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#91

Gaming HQ / Re: Millennia - 4X Civ Like pu...

Last post by garbon - Today at 06:57:47 AM

I don't play humankind as I don't find it fun.

#92

Gaming HQ / Re: Millennia - 4X Civ Like pu...

Last post by crazy canuck - Today at 06:47:57 AM

Humankind already does this.  They are just adding more ages.

Eh, Humankind switches your Civ and the Ages are always the same. Seems like your Civ will be the same here, but the ages can be different.

Humankind already does this.  They are just adding more ages.

Eh, Humankind switches your Civ and the Ages are always the same. Seems like your Civ will be the same here, but the ages can be different.

From what's been shown, you start with a basic bonus for your civ, but most of its traits will come from making choices throughout the game.

Which to be fair sounds like a better implementation of Humankind's idea.

We will have to see. In humankind your civilization changes based on the many choices you make during the game.  Not just what you choose as your next culture in each age.  We don't yet know whether millennia will provide the player with more or less choices than humankind.

Humankind is a very complex game, and I think part of the reason why it does not have a bigger player bass is that a lot of players seem to like the simplicity of the Civ model.

Millennia may be aiming to seem complex, but actually be quite simple so that they can increase their player base. That would probably be the smart marketing move but would be disappointing for people looking for a more complex game.

#93

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Tamas - Today at 06:11:18 AM

Lol Josq wahrs with you and cars, man? Don't you own one yourself?

Also by the way, I have learned that the bus ticket from Bracknell to Slough (check the massive distance between these two metropolises for context) is £15.

#94

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2023

Last post by Josephus - Today at 05:24:08 AM

He's made his Great Escape 

#95

Off the Record / Re: Armenia-Azerbaijan War

Last post by mongers - Today at 05:16:32 AM

We shouldn't have any doubt that there is / going to be ethnic cleansing. I still recall from a decade ago the Azeri officer who planted an axe into an Armenian officer's head in Budapest while he was sleeping being received like a national celebrity when Orban "transferred" him from a Hungarian prison. Even if official policy will be not to do stuff, good luck controlling the boots on tbe ground.

Yes, there are very good reasons why those thousands are fleeing.

#96

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by mongers - Today at 05:15:17 AM

Adding Spain to my list of surprisingly expensive train travel. €75-80 for a return (same day) to a city one hour away for a day trip.

Feels like Italy is holding out as both relatively affordable and good

Yes your ticket seems high, but maybe they've introduced time dependent ticketing (or whatever the word is) ?

#97

Off the Record / Re: Dead Pool 2023

Last post by mongers - Today at 05:12:12 AM

RIP David McCallum from ... too much to list here.

First came across him as a kid when I saw him in The Invisible Man and The Man From U.N.C.L.E.

 

#98

Off the Record / Re: Out And About.

Last post by mongers - Today at 05:11:51 AM

Passing through Portsmouth yesteday, I stopped off to visit HMS Victory and HMS Warrior. 

#99

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Josquius - Today at 04:21:59 AM

Is it just me or was the 90s the last decade of the old world?
Thinking back to when I was a kid I can remember still seeing aspects of the world that was, albeit on their last legs by that time. Before globalisation had really gone into hyper drive, the worst impacts of cars had truly hit, etc...
The internet is of course the big one. It had effects even beyond those immediately apparent.
But old women wearing headscarves, small towns that were actual towns, strong dialects, and so on...you just don't see this sort of thing anymore.
Or does everyone get this feeling from their childhood?

#100

Off the Record / Re: The Off Topic Topic

Last post by Sheilbh - Today at 04:19:09 AM

Adding Spain to my list of surprisingly expensive train travel. €75-80 for a return (same day) to a city one hour away for a day trip.

Feels like Italy is holding out as both relatively affordable and good