At The Gates - Civ meets Barbarian Invasions?

Started by Syt, February 06, 2013, 12:36:21 PM

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Syt

February 06, 2013, 12:36:21 PM
Long article:

http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2013/02/06/4xtra-jon-shafer-explains-at-the-gates/

Gist: Civ-style gameplay as one of eight barbarian tribes who have to grow and expand, and finally topple Rome or Constantinople. Comes with historical and random maps. Game is planned to have seasons (freezing rivers, no food from farms in winter) and finite resources (when they run out you have to either expand or migrate).

New developer, led by Jon Shafer of Civ 5 fame and Fallen Enchantress meh-dom. Basically, he thinks the late middle and late game of most 4x games is slow and boring (because most of the times you're only left with mopping up the map) and wants to change that.

And there'll be a Kickstarter campaign.
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Tamas

#1
February 06, 2013, 02:03:10 PM
What needs to be done, is for someone to get off their lazy asses and do a turn-based Great Invasions 2.

garbon

#2
February 06, 2013, 02:10:00 PM
Why would it need to be turn based?
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mongers

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February 06, 2013, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: Tamas on February 06, 2013, 02:03:10 PM
What needs to be done, is for someone to get off their lazy asses and do a turn-based Great Invasions 2.

I have the original somewhere, never played it, was it any good ?
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Habbaku

#4
February 06, 2013, 02:31:41 PM
Color me interested.   :)
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garbon

#5
February 06, 2013, 02:36:31 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 06, 2013, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: Tamas on February 06, 2013, 02:03:10 PM
What needs to be done, is for someone to get off their lazy asses and do a turn-based Great Invasions 2.

I have the original somewhere, never played it, was it any good ?

Problem is that it is horribly unstable. Nice idea but I could never play that long without game breaking bugs (the primary one being that game would freeze up and you'd have to quit and start up again). Also feel that they really needed to push ideas further. Really just a nice concept.
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."

I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

mongers

#6
February 06, 2013, 06:12:59 PM
Quote from: garbon on February 06, 2013, 02:36:31 PM
Quote from: mongers on February 06, 2013, 02:31:31 PM
Quote from: Tamas on February 06, 2013, 02:03:10 PM
What needs to be done, is for someone to get off their lazy asses and do a turn-based Great Invasions 2.

I have the original somewhere, never played it, was it any good ?

Problem is that it is horribly unstable. Nice idea but I could never play that long without game breaking bugs (the primary one being that game would freeze up and you'd have to quit and start up again). Also feel that they really needed to push ideas further. Really just a nice concept.

Cheers for that.  :)
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Josquius

#7
February 06, 2013, 07:27:45 PM
Sounds good but...not having a late game?
The late beginning of 4x sucks, that is just mopping up the last uncolonised bits. But the late game itself where you finally get to destroy everything that has been built up for in game centuries? Thats a great part.
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