Join us as we trawl through cool news from the world of 4X and strategy.
This is not your usual news bulletin (we have plenty of that elsewhere!), more just talking about things that caught our eye.
First off, Endless Legend 2 now has multiplayer. Our very own Ricky pointed out the early access AI has been somewhat lacking, maybe a Human on the other end will serve to focus the game systems.
In a similar vein, Elemental: Reforged is now in something called beta 2. The highlights of this update are the modding tools, and the Dynasty System. If this is new to you, basically your heroes can have offspring, create a family tree. We have seen this in other games, such as Old World or Massive Chalice, but Reforged promises to have that AND so much more.
Speaking of Old World, we just wrapped up recording our end of year podcast, where we discuss the top 5 games we have been playing this year. Spoiler alter: someone may have mentioned Old World, currently on sale for a frankly silly price.
Recently, Runequest:Warlords released, and it feels like I am the only one playing it.
So far, my feelings are to the warm side, I am enjoying myself. I play a mission a day, it’s a bit like following a TV series. There are some reservations creeping into my enjoyment, but I am aiming to finish the game before I talk more on these.
Other recent releases that have caught my eye are the Celestial Church expansion for Songs of Silence. I think Songs of Silence is rather underrated, and with some polish could point to a serious sub genre of 4X. Your thoughts?
Speaking of recent releases, a game no-one thought would ever see the light of day, a game described as “a hugely ambitious game, covering something I’ve never seen before, with a scope that makes Europa Universalis seem limited,” is about to be fully and officially released. I speak, of course, of Terra Invicta.
Terra Invicta was the first game that Hooded Horse decided to back, so it seems poetic that the discord was graced by a visit of gaming royalty, in the form of Tim from Hooded Horse, teasing us all:
Is Terra Invicta a 4X, a GSG, or something else entirely? Discuss here. I have been blessed with a key, and shall play this over Christmas
Sticking with space, and more traditionally a 4X, we have news from Stellar Reach, with a new ship type and a new faction, called Shipbuilders. Read more here.
To round this off, how could I not mention how we got news of not one, but TWO new Total War Games. Total War: Medieval 3 (my initial reactions – tepid at best – here is someone much positive about it.) and Total War:Warhammer 40,000. My initial reaction – worse than tepid, actually disappointed, because the TW format totally breaks down for anything other than formation warfare. However, we know very little at this stage, so it could end up being something like Company of Heroes 3, with a turn based strategic map that then become an RTS mission. Think Dawn of War 4 wrapped inside a Total War strategic map.
Also known as BBB in many places, Andy is well known for his love of strategy games of all types, especially the Age of Wonders series.
What a great, exciting and action packed news article, thank you so much, there was several new news items that I got out of it. Love this format 🙂
Ha, awesome. Glad you liked it. I thought it could be good to spark discussion, and internet wanderings.