Meet a few animals, find some sanctuaries, wave to a neighbour. The game doesn’t really care to express which direction you should go, so long as you go on and be social. These represent the actions that all players will employ to some extent in competing against other national leaders to build a thriving empire. For the unaccustomed, ‘4X strategy’ is a colloquial abbreviation that stands for ‘eXplore, eXpand, eXploit and eXterminate’. If vain curiosity brings you here, welcome and settle in. However, the extra flavour of culture-building and morally challenging event decisions that sets Humankind apart ends up feeling trivial and underexplored. The fundamental ‘one-more-turn’ DNA remains intact here. Humankind is Amplitude demonstrating a keen understanding of how the sausage is made.
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Developer Amplitude is no stranger to comparisons with the Civ series, with their previous 4X series Endless Space and Endless Legend proving their strategic chops while in Firax’s shadows. Beyond the striking yet familiar visuals is a bevy of systems that seek to challenge decades-old colonial themes tied to 4X historical strategy games, attempting to bring diversity and empathy to the player experience. As an empire-building 4X game looking to tread upon the hallowed ground of Sid Meier’s Civilization, Humankind makes the bold choice of seemingly impersonating the genre titan.
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