. Sad. I guess gotta wait for civ7 or Millennia.

Ara Ara

The prestige system seems unfortunate for a multiplayer game if nothing is working out for you

all i want is a 4x game that lets us zoom in. zoom into our city. zoom into combat. i dont even care if the controls are in depth. *just let me see my culture in action*

Ara-ara...

Okay but... can we move nukes?

That ui looks very rough

I like the historic leaders. Humankind made me hate custom characters

4X are not grand strategy games.. That would require asymetric starts and resource management.

How could anyone not know who Sappho was?

Ara ara...

If there's no Incas, I might not get it.

Why does he keep calling it Otter ?

Is 4X the same as 2K? I've been playing Civ 6 on prince level and I keep losing. The barbarians are nuts.

The trailer felt like a mobile fake game trailer. Especially the battles.

Meh. I just want the 2nd expansion that never came for Civ Beyond Earth. That's when Firaxis died for me.

Why is Greece led by lesbian poet who doesn't have anything in common with politics?

ui is not good atm

Not a fan of the art - looks pretty gray and dull. Needs some color. Otherwise I’m interested

As a Civ player I will have to give this and Humankind a go. Just starting on Anno 1800, so there's lots of choice now. Better graphics doesn't always translate to a better game though. Civ 5 was more fun to play than Civ 6. I like the idea of whoever starts a wonder gets to build it, in Civ I use huge resources only to find another player builds it one turn before. I also would like to be able to see what tech the other plays have, so I don't end up being wiped out by Tanks just as I discover Musketmen. Civ 6's super difficulty in declaring war spoiled it a bit. Maybe there are less penalty's for this game. The creators of Civ 7 have the advantage of seeing what their competitors have come up with and making something to outshine them. This is just reinventing the wheel in a way, and I would prefer a Civilization beyond Earth style focus. Perhaps the colonization of the Solar system based on the the series 'The Expanse'. There is a game, but it is not really a turn based strategy game.

Hopefully this and Millenia will be better than Civilization series. There are way too many of this Civilization games. We need more diversity and Humankind failed to deliver.

I disagree with your stance on push backs mechanics for warmonger. War and conquest is inherently snowbally, so wars should really cost a lot and make you hated by everyone else. I personally think that the warmonger mechanics in Civ VI are not harsh enough. And all these posts on Reddit where people ask "I got attacked, but I wiped them out, why does everyone hate me???" show that people need to get taught that war is the last resort and should never be an easy option.

seeing as how I generally don't like Civ 6 I'll probably buy this as a replacement, it looks ok so far.

Civ5 fans won't be interested in Ara History Untold, because it appears to require far too much micromanagement.

Am I the only person who doesn’t like the look of the cities in this game? They are just “roads with buildings on them.” At least with civ and humankind the cities have a more “clustered” look

Looks promising and I hope they can deliver and does not become a total failure like Humankind

I think the system of removing the players from the game is a big mistake. Generally the less players there are in the game, the more boring, shallow and predictable it becomes. There are less and less entities in the world you can interact with, there are less emergent events, less variables to take into account, less interesting things in the game. The games should actually be designed around giving as much opportunities as possible to a player for a comback to keep the game more exciting, interesting, dynamic, unpredictable and full of meaningful events. When a game goes into an opposite direction, it makes me extremely sceptical about the quality of its game design. If such fundamental things are handled this way, the rest of their game design decisions are likely to be problematic as well.

I wish we can get a REAL civilization simulator. I'm talking about getting approval from Congress before declaring war, and even then, there has to be some sort of approval/disapproval rate for war actions. If more than 80% approval, you get reduced war worriness and combat buffs. If more than 80% disapproval, higher war worriness, and debuffs on units, also increase chances of civil unrest. Also, the empire is divided up into different regions with their own subculture and needs, and you have to attend to their needs or civil war may break out. If you want to go down the totalitarian/dictator path, you have to get rid of certain groups within the Empire to consolidate control. You can use the propaganda perk to keep disapproval rates down, and your soldiers gain combat bonuses. However, the propaganda perk is expensive and may bankrupt your nation if not managed correctly and you go into civil unrest anyway. I think the AI should have legitimate reasons for going to war. It should be biased more towards scarity of resources. So if a nation is landlocked, it gains a bias for war towards neighboring nation that has coastal waters. Also, land fertility should play a big part in war decision-making by the AI. Nations with high land fertility should be less likely to go to war. I think a nation's success should be heavily influenced by its diversity of resources. So if you have more gold than others, your currency is more valuable and other nations are more likely to adopt it. But let's say your population isn't that big, your borders aren't that big and your military sucks. Nations are more likely to declare war on your nation They should also introduce Currency, because Currency plays a big part in how nations influence other nations. If another nation adopts your currency, they can potentially become allies or even vessel/puppet states without going to war. The more nations that adopt your currency, the less expensive units and buildings become. But sometimes, there can be currency wars between 2 or more nations. Meaning some natural resources can be excluded from trading. So lets say the nation of Zambia only trades Marble if you adopt their currency. But you, the nation of Zimbaba already adopted the United Arabia currency. But you need this marble really bad because it's required to build a wonder/building. You have two options: go to war and steal their marble or adopt Zambia currency and being on United Arabia's bad side or increase in trading cost.

Sappho as leader of Greece? Let's go, lesbians, let's go! One of George Washington's traits is "woodsman." Does this mean "good at leading armies through the woods" or "has a bad habit of chopping down trees he isn't supposed to"?

It's kind of a shame the game looks really good until the U.I. comes up. It's pretty bulky and blah.