Thank you for alllllll the questions & comments! It's taken me a little longer than expected (my 24 hours is gonna be 48 hours, sorry!)

@teaser6089

9 ай бұрын

From the very little we have seen, i must say I am more hyped for the Ara History Untold game than this game.

I'm always a sucker for another Civ type game. Thanks for letting me know. I hope it has decent diplomacy and can remain fresh and dynamic throughout a full play-through.

@teaser6089

9 ай бұрын

Have you heard about Ara History Untold?

@montazownianr1

6 ай бұрын

I'm sick of this. I want milions clones of AoE, Empire Earth, Warcraft etc...

Have you been able to try the endgame? If so, does it keep being entertaining or it becomes repetitive like a lot of grand strategy games?

@joshuasims5421

9 ай бұрын

Seconded, if they can pull off a good endgame it would be game changing…

@Bakarost

9 ай бұрын

I doubt it he prob played a cap term limit like 30 turns or so I dont see them letting him play qhole game on alpha

@poacherboy

9 ай бұрын

I've seen another review on it that said the developer was looking at ways to include early victory conditions. So there's some hope that we don't get the classic spend 50 turns waiting until victory screen.

@KingOskar4

9 ай бұрын

Oh , Endgame, the bane of every 4X strategy. i've Played the old ones like Civ 2 Multiplayer Gold Edition and it gets real boring😢... but i also tried the new FreeCiv rulesets. And I also tried some mods for existing games that add stuff for Civ 5 and Civ 6 ... it's better... but it is a shame it needs Mods😊

@Krysnha

5 ай бұрын

indeed, that is the problem with many of these game

So it’s a traditional 4x turn based game, awesome. I kind of expected something more on the grand strategy style of game. The art style remains me of Civilization 5 in a good way. I’m glad we are getting a lot more games in the historical 4x genre lately. I love Civilization but the genre was getting a bit stagnant, new ideas are always good.

@Hectonkhyres

9 ай бұрын

You can definitely go off the rails and bring in things that are anything but industry standard. You should look up an old game called "Civilization: Call to Power". It was unpolished with an unimpressive AI but... dear god did it ever go in weird and awesome directions. It had rules for slavery, had you building orbital colonies on a separate map layer, weaponized lawyers and televangelists, and weirder stuff back in goddamn 1999. Knowing Paradox their take on the genre is going to keep diverging from the norm and will never, ever stop. Expect to go broke paying for expansive DLCs, though.

I have two main questions: 1.) How much interaction do cities have with their surrounding terrain? How many varities of improvements can you place on any type of land? 2.) What non-player/AI societies exist to interact with, like city-states or barbarians?

I really like the idea of a Civ game where you eventually get to colonize/conquer the Moon and maybe Mars in the future era. Where Civ 6 stops... it would be so cool, and of course extend gameplay itself. Hope Paradox does that with this one.

@xionkuriyama5697

9 ай бұрын

Reminds me of Call to Power.

@joaogabrielstefano4105

9 ай бұрын

literally Civilization Beyond Earth

@pictureframe1

9 ай бұрын

civ: call to power is my favorite civ to this day because it goes to year 3000. @@xionkuriyama5697

@playerone7663

9 ай бұрын

@@joaogabrielstefano4105 Right. Because that lets you continue playing your Civ from the stone age, on the Moon and Mars.... Oh wait, no that's not at all what it does. 🙄

@playerone7663

9 ай бұрын

@@xionkuriyama5697 A way more advanced version of that, yeah sort of haha

The "Age of Kings" feels like an homage to _Age of Empires II._ Probably a coincidence, but the placeholder image for the announcement video did remind me of the teaser at the end of _Age of Empire III's_ art book where AoE IV was supposed to be modern day, and AoE V future era.

@konradcurze8176

9 ай бұрын

Maybe this is the real AOE4.

I see national flags in the screenshots. Do you pick a civ that has bonuses and sticks with you throughout the game similar to Civ, is it more like picking a culture in Humankind, or is it more cosmetic?

@johnnystonks3970

9 ай бұрын

I hope it will be modable to expand the field of imagination like stellaris or Civ VI

@Historyfan476AD

9 ай бұрын

I hope it's not like the culture thing, the swapping cultures thing just kind of makes you less connected to your Civ. I liked the added bonuses but not the switching of Civs and appearance of the aesthetics.

@Meshakhad

9 ай бұрын

@@Historyfan476AD My hope is that they separate aesthetics from bonuses. This setup seems like it would fit well with Humankind's approach of adding bonuses throughout the ages, but they could allow you to choose an aesthetic at the start, one that persists through the ages. So you could play as France for example, and you would always have French architecture and city names, but the bonuses could be entirely under your control. Or maybe your starting culture gives you a single bonus that applies throughout history, but then you add to it. So maybe the Norse are good at building ships, but you can later specialize your culture in other areas.

@Historyfan476AD

9 ай бұрын

@@Meshakhad Like you could make your own culture/society and name it choosing the "feel and look" of it by picking from a list of Aesthetics. Or you could just pick a pre made "faction". I do like the idea of picking new bonuses as the Eras move on, Hope more games add that in some form.

@t.w.a.i.n.

9 ай бұрын

​@Historyfan476AD Swapping cultures was a good idea but poorly executed, because you could change into a completely unrelated one instead of having some logical branching.

Definitely need a Millennia vs Civ5/6 comparison video

Kinda looks like old world. I hope paradox can up their art budget. I love a 4x but with civ, humankind, and ara around the corner this might trip it up.

@orbsytheumbreon

9 ай бұрын

Summed it up pretty well. Paradox should focus on what their good and do it better but sadly the new era of paradox is variety to the nth degree. (Just within the strategy genre obviously)

@daegon1985

9 ай бұрын

Yeah, its kinda bland looking

@OrangeJuice-ib9mu

9 ай бұрын

its really fucking ugly

@shaggycan

9 ай бұрын

Looks very much like Old World, especially the events

Funny how a KZreadr with a 18 minute video did a better job of getting me excited for this game than Paradox did.

Thank you putting out this video. I was unsure about this game, now I’m excited for it.

Looks like a Civ game with some complexity! We haven't had that since Civ 4. I am looking forward to seeing more.

What would be really cool is if your cities names changed over time, through the ages. eg London was not founded as such, it was previously "Londinium" (romans) and probably had many more names in-between. This name change could be influenced by culture mechanics. ie heaven forbid, if there was significant French influence on the culture of a city called London, after an age change (or even conquest?) that city name might change to "Londres" (current French name for London). There are many names for cities out there in different languages. Civ players are a sophisticated bunch and I'm sure can handle it. This could be a pretty easy way to add an immersive evolution element to the world.

@frankfrankfrankfrankfrank

9 ай бұрын

Like the Rhye's and Fall mod for Civ IV did. Would be cool

God this has made me remember how stunning Humankind is!

Thanks Jumbo, very informative! I wondered about your excellent Paint mock-up of unit combat along with your description of it. It made me think that maybe what you saw is a rough early draft and will have more graphical polish as it develops; someone needs to draw and animate the pretty explosions yet, haha!

Did you get the “one more turn” syndrome? Any thing else differentiates civs beside national spirits? Did you feel as though your civ had character? Are the ages specific to each civs or is it a global thing?

@LANSl0t

9 ай бұрын

I wanna know this too

Wow this game looks awesome! I have two main questions for this game: 1) Do you choose a civilization/culture at the beginning of the game like civ or is their a more dynamic system at play? 2) For government types how much do they change gameplay, are the gameplay differences between governments mainly from different bonuses or actual gameplay differences? Was happy to see you cover the game so quickly! Especially when I've been keeping up with the teasers with your video and finished the livestream right before watching your vid

A lot of interesting concepts. Cannot wait to see more. 😃

Looking forward to learning more

Thanks Jumbo - No idea this was a thing - wishlisted and awaiting more info. Edited to share my excitement about such a variety of things to work on besides combat and buildings.

A few questions: Is there a game replay at the end? How is the "strategy" view of the map if you pull back? Any other game you can compare it to? I'm forever hopeful of someone redoing the globe view of Civ IV :)

Could you go more into detail about "social fabric" and how that works in the game? I'd also like to know more about the effects that ages have on the game. Do they drastically change the gameplay compared to each other?

We've had a major bonanza of 4X games since Civ VI came out. First Old World and Humankind, soon we'll get Ara: History Untold, and now we find out that this is coming too. Civ is my favorite game franchise and always will be, but I wonder how they're going to step it up for Civ VII to make it stand out and keep people playing when all these other games with their really compelling ideas will be competing for players' time. I don't think the Sid Meier name alone is going to carry it.

12:12 Ah yes the "spear" never thought of it as a Unit- that would be the "SpearMAN". You tell me what that means.

@KirihitoSan

9 ай бұрын

esp as they mashed it together with 'scout cavalry' (a proper unit it seems) and 'city guard' (just the one lone guard?). I'm not even native-speaker, but this is all over the place

This is a great intro video, thanks! It looks promising so I'll keep an eye on Millennia for sure. Unless I missed it, I didn't see what bonuses buildings give you. Can you talk at all about that? My other question - are National Spirits presented as tech trees with branches that further develop a concept? For example, if I choose Ancient Seafarers does it have branches that can lead to deep sea navigating and eventually to space exploration?

Love me a nice Paradox game. Looking forward to see this game develop!

Branching civilization paths is welcome. No discussion of winning conditions.

Do different civilizations have different units, buildings, cultures, etc. both in terms of cosmetic looks and actual gameplay effects?

Incredible 4:30-they brought mana to Civ! I'm usually not a mana fan, but I'm actually intrigued, it feels like it could fit the Civ style well, better than say EU4.

Graphically it could use some work but this looks promising. The Age mechanics look pretty cool.

I don't get it. is Paradox Trying to be competitive to HUMANKIND and CIVILIZATION? are they for real?

@Kurock1000

9 ай бұрын

Well humankind missed the mark hard. The end game is still non existent.. civ6 is the only real competition.

@FeHearts

9 ай бұрын

Paradox is only Publishing the game. The developers are an independent new studio.

@paulflater8615

9 ай бұрын

Does feel like a civ knock off. And kinda dated already

@travisolexa3074

9 ай бұрын

If a company could do it, it would be Paradox

@tylerphuoc2653

9 ай бұрын

@@FeHearts Amplitude was once a new studio full of alumni from Ubisoft and whatnot, I guess

Looks like a fresh look and feel to 4x. Cant wait.

Can you show us a few images of the map with tile yields on? My favorite part of these games is planning where to put cities.

My favourite developer making a game thst basically includes every major era.... ❤🎉

im trying so hard to taper my expectations but damn I'm getting extremely hyped

Comment and question. First I wanted to say I started watching your videos pretty recently, including your ocean adventure stream vods. The way you speak sounds like you're constantly smiling which makes you sound quite joyful and kind, it really improves my watching and/or listening experience. Question. I'm most interested in the deviations to real life history. How heavy handed does the alternate history/reality aspects come in? Like do Gorgons and Griffons just attack France randomly or do the factions have to make choices that alter history?

I'm intrigued and, is it me, but visually, I'm kinda getting Civ 4 vibes - looks nice.

Great Video I really enjoyed it and am looking forward to the game! By the way which is your favorite age you have played so far?

Pretty excited about this! Will the game include proper Earth maps? That would be gold.

Is there any system like civilizations or cultures that allows for different specializations in play style or is it all age based?

ill be keeping a close eye on this one :)

The design choices covered in this video look video look very interesting. This looks like a great way to customize your civilization as the game progresses depending. I look forward to seeing how this game develops.

Have you had much experience with the supply chains and economics of the game? How much does this affect your play options / does it make different geographic or cultural starts play differently?

How many turns do you spend on average in an age and are you able to research technologies from previous ages?

My biggest problem with civ was always how fast ages seemed to run past and how some just felt like stop gaps between the good ages or how units worked like having a hopolite from the bronz age till the renisance so how does this play with the ages

@w92viking64

9 ай бұрын

Play Civ 4 Rise of Mankind mod. It solves this problem completely

@2:45 "Might be overwhelmed at first..." laughs in Stellaris

YEEES

Thanks for your early assessment of the game. From what you can tell, does it seem like it will be a polished game from the start, or do you see it as a shell that is going to have DLCs flesh it out? Will they be supporting a mod community or are most of the code locked?

If anyone can beat Civ, it's Paradox!

Will resources be accumulated like in the Gathering Storm expansion of Civ 6, really loved that mechanic. In the modern age, where there actually be different classifications or armored vehicles? Light tanks, Heavy tanks, medium, SPG, Half tracks?, Armored Cars?

Would you say it compares more closely with Civs or with Humankind in how it plays and progresses?

Looks like you can actually a more fantasy route, current day route and Dystopian and Utopian future.

Can you talk about the alternate history ages a bit? Here's a tentative list I found; Stone Bronze Iron / Heroes / Blood Kings / Monuments / Plague Renaissance / Discovery / Intolerance Conquest (the image seems WW2ish, but it appeared right after those three) Alchemy / Heresy (possibly together with Kings or Renaissance?) Old Ones (??) Harmony (It shows the pope I think?) Aether (probably together with an industrial age we didn't see yet) Information / Utopia / Dystopia (possibly together with information?) Ecology / Visitors / Colony Ships Archangel / Transcendence / Rogue AI

How does trade work? Is it direct like civ (starts in city x, goes to city y) or is it closer to something like eu4 (specific trade nodes)?

Ok, I hope I like the game 😊 it looks fun tnx ❤

I'm getting some Old World vibes from this, which has frequently been described as Civ and CK3 having a baby. Would you say there's similar vibes here?

How does the war feel (especially compared to, say, age of wonders 4), and how available are ranged cavalry? Also, is there a sort of 'empire/leader' system like civ, and if so, what kinds of traits are we looking at? (if not, what is there, if anything similar?) edit: ok most of this got answered anyways lmfao.

So... can you finish one game in hours or days? Is the gameplay moving to diffrent planets in the late game?

I'm really excited for the alternative ages. I do hope they make real gameplay difference, rather than just some extra units or buffs.

The Unit battle preview looks like Suikoden I and II war battle.

How emergent is tech? If I am in a desert do I get special tech for efficient supply lines to deal with the desert? Do I get a special tech for being in the ocean and am able to become island hoppers not because I “spect” into it but because my tech chooses reflected my surroundings?

Give me this game Yesterday :D seems awesome

Can you detail a game start more (are you picking a "culture" or maybe picking some traits, or is it just "plop - here you go, get started") What kind of game set up options exist? Map sizes, continents/islands? all game launch settings please. What are the win conditions? Can you fine tune any of the win conditions? can you remove some win conditions? does the game play focus more on city building, military, or diplomacy? how elaborate is the diplomacy? are there multiple leaders/great persons/what-have-you that you can control/access/benefit from or it is all nameless? would also love more details on research/tech. That's all that came to me off the top of my head. Also, great to know Paradox let you in on this. When it comes to this style of game you are my go to reviewer so I'm glad to know you are getting the low down.

Oh look, a Pradox game! I for one can't wait to play it early-access for 2 years for it to become a bare bones game and then spend 6 years and 260 quid on all the DLCs until I have a complete game that's actually fun to play...

Looks promising. In a 4x game we need to have a robust, clear and exciting military system. Hopefully these units get larger, clearer and more hands-on in combat situations.

Beyond excited for any game that could genuinely join the Civilization status level (or possibly surpass?😮)

Civilization VII looks wild

I want to know about the fantasy or sci fi routes that seem to exist. The age of alchemy as an example

@tylerphuoc2653

9 ай бұрын

Get deep enough into sci-fi and you can start doing alchemy again with industrial-grade atom smashers

It really reminds me of civIV

Finally a civ game with actually space age and aliens!

Love you jumbo

Do you pick actual civs or do you design your civ flag and name? If you do have to pick named civs (like France f.e.) does it affect anything?

I hope your artistic impression of the battle screen is exactly what we see in the real game 😂

Oh boy i feel a lot of future hours fading away 😄

Can't wait for extra ages as overpriced DLC 😍

The moment I saw that temple event, my brain was just like **British museum intensifies** 😹

I hope they use the Civ start method vs. Hunankind where you have to wander for several turns. I hate the wandering part.

How controllable are the ages you go into? Would you ever want to go into a crisis age like age of plague, or age of blood, or are they punishments for doing certain things/having certain things happen and generally to be avoided? Does everyone on the map go into the same ages, or are they different per civilization

@silvermknight

4 ай бұрын

I can see purposefully going into an Age of Blood because it sets all nations in the game at war with each other. You could trigger one and just let all of the other countries tear each other apart. I'll bet the others also give a benefit to the nation that triggered the Crisis.

so Old world vibes, Humankind culture mechanic but instead age, this is looking cool

My main question is what does Millennia offer over a Civilization game?

@dodec8449

9 ай бұрын

I think replayability ... those spirits and ages sound like a totally different game each time.

This being a 4x game one of the most important factors for it is being able to win through domination and as a result combat is of extreme importance. You mentioned combat is a bit hands off which doesn't sounds too good but then again stellaris combat is hands off and is good so willing to give it the benefict of the doubt here. How exactly does it works? We know you clash a stack of units into another. Is there a limit to how much units you can stack? As you move through ages, what happens to old units, do they become obsulete and you just need to build more or can you upgrade them into anything more advanced for the age? combat really needs every single detail that you can think of explained because again, that is going to be the most important thing. As a side note another important question is whether they limit how many cities you can have whether by a soft cap where you get ever increasing penalties or a hard cap. This is important because going back again to domination victory. You can't have a domination victory condition when you can't capture every single city that every enemy owns (well technically you could potentially raze them and it would still be a domination victory but it would be extremely unsatisfactory).

Let's start with the basics: Is it real-time, turn based, or some kind of hybrid? Steam says it is both single-player and multiplayer. Is there a focus on one or the other? I've seen mention of a "Victory Age", so it seems it isn't just a sandbox. What are the possible victory conditions? The battle system you described sounds like it is not a tactical game. Is there an option to direct units during battle, or is it simply stack vs stack? Any hints when this is expected to be available for early-access or release?

Whats the player 'fantasy' to use a PDX staple? Are we a godlike unseen hand(basic civ player) or some unique entity tied to gameplay mechanics in some way?

I love how all the players go "Yeah it's great" rather than be brutal.

Any aspect of RPG like Old Worlds or CK3? Great Job! Thx, Moe

Do units feel balanced or did you feel as if certain unit types might be superior to others?

I want to know anything you can tell us about the different ages in particular the more sci fi themed ones.

I know this is a strategy game and its still early but I hope the release version will have notably better graphics.

how many years go by in one turn on average? Great video btw

Did you see any alt hist ages? How were they different?

Are the national spirits only one per age or one per category per age? Would be weird if you only got 4 during the entire playthrough! Also with technologies, is it possible to research techs or subtechs from older ages, or research more than 3 technologies per age? Can you research just a few subtechs within a bigger technology?

Are there specific CIVs you can choose with their pecularities like in similar games that you can choose from?

What are victory conditions?

Were you playing this when you released the teaser video a few days ago?

Gameplay aside, what are your thoughts on the immersion and graphical design?

How does the soundtrack compare to Civ 6? Are there nukes? And how do they fare?

I'm really curious about diplomacy! Is it on the Civ 6 level, more like Ck3, or something else?

Definitely a mix of several games.

Is there actual countries to select or will it be more like Age of Wonders 4 where you create your own nation?