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You son of a gun, I'm in. Installing now - I'll post here with some first impressions in a bit.
Just a quick notification, as of yesterday the giant 1.4 update for Ara is out, as well as the first paid DLC, Untold Scenarios, and the game is on sale, 50% off.![]()
No worries.Thanks for noting this! I've been wanting to try this and it sounds like a good time to jump in.
I'm also quite optimistic that Stardock is involved and supporting development now and I really enjoyed Oxide's previous work with Ashes of the Singularity (still keep that installed on my PC).
Yeah, it's going to take a few playthrough to fully get a sense of what to produce. There is a Wiki, but it's both incomplete, and with the game changing so quickly, probably a bit outdated.Is there a basic guide for the production chains in the latest version somewhere? My cities are making a bunch of stuff, but I have no idea how optimised it is or if I'm doing it right, and I don't really understand how to use the in-game views to try to make sense of it.
I have literally never heard of this game until just now. I spent the day playing Civ 6 after writing my goodbye letter to Civ 7. I could have been playing this!
Any reason to buy on Steam instead of Xbox store?
No worries, I'm just happy more people are discovering it these days.Thanks KayAU for all your posts and convincing me to try it!
It has a lot going for it. I think my favourite aspect is the whole economy system and how resources are used. I am also a big fan of the presentation, it reminds me of the classic city builders I used to play, Caesar 3, Pharaoh, and so on. I have a few hundred hours in the game, but I still zoom all the way in to look at my citizens going about their lives. I also still compulsively screenshot every time I build a Triumph:Things I love about Ara ... having armies in reserve; battles that take turns to resolve and can be affected by reinforcements; the sheer number of leaders; the general presentation of it is better than I was expecting - it is AAA
For whatever reason, Microsoft partially judges their success by Steam reviews not necessarily by just purchases, so I would say buy it on steam just so you can leave a review, and that increases the chances of getting more content later down the line.I have literally never heard of this game until just now. I spent the day playing Civ 6 after writing my goodbye letter to Civ 7. I could have been playing this!
Any reason to buy on Steam instead of Xbox store?