Humankind Game by Amplitude

[Uberfrog]

Don‘t underestimate the influence of Astérix on the perception of the Gauls by the French

I’ll brace myself for a menhir-throwing emblematic unit!

I think it goes beyond that to a romantic revisionism of Celtic identity and a conflation with much more ancient sites. In the UK we have modern day “druids” dancing around Stonehenge on the solstices.

 

[Matthias Corvinus]

There are also Aksum and Armenia, both at least possible candidates, that would come before the Celts. And in case the Greek culture is called Athens...

Don’t forget the Akkadians, Assyrians, and Anatolians

 

[Siptah]

Don’t forget the Akkadians, Assyrians, and Anatolians

Akkadians would be in Bronze Age. Assyrians were already revealed in Bronze Age. Anatolians? I doubt we‘ll see more of them than the Hittites, except if you count the Ottomans/Turks as Anatolians.

 

[Catoninetales_Amplitude]

A dolmen would be completely inappropriate, as they are Neolithic and thus firmly pre-Celtic structures.

Don‘t underestimate the influence of Astérix on the perception of the Gauls by the French

I’ll brace myself for a menhir-throwing emblematic unit!

I think it goes beyond that to a romantic revisionism of Celtic identity and a conflation with much more ancient sites. In the UK we have modern day “druids” dancing around Stonehenge on the solstices.

Worst case, you get to say "Ils sont fous, ces Amplitudes !"

Don’t forget the Akkadians, Assyrians, and Anatolians

We have Assyria in the Bronze age, so we are not repeating them in the next era.

 

[AntSou]

@Catoninetales_Amplitude

Will the team create its own intro theme song or will you save on resources and play instead a version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor to a 2min clip of humankind's journey through history climaxing with an apocalyptical event and the end of life on Earth? Since we're talking french cartoons and all

(In case my avatar isn't obvious enough)

I may have posted this before.

 

[ehecatzin]

Worst case, you get to say "Ils sont fous, ces Amplitudes !"

Asterix and Obelix quotes is the best way to start the day.

Akkadians would be in Bronze Age. Assyrians were already revealed in Bronze Age. Anatolians? I doubt we‘ll see more of them than the Hittites, except if you count the Ottomans/Turks as Anatolians.

I'm a bit out of the loop here, how did we start using alphabetical order to speculate on the next culture releases?

 

[Siptah]

I'm a bit out of the loop here, how did we start using alphabetical order to speculate on the next culture releases?

Reveals for the Bronze Age cultures were in alphabetical order.

 

[Catoninetales_Amplitude]

Will the team create its own intro theme song or will you save on resources and play instead a version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor to a 2min clip of humankind's journey through history climaxing with an apocalyptical event and the end of life on Earth?.

As a matter of fact, the music in the original announcement trailer is inspired by Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D Minor.

Personally, I prefer the inspiration a little more obvious, like the version by German band Tanzwut. (Sorry, no link here, since I can't find an official version.)

I'm a bit out of the loop here, how did we start using alphabetical order to speculate on the next culture releases?

I think this is down to us posting the Culture Cards in alphabetical order within each era.

 

[pokiehl]

Aksumites revealed.

https://twitter.com/humankindgame/status/1229809102836183042?s=21

 

[Trav'ling Canuck]

I’ll brace myself for a menhir-throwing emblematic unit!

Pure gold

 

[Jkchart]

Aksumites revealed.

https://twitter.com/humankindgame/status/1229809102836183042?s=21

Oooooooh yes

 

[AntSou]

Armor piercing unit?

 

[Uberfrog]

Aksumites revealed.

https://twitter.com/humankindgame/status/1229809102836183042?s=21

I can't believe I guessed right. I'm dead chuffed the Aksumites are in!

 

[conorbebe]

So I guess this means the Achaemenids will likely be called "Persians".

 

[Krajzen]

So I guess this means the Achaemenids will likely be called "Persians".

You know what's terrible?

Achaemenids, Parthia and Sassanids all fall under classical era.

So there is once again the risk of ancient Iran being reduced to Achaemenids.

Please God not Immortal unit (which is overhyped anyway). Please give them Cataphracts in some version, or whatever else....


Anyway, I'd like to note there is always a possibility to name civs like

France
Ancien Regime France
Napoleonic France
French Republic

Armor piercing unit?

It's not impossible combat system is more detailed and has such things as armor. It is going to happen on a tactical layer so it has room for more nuance than 1UPT.

 

[ehecatzin]

Anyway, I'd like to note there is always a possibility to name civs like

France
Ancien Regime France
Napoleonic France
French Republic

.

I was wondering about that earlier, that maybe France is the one culture that is going to get a fleshed out tree for release, but if we try to fit France in the same boat China is in I think we could get something like:

-Classical - Celts
-Medieval - Franks
-Renaissance -
-Industrial - France
-Modern -

Added Celts for geographical correlation. And taking in account, apparently you can hold off taking in a new culture with each era for extra points, maybe It's not so necesary to fill every era with an iteration of every culture, that said, given the clear French revolution iconography I think It's safe to asume that "France" is going to start with revolutionary France, and the Franks could fill up the medieval and renaissance.

If we imagine trying to hold a culture for an extra era whenever you can for higher score, it might not be so weird to have a playthrough like this. Just because they could fill every era doesn't mean they will, at least for vanilla.

-Classical - Celts
-Medieval - England
-Renaissance -
-Industrial - Great Britain
-Modern -

or

-Classical - Suebi? maybe?
-Medieval - Franks
-Renaissance -
-Industrial - Prussia
-Modern - Germany


I think leaving gaps makes it a bit more interesting because then you can fill the spaces with other regional powers that were very relevant during those gaps on large players, for example on Renaissance: Spain, Florence or Venice, the Netherlands.

Also now that I look at it...we might not get the Suebi as a Germanic classical culture when there's the Franks to fill for both France and Germany during the middle ages.

 

[CivLuvah]

@Catoninetales_Amplitude

Will the team create its own intro theme song or will you save on resources and play instead a version of Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor to a 2min clip of humankind's journey through history climaxing with an apocalyptical event and the end of life on Earth? Since we're talking french cartoons and all

(In case my avatar isn't obvious enough)

I may have posted this before.

Ah! I remember those series! I watched them on cable when I was a child. They were dubbed of course!

 

[CivLuvah]

Imgur album updated to include Aksumites

https://imgur.com/a/4cPjGSY

 

[VermelhoRed]

Anyway, I'd like to note there is always a possibility to name civs like

France
Ancien Regime France
Napoleonic France
French Republic

PLEASE DON'T

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

You know what's terrible?

Achaemenids, Parthia and Sassanids all fall under classical era.

So there is once again the risk of ancient Iran being reduced to Achaemenids.

Please God not Immortal unit (which is overhyped anyway). Please give them Cataphracts in some version, or whatever else....

Achaemenids and Immortals are only required if you insist on defining the Persians by their enemies, the Greeks. Sassanids with their Cataphracts or Clibanarii (which are even more distinctively Persian) and extensive trade networks into central Asia - make Classical Persians either Expansionist or Merchant for a change.

Anyway, I'd like to note there is always a possibility to name civs like

France
Ancien Regime France
Napoleonic France
French Republic

And there's possibility to name them
Old France
New France
Even Newer France
Modern France

But let's not.

Instead, and especially for all the Ancient to Industrial regimes with kings and Royal Families of one sort or the other, let's take a page from the Chinese already revealed as Zhou, Ming, etc and try:
Classical: Gauls/Celts
Medieval: Capetian or Valois
Renaissance: Bourbon
Industrial: French Empire
Modern: French Republic

It's not impossible combat system is more detailed and has such things as armor. It is going to happen on a tactical layer so it has room for more nuance than 1UPT.

Endless Legend, the previous Amplitude game, certainly took into account various weapons and armor types, "talismans" and some pretty exotic (Fantasy) Units. I would rather see fairly simple Combat Factors for the units, but wider Tactical variations and bonuses on their 'tactical battlefield' - Bonuses for Higher Ground, flanking or rear attacks, combining the right types of units side-by-side or behind each other ("support"), and maybe even Tactical Advantages inherent in some of the Emblematic Units, like the extra flexibility of the Roman Legion's formations or the extra cohesion of the Greek City-State Phalanx or the wedge formation of Macedonian Hetairoi. If all we're going to do is line up Units and count factors, we might just as well do Automatic Tactical Battles and avoid all the fuss.