![]() Article taken from following is an excerpt from the Designer Notes for Old World. For GOG it does not have the Linux build. ![]() If you buy it before May 25th, you get the Heroes of the Aegean DLC free.Īvailable for Linux on Steam. Later in June they plan to add in localizations for Chinese Simplified, Chinese Traditional, Japanese, Spanish, Russian, French and German. No obvious issues in my notes on it to tell you of, so it's a solid recommendation from me. ![]() Turning down a few settings and upping the built-in scaling actually worked quite nicely but some text was still a bit too small. It works out of the box with no issues on Fedora 36, and performance is absolutely fantastic. When it comes to the fresh Native Linux port, I have to say that I'm very impressed. You can go through dedicated tutorial missions that carefully guide you on the same map each time but you can also just play a normal game, with plenty of tutorial prompts and explanations as you go along. I quite liked how the tutorials were done too, as there's a fair bit to learn. With all the events though, of which the developer said there's at least 2,500 of them now, there's never a dull moment in any part of the game. Games don't feel like they drag on forever! I continue to be quite amazed with Old World and it has firmly scratched the itch I wanted after burning out with Civilization. It's a race to 200 turns, which for me is actually great. One aspect of it that some will love and some will hate, is how much shorter it is compared to other similar games. This presents some difficult decisions when you're going through the game but does spice things up a bit. (although you can target specific research to remind yourself when it comes up). You still get access to a tech-tree but you don't get the direct planning to go through it like other games. Once your pile to draw from is empty, the discard pile comes back shuffled up for you to continue on. You are given a few cards to pick from, and those not picked go into a discard pile. Research is another area that's quite different here too with it being more random, and a bit more like Stellaris in fact. Even though there's plenty going on, it's surprisingly accessible thanks to the clear UI. You also have to keep them all happy too, to ensure you keep various bonuses and don't lose out. When you go to found a city, you pick which family will be the founders and they each come with different bonuses so you're choosing your focus very early on. ![]() There's quite a bit of depth to various parts of the game, even just founding a city needs you to be careful because of the family system. The amount of info you're being given the first few times can feel a little daunting though. Even the fog of war clouds excited me when playing it for the first time, the way they gently caress the map, it's really something to look at. The artists did some truly fantastic work on all aspects of the design here. It does mean you need to do a lot more planning too, and at times completely rethink what you're doing, as using up all your orders might leave you too open for an attack, as just one small example.ĭid you screw up? Good news, you can undo moves repeatedly, and that alone makes me really love this.Īn absolutely gorgeous looking game too. Units still have limits and can get fatigued but this expands what's possible in such a strategy game making it just feel so much more open. Instead of only moving units once per turn, you have an overall Orders currency to use each turn. One of the major ways it mixes things up is the new Orders system. Much more character-driven, so it's a little bit closer to Crusader Kings in that way too and honestly, I'm not sure I can see myself going back to any current Civilization title after playing Old World. It's much more than that though, and there's been a few attempts from others to do the same, but this is more like a slick evolution on it. Given the designer on this, it's safe to say this is like a spiritual successor to Civilization. Note: the publisher, Hooded Horse, was kind enough to pass along a review key for this. YouTube videos require cookies, you must accept their cookies to view.
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