Humankind Game by Amplitude

[Elhoim]

Spoiler Ingame City Image :

Posting the ingame image for dissecting. I think it's the first time the FoW is seen. Outposts probably work a bit like in ES2, maybe several civs can place outposts in a region, but only one can claim it via more population, war, culture, etc. Armies have different amount of arrows above, probably indicating the number of units in them

 

[SeelingCat]

Which civ holds Munich in this video?

What might this thing in the lower left of the screen next to the tech progress be indicating?

Looks like the Helm of Awe, so something Norse/Icelandic?

 

[Siptah]

And what might the 3/7 in the top left mean?

 

[Siptah]

Looks like the Helm of Awe, so something Norse/Icelandic?

Indeed it does. But would they appear in the same era as the germans, who should appear in one of the later eras?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Indeed it does. But would they appear in the same era as the germans, who should appear in one of the later eras?

I think they said something about being able to stay as an earlier civ in a later era in exchange for additional Fame

 

[Elhoim]

And what might the 3/7 in the top left mean?

Probably the goals for that era for that civ, which grant fame points.

 

[tedhebert]

I noticed in the video that there was an OUTPOST... seems that they're going with this technique from Endless space which makes you create an outpost before you can claim a region as yours ! Did we already know that ?

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Spoiler Ingame City Image :

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Posting the ingame image for dissecting. I think it's the first time the FoW is seen. Outposts probably work a bit like in ES2, maybe several civs can place outposts in a region, but only one can claim it via more population, war, culture, etc. Armies have different amount of arrows above, probably indicating the number of units in them

Just a couple of minor points:
Using the "Teutonic Cross" for the Germans probably means that they could be almost any Germans except WWII: The Wehrmacht used the 'Balken' or straight-sided Cross, but the Teutonic Cross has been used since the Medieval Era as a German symbol on flags or equipment or medals..
They aren't 'arrows', they are 'chevrons', which is a nice touch: the chevron has been used as a military rank insignia since the medieval period, and number of chevrons indicate rank, so more chevrons = higher level. IF they are showing the size of the army in units, that's a nice little bit of graphic business.

Indeed it does. But would they appear in the same era as the germans, who should appear in one of the later eras?

First, as @Eagle Pursuit said, they may be from an earlier Era, or the Germans may be a hold-over from an earlier Era, since you can choose not to 'select' a Faction from a later Era for more 'Fame' points. In fact, tat might explain how the Germans lost München to somebody else!
Second, there may be more than one 'German' Faction. I could easily imagine separate Medieval (Ottonian), Renaissance (HRE), Industrial (Prussia/Bavaria/Saxony, all strong 'German' states) and modern (FRG) German Factions, and the Teutonic Cross could be, without too much stretching, used by any of them.

Mind you, with all the choices available, I'd be very surprised to see more than 1 - 2 "German" choices in the initial version of the game, but with the Humankind "Progressive Factions" system, it's certainly possible (Modders, take note!)

 

[pokiehl]

Great new video. Seeing "pre alpha" on everything til now makes me wonder if a 2020 release date is really feasible though.

 

[Uberfrog]

Looks like the Helm of Awe, so something Norse/Icelandic?

That's odd, since the tech tree has the Valknut (the symbol used for Norway in Civ 6) associated with the Longship.

 

[conorbebe]

That's odd, since the tech tree has the Valknut (the symbol used for Norway in Civ 6) associated with the Longship.

We can probably assume the ones on the makeshift tech tree are placeholder.

 

[Krajzen]

Great new video. Seeing "pre alpha" on everything til now makes me wonder if a 2020 release date is really feasible though.

Same as with Crusader Kings III and Age of Empires IV, at this point I assume they will be rather released in 2021, games tend to be released later rather than earlier (just recently Doom Eternal and Cyberpunk were moved 5 months back). Firaxis civ series is an anomaly with its sudden announcement of games and expansions like 3-5 months before release.

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Which civ holds Munich in this video?

What might this thing in the lower left of the screen next to the tech progress be indicating?

That's odd, since the tech tree has the Valknut (the symbol used for Norway in Civ 6) associated with the Longship.

To me it looks like the Dharma Chakra, so it could be some era of India.

 

[ButtBillionaire]

Personally I believe that the red-coloured culture's icon is a vegvísir (same symbol sukritact used for his Iceland mod for Civ6), meaning that the culture is one intended to represent the North Germanic peoples of the Viking Age - which I hope won't be an amalgamation of all of them.

Regarding another question of perception, am I alone in thinking that the central building in München looks near identical to the Reichstag?

 

[Siptah]

Regarding another question of perception, am I alone in thinking that the central building in München looks near identical to the Reichstag?

It is exactly the old Reichstag of the empire.

 

[mitsho]

Huh, seems like I got a little bit of catching up to do...

 

[Elhoim]

They aren't 'arrows', they are 'chevrons', which is a nice touch: the chevron has been used as a military rank insignia since the medieval period, and number of chevrons indicate rank, so more chevrons = higher level.

Yeah, I was going to call them "Those military thingies that soldiers have in their arms", but settled on arrows

In a way, the amount of units inside can represent the army level. I doubt those are single units, but anything higher than 3-4 of them starts being visually confusing.

Some notes on the tech tree:

- Modern era has 25 techs. It Civ 6 terms it might encompass the whole modern/atomic/information age. It has 4 "end techs", probably repeatable that focus on an aspect of your civilization.
- I don't get to see the whole tree for the other eras, but they seem to be around 12-15 each.
- Total seems to be around 90, which is quite good. A bit more of what Civ 5 had, IIRC.
- It's quite meaty, IMO, and techs seem to at least affect 2 or 3 things.

 

[WillowBrook]

That video is getting me excited about the game. I don't know of I have time for another grand strategy game but if there's no news of additional civ vi content before humankind is out, I'll definitely give it a try.

 

[mitsho]

- Modern era has 25 techs. It Civ 6 terms it might encompass the whole modern/atomic/information age. It has 4 "end techs", probably repeatable that focus on an aspect of your civilization.

So the modern era is twice as long as the others? I gues that is one way to make the endgame matter more, leave it time to develop while „racing“ through the early eras... So the last 300 years take up a big part of the game.

Nice video, I don‘t feel like reconstructing the tech tree from a video others can do that (thanks). But I‘m only now realizing that making 60 emblematic units different from each other and still refreshing will be hard. Curious what they‘ll come up with.

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

It is exactly the old Reichstag of the empire.

Now that brings up a couple of questions:
1. Is it a symbol for a City Center for any German City?
OR
Is it the 'Palace' or capital symbol, which would make more sense, and therefore does that mean you can change your capital city, since München has never been associated with a the capital of a German nation, only a German state (and if Bavaria is a Faction for Humankind, the Teutonic Cross is no longer appropriate as a symbol for it)

I suspect the latter, because by using the abstraction 'Fame' as, apparently, the primary Victory condition, conquering all capitals or even maintaining your own original capital becomes, potentially, much less significant for a game win.