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Hooded Horse's terrific 4X strategy game Old World is getting another big DLC expansion set in south Asia (www.rockpapershotgun.com)
submitted 6 months ago by [M] to c/turnbasedstrategy@piefed.world
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Hooded Horse and Mohawk Games have announced a new Empires of the Indus expansion for their historical 4X strategy game Old World.

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[–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (3 children)

What do you like about Old World compared to other historical 4X games.

Tot his day I still play Civ IV / V (and their extensive library of mods, with my favourite being the Dune total conversion for Civ IV).

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago (2 children)

    compared to other historical 4X games, I particularly like the orders system, which minimizes micro-management and late-game slog, and the characters/families/events, which keeps you on your toes as things are always changing both internally and externally.

    it's been a while since i played Civ 4 or 5 but i loved them too when i used to play them!

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  • [–] [S] 2 points 6 months ago (1 child)

    and the characters/families/events

    I actually haven't heard about this.

    I don't mind the late game micro and giant list of task assignments. I play late game Civ as a management game.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 months ago

    just to clarify: there's still a ton to do each turn in Old World, you just have a limited number of "Orders" you can issue each turn, so you usually can't move every single unit and worker every turn, which forces the player to prioritize and creates a fun extra layer of strategy

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