It seems a lot of new games are getting released! This time we’re not looking at grand strategy, but rather at a turn-based tactics game, called “Empires Shall Fall”.
While self-described as being set in a dieselpunk world, the trailer definitely also gives away some X-COM vibes, with various aliens as an enemy to your retro tech army.
You can battle with your units over a square-spaced landscape, giving them faction specific upgrades if they earned enough XP, and the game also seems to include some story as well.
If you are interested, the game is currently also reduced by 10% to 11.51€.
“Empires Shall Fall” is available on Steam, and obviously we have a thread to discuss it here too.
Join a truly epic FreeCiv game – LongTurn83 starting soon!
The “LongTurn” series of games is an epic MP game within the FreeCiv community. You can join as one of many many nations in a multiplayer game, doing 1 turn per day for approximately 3-5 months. The game will be played on a single continent, and it is all-vs-all.
If you want to know more about this game, please check this thread.
Play the new Civ6 “Game Of The Month” #177
And obviously this mid-month GOTM series would not be complete without Civ6! In this Civ6 GOTM you play as Lautaro of the Mapuche on a huge earth map with true starting positions. You fight against 9 civs on Immortal level, with Dramatic Ages and Monopolies and Corporations. You need to win via a domination victory, and prevent all other civs from achieving another one. You have until March 15 to conquer the old world. For all information please see here.
Polycast episode 428: “Freedom?”
The four-hundred-and-twenty-eighth episode of PolyCast, “Freedom?” is now available on streaming on YouTube. This episode features regular co-hosts CanusAlbinus. Stephanie “Makahlua”, Phil “TheMeInTeam”, and Jason “MegaBearsFan”. Topics for this episode include:
News
– 00h01m54s | Ara History Untold game overview
– 00h21m23s | Ara History Untold dev diary: “the 6Xs”
– 00h34m54s | January 2024 Challenge of the Month: Robot Revolution
Forum Talk
– 00h39m54s | Academic paper: “On Being Stuck in Sid Meier’s Civilization: The Promise of Freedom in Historical Games”
– 01h01m34s | What to try next when you need a break from Civ
We are currently having technical issues preventing us from updating the ThePolyCast.net website, so the most recent episodes are not available there (yet). We hope to have this resolved soon, and to get the website updated.
NOTE: This Episode was recorded on 20 January 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.
Join us for the discussion of this episode here.
Millennia | Community Q&A II
The developers of Millennia have posted their second community Q&A. This Q&A was run while the demo was active (still is for another 2 days!), so some interesting in-depth questions were asked. If you want to know more about the space race or a more culturally tied winning condition, religions, their differences, and many other things, then check out this thread.
An excerpt:
Can we rename heroes and can we reshape and change their stories to be different from how they were in real life mythologies and legends?
You can rename your army stacks, but not individual units. When you get a Hero, you can send them on any Quest they meet the requirements for, so if you want to try to tell their story, or any variant of that, you can try your best!
New indie game release – AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale
And we are getting another interesting release – AlexanderBall: A Countryball Tale.
Also this game is a historical turn-based 4X game, where you play as Alexander the Great. As in other games, you also recruit armies, fight turn-based hex battles, build your cities and conduct diplomacy. But, the twist, all characters and units are not humans, but country balls! The graphics are accordingly nice 2D drawings, and look nicely comical as expected.
The game is currently available on Steam for 12.79€, and you can discuss it with us here.
Play the new Civ5 “Game Of The Month” #239
Ands you obviously also get a new Civ5 GOTM! This time you play as Askia of the Songhai on a standard size Sandstorm map on Emperor level. You need to win via culture victory to reign over Dune… er… this sand mass, we mean. The deadline is March 15. You can find all the info here.
Imperiums: Greek Wars – Rise of Caesar
Imperiums: Greek Wars is a historical turnbased 4X game, so the right thing for the Civ-fanatics crowd! You play (not surprisingly) in the era of the ancient Greeks, and you try to dominate the mediterranean with one of the Greek (or other) factions, by conquering, exploring, and building up your empire. This game has been released for a while already, but now the new DLC “Rise Of Caesar” is available, changing the setting to Rome, and giving you two campaigns to conquer Gaul and the British Isles.
The game is currently on sale, with the base game discounted by 66% to 10,19€, the new DLC is discounted by 10% to 17,99€. And there is a free demo available for the base game too!