Mohawk Games, the developers of Old World, have released the latest update for their game, and it is a pretty big one! This update includes 24 new events and 11 new items, two premade maps for 1-on-1 duels, a rebalancing of the tech tree and of the laws, updates to the AI and the Hall Of Fame, and polishing of the Carthagian and Agaean campaigns.
As first item, we now got an official first look for Augustus. As traits he is cultural and expansionist. He gets production in the capital for every town, cheaper purchases in every town, and better relationship with his own towns, but worse with the towns of every others. He does not have a starting biases. Check this thread for the discussion.
We got also a first close-up look for the Oracle, with all the graphical steps for its construction. Check the video here.
We recently also got the first dev diary! This first rather well written dev diary covers the biggest and most heavily debated topic of them all in the Civilization 7 community, Civ7’s new ages system!In the article they break down the reasons why they’ve made such a huge change change with the foremost being player disengagement in the late game (revealing an interesting statistic that more than half of all Civ6 players never finished a game), what changes per age, and what doesn’t change per age (ie what of your original Civ stays with you). Check our discussion here.
The developers of Ara has released a new video from their Encarta series, focusing on the civs in the game. This time they have picked England, showing the abilities of Elizabeth I. She might not propose to you a trade agreement with England, since her main abilities are focused on naval warfare, although she also gets bonuses while at peace. If you want to know more about England in Ara, then check this thread.
Also for the middle of September you are getting a new GOTM! You play as Kamehameha of Polynesia on a standard size small continents map on Prince level. You need to win via science victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving another victory. You have until October 15 to finish this GOTM. For more info please check this thread.
History student and civ streamer Paisley_Trees is discussing with a fellow historian the ages in Civ7, independent of the civ switching. They first outline how they got to the conclusion of the date range, and discuss that this is all gameplay based, and not history base. They then further discuss the historical concepts of ages, that a controversial book may have influened how they are used in Civ7, and that Firaxis is making interesting choices. As last part they also discuss another topic which has come up in the forum, that the ages make civ tell a narrative, and goes away from a complete sandbox style of previous civ games.
If you’re interested in a bit philosophical discussion of the concept of ages, then have a look at the video, and discuss it with us here.
Firaxis has given us a new Civ6 challenge, this time titled “Know Your Enemy”. You are playing as Wu Zetian along the Northern border of China, trying with Yongle and Qin Shi Huang to keep the Mongols out. This is a custom map with low sea level and sparse resources. You start in the medieval era, and can choose to play on Prince or Emperor difficulty. The deadline is October 16. For more info please check this thread.
In less than 24h we will have the next developer livestream! We are looking forward to see some antiquity gameplay, including the first era transition! The livestream will be on September 12 at 10 AM PT/1 PM ET/6 PM GMT/7 PM CEST. The livestream will be availabe on Twitch and Youtube. Join us here for the discussion.
