Our long-term member mbarker (member since 2004, so longer than some of our other members are old) has made a video about his first impressions of Humankind. If you want to see on video what a true Civfanatic thinks about this game, then check it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-a-newbs-first-impressions.672490/
New Civ4, Civ5 and Civ6 “Game of the Month”
And we have the next iteration of our monthly competition called “Game of the Month” (GotM). The GotM teams have prepared again new challenges for both Civ4 and Civ6, and you can compete to see if you’re the best CivFanatic to beat this game.
For Civ4, you start as Lincoln of America on Emperor level with 5 AIs. You have until September 20 to beat this game. Check out details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-botm-219-lincoln-emperor-starts-18-aug.672393/.
For Civ5, you start as Isabella of Spain on Immortal level, with 7 other AIs. you have until September 17 to beat this game. Check out the details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/news-tsg208-announcement.672443/#post-16141219.
For Civ6, you start as Gitarja of Indonesia on Immortal with 7 competing AIs. You have until September 15 to beat this game. Check out the details here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/6otm117-announcement.672403/.
Civilization 6 for iPhone/iPad discounted
Aspyr media, who did the port of Civ6 to various platforms, has today, due to the release of Humankind, discounted the iPhone and iPad versions of Civ6. You can play the base game for 60 rounds for free, and then you have the option to buy it for 5€ (expansions not included). Check it out here:
https://apps.apple.com/us/app/sid-meiers-civilization-vi/id1235863443
Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/AspyrMedia/status/1427661760698490891
The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #6
And now we got our final review for Humankind. Our modder and moderator Gedemon, known for his mods for Civ5, Civ6 and Old World, has also written down his first experience with the game. Read it here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/humankind-my-first-impressions.672474/
An excerpt: “Thankfully Humankind is much better on that side, I’ve not played enough for a definitive judgement, but the actions (and consequences) make sense, you’re facing leaders making decisions, not some caricatural (and sometime schizophrenic) historical figure getting mad because of an arbitrary threshold for number of ships, cities, resources, …”
Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1427665746243596290
Play Humankind on a world map
Our user Elhoim has worked during the beta on the very first map for Humankind: He just released the first version of his world map. If you want to really conquer the world, check his map out here.
This map has also been featured in PCGamesN!
Humankind released!
The long awaited 4X contender to Civilization, besides the recently released Old World, is finally available. You can find the official page here, and discuss in our forum here. The Civfanatics here have also written reviews, so that you know how this game feels like to a Civ player.
Read them here:
The official youtube channel is also a rich source of information, find it here.
The CivFanatics review Humankind, review #5
Our 5th review is now out! Before the release today, we had asked some of our users to review the game for us, and now you can read what pokiehl things about Humankind. He directly addresses some points, which should go to the heart of nearly every Civfanatic.
An excerpt: “This is where Humankind’s gameplay shines. The treatment of the tall vs. wide dichotomy through the constant tension of the outpost system results in a masterful and addictive gameplay loop that is a welcome reprieve from the endless city spam of Civilization 6.”
Read the full review here: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/my-review-of-humankind.672454/
Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1427555776629989384
An interview with the Humankind beta-testers from Civfanatics
The Civfanatics community has been following Humankind fore quite a while. Some of our members were involved in the beta-test, some from the beginning, some from later on. We thought it would be interesting for the rest of our members to read, what people who know the game now think about its development and the comparison to Civilization. Our members Zaarin, Siptah, CivLuvah and Boris Gudenuf have agreed to answer us some questions about the development, their opinions about the game, and which thinks make Humankind different. Have a read here in our forum:
Follow this discussion on Twitter: https://twitter.com/civfanatics/status/1427371066536648707
To be noted: To make the forum more accomodating to the new games, we have made two new forums, one specific to Humankind and one specific for Old World. We still stay Civfanatics, but we hope that we know what the Civfanatics want ;).