HUMANKIND™

Несмотря на известную и сомнительную механику смены культур игра не такая уж и плохая как мне изначально казалось. Да, было бы лучше чтобы эти смены как-то более логично оформили, например чтобы не менялся прямо вид юнитов, а просто культура. Чтобы как на артах, например Япония с Собором Василия Блаженного - как-будто альтернативная история. Такое есть в Цивилизациях и это нормально смотрится. Но ведь сам же народ японцев при этом русскими не становится. Игра могла получится гораздо лучше если таких и некоторых геймплейных шероховатостей было меньше. Но в принципе играбельно и есть такое же заразительное чувство "Ещё одного хода" как и у Цивилизаций.

I've spent thousands of hours playing Civ games and this one is good. It has many great ideas like changing your civ every era to give bonuses. Some the bonuses stack so mixing and matching every playthrough is great. The battles are better and more strategic, but they could of refined it. I like it more the Civ games, but I wished they tweaked a few things here and there to make it truly an all time great.

Slow and boring, not sure how this has mostly positive reviews.

It is a very interesting historical game.

I like it. It has carved out a name for itself in the 4X genre by just trying to be itself. Positive: Evolving (aka "culture swapping") I like it. Playing Humankind you are a rules who leads their people through time. As just like times change, so do you, your people evolve. So if you find out you are growing more than you are fighting, then in the next era you choose a culture that prioritizes that. It allows you to adept to what is happening and what you want to achieve. Does it bother me that you jump from one 'civilization' to another, unrelated one? No. Because people have always changed and so have cultures, each country is made up of many different cultures that merged to become one. Sure, my argument ignores geography but if you could only evolve into a nearby culture you either have no choice or need a hundred different to choose from. Tl;dr: Different cultures in each era allow you to adapt and customize. Stars/Era Score/Victory condition: I have a bit of mixed feelings about this. The positive thing is that no matter what victory path you take, you will be awarded stars that can help you win. The negative it kind of pushes towards just getting whatever star you can get, which means you don't always play the game the way you want it. Though I feel the system they use is the best compromise there is. It's either that or a seperate diplomacy, science, culture, domination victory and this is humankind after all, not that other game. Neutral: Turn-to-turn gameplay: Well, it pretty much plays like most other 4x games, little trouble adjusting. Graphics: Good Tutorials: Decent Diplomacy: Always a tricky one, as usual the AI is lacking some common sense. Not a big deal. Not so sure about/Negative: The battle system: When 2 armies meet you go into a turn based, tiled based combat screen. It's more realistic, it adds more depth but it can also take quite a while. Luckily if you're in a rush, impatient or just can't be bothered(like me sometimes), you can use auto-resolve and that works fine too. The visual look: I'm not sure, it looks colourful but it still feels a bit..flat, the terrain doesn't "pop" enough and I don't want to zoom in all the way to enjoy it. Furthermore I find it hard at times to identify...anything visually, like for example what districts is on a tile. Independent people: More of a nuisance. They roam around and get in the way. They disappear over time but that means 1: they disappear a bit too fast for you to want to invest in, but 2: they disappear too slow if you plan to expand in their direction.

Habe CIV 3 als Kind geliebt, CIV 4 war nicht so berauschend und seither das 4x Genre (ausser Stellaris) nichtmehr angefasst. Humankind habe ich im tiefen Discount als Komplettedition gekauft (18 Kröten) und muss sagen ich hätte auch den Vollpreis bezahlt ! Das Spiel ist die wirkliche Evolution der CIV Reihe meiner Meinung nach und Humankind 2 wird ein pre-Order für mich. Einziges Manko - Selbst auf "Endlos" hat man das Gefühl rasend schnell durch die Epochen zu hetzen und es gibt zuviele Dinge die in den Städten gebaut werden müssen. Was auch fehlt (aber nicht zwingend erforderlich) ist ein echtes Zukunftszeitalter. Die BESTEN Features (Achtung, opinion!) - Selbst erstellter Avatar der Zivilisation leitet - Kulturwahl ohne Zwang zum Wechsel - Anpassungsfähige Kartengenerierung und Regelwerk - Gute/Stylistische Grafik - Rundenbasiertes und taktisches Kampfsystem (Optional : Sofort Entscheidung der Schlacht per klick)

Not a high bar but it's better than Civ 7. Feels weirdly unbalanced and the popups can be annoying sometimes. It is fun, however.

better than mixed reviews thats for sure

My favourite 4x game by far. I don't have many hours of gameplay just because I played way too much strategy games and I need a break lol (the only 4x game I haven't played is hoi4 so yeah....) the only one I wouldn't reccommend this game to is someone who realy prefers complicated games like europa universalis 4 or let's say hoi4/ maybe stellaris? I would say that only people who really dislike this empire building genre will dislike it but I doubt they will regret buying it especially on a discount.