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So, it's the summer lull, or rather, I have zero motivation to do much work while everyone else is on holiday. Thus, I multi-tasked by playing a bit more of Humankind while also working on stuff for... work. I adjusted the game settings to mimic how I tend to play in Civ: infinite turns with the game ending if any of the objectives/situations happen, biggest map, 5 AIs, slowest progression setting. This changed the gameplay SO MUCH. It's actually more difficult, or at least that's how it seems to me. But, it also might be because of different AIs this time. I've gotten the hang of the manual battles, which makes such a huge difference. You can actually be weaker overall entering the battle but still win it if you play smart. This is actually what I enjoyed about Endless Legend. I'm trying to carefully balance out gaining influence and science. Production versus money. But, oddly enough, money doesn't seem to be an issue in Humankind, at least for me. It's all a balancing act. One that should bring about so much more different types of strategies and fun.

P.S. I just started a second playthrough.. and I found the settings for map size, game difficulty, number of AIs, and game speed. Now, if only I could find the mini-map.

So, I dropped about 10 hours into this game, 1 completion. Just some thoughts on it: While I wanted this to really compete with Civilization, I think it has strong potential. I'm just not sure it's there yet. Don't get me wrong. I love Endless Legend, and I think it's a better game than the last two iterations of Civilization. However, Humankind (which has a lot from Endless Legend) seems to have dumb down some of the mechanics or gotten rid of them. I think it vastly improves upon a lot of what bores me in Civilization, currently (sorry, but Civ IV was still better than V or VI for me), but I think Sega and Amplitude worried too much about pulling in players from Civilization that they removed some of the more complex strategy points that Endless Legend had (heros/governors/spies, multiple step quests upon discovering items, complex issues when assimilating random villages). That's not to say that Humandkind is not a complex game. It definitely it. I think I went through half the game still trying to get certain parts of it down. As like the beta, you can't just "plop" cities down when you feel like it. There's a cost (influence/star cost) to it, and your empire has a limit on how many you can have based on your technology. This, along with pre-determined territory lines, does a fantastic job at controlling growth for a more competitive gameplay. So, what do you do when you want more territory but you're running low on influence because you want to bank some to properly manage your government? You figure out how to increase your influence fast enough with a random village, so you can assimilate them before someone else does. I thought this was pretty brilliant. But, I would have liked a little bit more complexity in the aftermath of that. There's the other fun part of empire axis stuff. Various basic lines of thinking that help you figure out your decisions as you need to make them. My empire actually became what reflects me the most: science driven (religion dead), tolerant/accepting of other cultures and ideas, morally driven before profit, eco-conscious. The choices you make in the game dictate that epilogue speech about your empire at the end. There are some "quality of life" items that I can see them adding as time goes on. Things from Civ that they could consider. Like adjusting how fast or slow a game progresses (how many turns) or actually giving me a mini-world map (if it's there, I haven't found it). Choosing how many civilizations you go up against. How big the world can be. Overall, it's a solid game. My own expectations were based on Endless Legend. So, Humankind came up short on that. However, the best and short way I can sum up this game... if you thought Civilization was like playing chess, then Humankind is like playing 3D chess. I'll definitely be playing this for a bit before I get into Ghost of Tsushima Directors Cut.

It has to be a joke at this point. The constant releasing of versions for the same game. It has to be some sort of company joke at this point. Lol. I mean. Good on them.

Of all the damn photos........ 😑

I'm pondering another PC raid run when @TurboR56Mini and I get back from holiday. Anyone up for it on Saturday, August 14th at 11AM ET/4PM GMT? Part of me thinks I'll hit the gym for a basic weightlifting session that day. Part of me is really laughing at that idea. So, if you need it to be a tad earlier, also let me know?

Yeah? It's one of those movies that I'm curious enough to watch. But I really have to be in the mood for them even though I tend to thoroughly enjoy these types of movies.

Is it better than the first one? I couldn't really bring myself to watch the first one. I'm also a bit salty on the lack of effort in actually working with the Arrowverse for it. The one you just watched looked really good and funny. James Gunn said he was allowed to anything and there were no rules.

🙄 Insincerity at its finest.

How curious... Not that I was entirely expecting it this year.

Valheim - Steam News Hub STORE.STEAMPOWERED.COM Updates, events, and news from the developers of Valheim. Vikings!We can’t believe it’s been over a month since we shared more details on Hearth & Home, and it’s time to share more! We have begun wrapping up our summer break, and wanted to share some new content we’ve been working on.We’re still on track to deliver the update this very quarter, and as always, thank you for your kindness and patience. Your response to our roadmap post in June was super supportive, and the questions that came through in the reddit AMA gave us lots of inspiration for future updates.Here’s a small haul of loot related Hearth & Home content:Coin stack and Coin pile - so you can build a dragon worthy hoard with all your excess wealth (sorry trolls)Treasure chest - to keep your additional excess wealth and supplies safeIron grate - to lock up your treasures, or maybe a captured greydwarf or twoWe’re also happy to share that we have three new vikings joining the Iron Gate team next month, a programmer, an animator, and a QA Manager, who we’ll introduce you to soon.May Frey bless you with a bountiful summer harvest!The Iron Gate Team

@J4MES OX4D - updates were pushed out. Let us know if you are still seeing an error? Thanks!

Hm. Interesting. We haven't pushed out the latest update to the forum just yet, so that might be why you are seeing it.