Hooded Horse and Mohawk Games have announced a new Empires of the Indus expansion for their historical 4X strategy game Old World.

  • Enkidu@lemmy.world
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    18 hours ago

    compared to other historical 4X games, I particularly like the orders system, which minimizes micro-management and late-game slog, and the characters/families/events, which keeps you on your toes as things are always changing both internally and externally.

    it’s been a while since i played Civ 4 or 5 but i loved them too when i used to play them!

    • Agent_Karyo@piefed.worldOPM
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      15 hours ago

      and the characters/families/events

      I actually haven’t heard about this.

      I don’t mind the late game micro and giant list of task assignments. I play late game Civ as a management game.

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        15 hours ago

        just to clarify: there’s still a ton to do each turn in Old World, you just have a limited number of “Orders” you can issue each turn, so you usually can’t move every single unit and worker every turn, which forces the player to prioritize and creates a fun extra layer of strategy