HUMANKIND | Single-City Merchants | Ep 01 (Let's Play Miniseries)

The Victor Open-Dev might be over, but the fun times with HUMANKIND gameplay are not! In this miniseries let's play we'll be attempting to win with our focus primarily on playing as merchants, expanding out from one central city. War can be expected, as we compete for resources, and as our network grows, we're likely to find competitors in the market. Money is a powerful tool in HUMANKIND, but is it enough to be the most famed people in history? HUMANKIND is being marketed and pitched as a civ-competitor, and it definitely isn't pulling any punches. As far as turn-based 4x empire building games are concerned, HUMANKIND is a viable challenger!
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[@PartyElite]

Interested? Buy it here to support the channel - partyelite.gg/game-store ! I hope you guys enjoy this somewhat experimental content! I've managed to get more than just one mini-series done, too, so expect lots of HUMANKIND content on the channel coming up as I continue writing my medieval history video especially - I promise I'm actually making progress on that lol. Enjoy!

[@maxmustermann-zx9yq]

hi, coming from endless space 2, the peaceful victory is quiet a difficulty design mission, afterall not only needs there be more interesting gamplay then just sitting back and turtling, but for MP balance: should a guy sitting in a corner "doing nothing" win the session?, in ES 2 the final meta is that there is no real peaceful playstyle that is competitive if you dont go to war and expand you will be outgrown and the others will just win through economy/science/conquest the closest thing is being part of an allience and roleplay as UN though trading and diplomacy boils down to throwing enough resources at the AI to keep it happy and take your deals, for roleplaying the AIs lack faction based character, they dont make any interesting plans/demands

[@Fallenangel_85]

Since I already played with this exact premise I can say it's totally viable and even really OP. Trade with everyone, buy all resources, have a megacity. Being peaceful is also highly beneficial with this build, since you get more out of it. (because "number of trade routes to capital" modifiers. Btw, terrible starting position for the city, no river and bad FIDS.

[@FriendlyFrienby]

I've been watching this develop quite a bit but there's a theme that seems a bit concerning. Making it all about fame turns it into a sort of boardgame where score is more important than telling a story or living in the world. The great writing for events gets overshadowed by this constant need for fame points. And unlike all of the other Amplitude 4X, cooperative play seems non-existent. It doesn't appear allied victories are a thing, so being an asshole is almost always the correct way to play. It's very offputting for someone usually a fan of this genre and this developer.

[@Fallenangel_85]

@@FriendlyFrienby You don't really need to hunt fame, you get it by default if you play decent and to your strengths. And there is a ranking system, so you can still play cooperative. It's really not that bad to be 2nd place. In fact, being nice and peaceful is any easy way to victory, because of how wars and trading works.

[@Glebasik148]

2:35 ..."hunt down this deer" "we have high ground so.." >it`s over deerakin

[@WolfeRavenwood]

A comment a day keeps the algorithm at bay.

[@graemeyoung2391]

Thats great.

[@WolfeRavenwood]

@@graemeyoung2391 And it was even completly spontaneous, i should copyright protect it ;)

[@graemeyoung2391]

@@WolfeRavenwood that could literally be the de facto comment. Well seeing as you haven't copyrighted it, guess ill be using it as well now!

[@j.thomasroulain8122]

ah..lol

[@snickle1980]

I've been getting a TON of baseball and Car repair related shit in my algo. Stuff that I have NO interest in. Help me, Obiwan. My recommended's are fucked!

[@beavaerobravo4360]

Granary sounds like a place you store old granies, which are good at baking but let us not go down that rabbithole

[@PartyElite]

You know what - I'm sold on this concept. Gran-ary it is!

[@snickle1980]

Do you think that grannies of the future will bake cookies? I'm worried that future grannies will be covered with tats and talk like bikers. I'm worried that there will be no cookies for future generations...😐

[@StalwartTirith]

_It'll all be over soon..._

[@snickle1980]

@@StalwartTirith Is the end nigh? Again?

[@StalwartTirith]

@@snickle1980 Yup, the universe loops in on itself and it's cookies all the way down.

[@nn6404]

I am very impressed by this game and how thought-out it is. It's also super pretty.

[@PartyElite]

I do love the painterly look!

[@elimayerson8206]

I really do prefer the hour-long pre-recorded episodes to the massive livestreams; it's way easier to consume all content that way. Love it so far!

[@PartyElite]

Good to know! Yeah that stream wasn't going to be 8 hours. Not at first =D

[@TheHughgee]

Hats off to Amplitude's UI designers yet again. I think they've really kicked it out of the park yet again

[@valacarno]

Your comment brings back memories of times of praise to clean and clear UI of the first Endless Space. Gosh, I am old! 😅 Thank you.

[@PartyElite]

For real. There are some UX issues that I brought up during my livestream, but overall, the UI is gorgeous, and works very well.

[@alexandruandronache2510]

I like that at around 16:00 you read "A tribe's legacy" like a true tribal leader and overall you took the time to explain what everything means, I highly appreciate it. I will be coming back for your content. Keep up the good work

[@PartyElite]

Thanks for the kind words! Glad to hear it =)

[@monkeyorful]

At least someone who knows more or less what he is doing. I know this game is so new nobody knows how to play it right but at least your decisions make sense for your goals. Which can get frustrating watching someone shooting his own feet once and again.

[@dr.davidmathiasen6792]

...I know this game is so new nobody knows how to play it right ... - that's not entirely true. I believe I heard Chuck Norris won the game in 2 turns

[@Crater1221]

@@dr.davidmathiasen6792 Holy shit a time traveler from 2005.

[@redhidinghood9337]

First Humankind gameplay I was willing to watch

[@anthonydoherty27]

This looks great! Really like the war support system and ideologies, war support/fatigue, skirmishing without declaring war, the battles themselves.....And other things I don't remember

[@Katastra_]

Was looking for more Humankind content and these miniseries with certain play styles/objectives seem like an interesting way to play, subbed! (also that starting city with basically no food killed me lol)

[@PartyElite]

Man the start for real - facepalmed so hard. Glad you're enjoying this so far! Lots more to come

[@PuddingXXL]

I just want to give my own feedback: I tune into your channel once in a while and I gotta say it is just damn well relaxing. I'm sometimes sad that I don't have the time to follow every series of yours but specific ones like these 1 hour ones are exactly what I love! I started out with your Battlefleet Gothic Armada videos and I love the analytical formal style of your content very much while not appearing too stuck up! Keep doing what you're doing, I hope that you'll find different formats and ways of content that will boost your channel. You deserve it! Greetings from Germany.

[@PartyElite]

Thanks so much for the kind words! Really appreciate it, and the vote of confidence. Made my day =)

[@_natalie]

Ah snap - pre-recorded - mini-series - change is good, I like it!

[@PartyElite]

Variety is the spice of life, as they say!

[@_natalie]

@@PartyElite I prefer varitea is the beverage of life, but I see your point ;D

[@nisargbhavsar25]

@@_natalie From where do you bring teas puns. Do you have a fac-tree of teas.

[@_natalie]

@@nisargbhavsar25 shrub, I dunno, but at least I'm supporting tea mercantile trade!

[@davidbodor1762]

16:10 - One of the things a lot of people don't yet know but, if you complete the 10 knowledge curiosities, you get this special legacy perk that persists throughout your entire playthrough. You do NOT get this event unless you have 10 knowledge curiosities. I often stay extremely long in the tribal phase because you can actually grow pops faster than you would after settling, provided that you know what you're doing. There comes a time when there's no more animal sanctuaries nearby to ransack for +1 pop. You can of course disband the hunters when you settle a city so you get a big city immediately or multiple cities even if you do that.

[@icedanilzation]

Thank you for describing the features with greater depth, it has convinced me this game might actually be more fun than Civ and I look forward to it.

[@mainsails2892]

I really like how it's easier to focus on the route you want to take to win

[@JLowe2013]

When you choose a culture and advance to the ancient era, your tribes become scouts and can no longer self replicate by finding food. What happens to the excess food that each army is holding? 5/20, 10/20, or even 15/20 food to create the next tribe. Is this food wasted? Does it automatically transfer to the first city founded? Either way, I think micromanaging the food gathering in the Neolithic era to avoid waste and maximize the number of scouts will be incredibly important. Especially because the scouts can be disbanded into population. I believe each population generated by the city costs more food than the last, whereas each tribe in the Neolithic era is a flat 20. I predict that the best strategy would be to avoid waste and be sure to enter the ancient era with 8-10 tribes, then immediately disband all of them into the city except 1 or 2 to keep scouting and building outposts. And since you'd immediately be filling up all your early game worker slots there'd be no need to focus on food growth for some time. All building, culture, tech, and dilemma choices could go to either production or gold and make you an economic powerhouse.

[@marcuscassin27]

Getting your city up to 4 pop to start a religion is important, but don't underestimate the value of keeping a handful (certainly more than 1 or 2) of units out and about to harass neighbors and claim more territory. It's a delicate balance, for sure.

[@valacarno]

Ya-ay!!! More Humankind content.

[@PartyElite]

Thanks for the kind words! Greatly appreciate it =)

[@jazzyb9488]

Oh wow this was surprise, a very welcome one at that!

[@neon4897]

My favorite series in a while. Hope to see more of those

[@jasonwright1687]

Like, 10.... 15 seconds in.... That explanation makes it sound like this will be a very, Florentine, type of playthrough. I already am hooked. 😁🍻 This should be really epic.

[@thesmity31]

I only found out about this game recently, and just about managed to do a single game of the Viktor opendev before the time ran out. Now I just really want to get my hands on the game again!! I wish they would have allowed us a bit more time on the opendev!

[@lisamagnussonbiel5695]

I'm loving this so far! I'm excited to see all the ways you can take this!!

[@ordenax]

Please do the whole game as a series. Would love it.

[@Molscheira]

What a beautiful game! Really excited for this miniseries.

[@malcolmsleight9334]

Great video. I'm looking forward to watching the rest of the series. A completely different take on the Civ building genre, and I'm eagerly awaiting its release.

[@frankmeyer8593]

Good narration and nice explanation for me who knows nothing of the game mechanics. I also like the city-state approach.

[@lukasbaumgartner5493]

Really looking forward to following this series! Been watching you for a few years (since TWWH) Glad to see that you've grown into your own style

[@davidtaylor4284]

Do the outposts grant any kind of bonus beyond claiming/controlling regions and exploiting resources? I like the mechanic and feel like it expands options for later decisions. Can't wait for more thorough breakdowns of the mechanics as the game gets closer to release. The gameplay feels much more relaxed than Civilization while still maintaining emphasis on exploration and expansion. Can't wait for this game to release.

[@PartyElite]

It all boils down to 'exploitation' until you attach it to a city (at least as far as I've seen). For example, not only can you exploit resources on land, but you can eventually build harbours when you unlock them. Those harbours can collect production/food for the outpost, but once you attach the outpost to a city, you'll also be able to use that harbour as a spot to recruit units at. I'll definitely be doing some deep dives - the game is upto some cool stuff and I can't wait to explore the full version!

[@neilw2829]

Loved the livestreams, super hyped to see this series. Glad to see the playstyle differentiation!

[@hairtrigger8317]

Looks good so far and I hope the game does well, civ needs a real competitor to spark some new innovations

[@PromethorYT]

My one question : How is the AI... Seriously its the AI that always hold back these kind of games for me.

[@ResandOuies]

not great imo, they seem to just to stuff "because" a lot of time. Ex: from early in this vid, when they started to ransack. What was the plan there, beside being annoying? Lock up a unite for 7 turns to maybe be able to take that territory, when there's a lot of open land around...

[@PromethorYT]

@@ResandOuies yeah, i thought the same thing. Hopefully that can be changed a bit by launch day and a few patch in. I really disliked the Civ VI ai tho. Their annoying secret agenda when they get them mad at you just for not having a large standing army for example but then in just 5 turns you can actually spit out double their armies just because I actually focused on trade and production. Then Cleopatra gets mad because I made a wonder. Like wtf of course I'm gona make wonders. Anyways.

[@cryingcat6516]

@@PromethorYT i never won a single civ6 game lmao

[@PromethorYT]

@@cryingcat6516 me neither i got too annoyed by the ai to finish a game till the victory screen

[@cherryx377]

yaaaay! came from the planet zoo series. I just love city-building games!!! (Or at least watching other people play these games lol, I'd love to play, but its so time consuming and I stop myself from buying) Anyways, love the content as always!!

[@admiral_hoshi3298]

This video and series have made me rather excited for this game.

[@torrentius8874]

Can't wait for more. I dont own a PC or I would be playing this too. I subscribed just because of your coverage of HUMANKIND. Eventually I'll get around to checking your other stuff out but for now I'm really enjoying this. 😀 Thanks for sharing and keep it up bud 👍 good work. Although I would like to say that I would've loved if you tried the phonecian (sorry bout mangling that) everybody is doing Nubians as the starter and it's a little bland. I would love to see some risk taking with the seafaring nations. Maybe some naval warfare. No one seems to be exploring that side of the game. Food for thought for another series when you finish this one. Once again Great job. I appreciate the micro role playing you did in the 8 h stream too was a fun watch.

[@PartyElite]

Glad you're enjoying it! I think the open dev stuff so far hasn't really focused around naval action, though I can say you'll see some of that very soon on this channel. I think that's why you haven't seen it be treated as a focal point by anybody.

[@pedronunes8766]

If you are not in a hurry to pick one specific civ you should aim for the scientific star cause it unlocks a event that will give you a civilisation trait for extra food/industry/science per population for the neolithic ear!

[@marcuscassin27]

Strategy note for anyone who os reading this: get that 10 science in the super early game, and for your best return, pick the bonus to food. The extra population can be used for, well, almost anything, and there are plenty of districts which get bonuses for population. And also certain relgious bonuses give bonises for population. With that said, to be clear, nothing wrong with mixing it up for RP purposes, or a challenge, or because you have a very specific build in mind. But I just can't imagine anything being more helpful right from the start than food, in the early game and beyond.

[@hmar-el-wahid8654]

My spidey senses are tingling some good conteeeeent!!!!

[@briar9395]

Was slightly sad that the OpenDev was over, so happy to see you starting this. I was a little confused by the decision to disband the scouts since they're zero upkeep, unless I misunderstood something? You could always stick them in the center of your city and hit the "station" button so that you don't keep getting prompted to move them. A little extra defense if it becomes necessary, and you still have them if there's a way to upgrade them later on, or a need for some reinforcements later on.

[@PartyElite]

Glad to hear it - I had a feeling folks would want more, and I've got more than just this one mini-series coming =) re: disbanding. If you mean around 33:59, they were disbanded in order to increase the population at Kerma to increase the population at the city - this allows it to be more efficient, or that population can be recruited as more capable units instead.

[@briar9395]

@@PartyElite Oh, I didn't realize you could get back the population you spent on a unit by disbanding it, that's good to know! It makes more sense then that scouts are otherwise zero upkeep.

[@raistormrs]

"i'm not in a rush" do sound like some famous last words though ^^

[@darkranger116]

Yeeahh single city run! I love that difficulty bar in 4xs that allow it.

[@jaypeezy2812]

Watching you fight the deer turn 1 instead of going food curiousity > deer on turn 1 hurt my soul a little

[@dont2835]

Good thing your army didnt take any losses when it shot the deer 🦌

[@snickle1980]

"I've seen MANY curiosities out and about" You wot, mate?

[@mkspind3l]

Party FYI the pickups re-spawn in the open-dev you can in essence walk a big circle and get about 10-12 pops before leaving the neolithic stage its kind of broken as it gives a mean head start in your first city due to a lot of extra pops being available for you

[@PartyElite]

Ah! I didn't know! Learn something new every day

[@mkspind3l]

@@PartyElite thats how I caught up to you on the live stream even though I started halfway :)

[@snickle1980]

I wish I could become excited for this, but I've already played Civ 4, 5, 6 & all the paradox games as well... I'm not seeing a great deal of creativity or innovation here. What truly sets this game apart? How will my time spent HERE be different than the hours spent playing Civ 6? I'd like to be sold on this, & perhaps there's some complexity or gameplay mechanics that I'm missing here. Can anyone "sell me this pen?" 😁

[@SmallPotato2313]

Biggest difference between civ and this game is that when u start a civ6 game u choose civilization and that choice will usually determine which victory type u will try to get and each of them requires few things which dictate your gameplan In humankind u have more flexibility with your choices cuz the objective is to get as much fame as possible i think? And there are multiple ways to.achieve that. This opens ways for roleplaying or creating your own story of the humanity Still its true that these games are similar in genre and is still in development so we will see what else new can it bring to us

[@0pepas0]

Uhh can't wait to see how this turns out! Keep at it Party!

[@Guyy]

46:02 pirates be like.

[@Gayunii]

Ooooh, fancy new end screen!

[@PartyElite]

yessss - to celebrate 5 years =)

[@TheScovac]

yeeees, some humankind content :D Love to see it

[@hmar-el-wahid8654]

Yes you do love to see it,yes “sips tea in British”

[@Marthe535]

What about the New World trade the continent to East. Take up the all of East coast and monopolise the East trade as a middlemann. Kinda like Venice,Aksum,Persia. And the ottoman empire.

[@rochaixfull]

i joined the opendev very late so i only got to play 1 game. I was looking for a playthrough exploring different strategies so that's perfect

[@guldar360]

Party elite, Humankind are nearly revealed, and Contemporary Era has been revealed by seven cultures so far. Will you continue discussing the cultures? Pls...

[@donnyosrs8282]

The dumb half of my brain- wtf is a miniseries? The smart half of my brain- mini series

[@daviddanyluk535]

Very interesting concept. I must admit I am interested in how cities/city states work. Remember to stay out of the forest! Opps, That's another game and play through PE!

[@_natalie]

True - in this game we are only looking for human kind-tent... Since there is that chopping down tree event possibility, it would certainly be better not to be trees, for-us-ts ... It wouldn't end up being very humane or kind.

[@copperstone4078]

Yep another mini let's play that's gonna be 127 video :D

[@EverGameStudios]

New to your channel, liked the first episode thinking about getting this game now lol. Btw, can you not change the city name or did u just decided to keep whatever name was generated?

[@PartyElite]

Glad you enjoyed it! You are able to rename the cities, yes. You can also rename your religion, your armies, and more, but I stuck with the generated names for this one!

[@pogimax]

Looks like a fun game. What separates this from the Civ series?

[@PartyElite]

There are a few elements - battles are very different, the era-star approach is different, the way fame is used as a measure of victory, the eras locking the tech tree into segments.... there's quite a few bits!

[@kurttownsend1500]

The game looks great! Looking forward to getting it, I'm curious if there will be some kind of multiplayer similar to that of civ?

[@PartyElite]

I hope so but I don't actually have any confirmation on that yet. Will try and find out for you!

[@kurttownsend1500]

@@PartyElite I really hope so too, it would be very interesting to see how the culture system would affect a multiplayer game

[@TheDramon]

Love the mini series, but I have to ask, when is the next era culture in depth video coming?

[@PartyElite]

I've actually been working on it more and more lately! I do apologize for its delay - it's hit me with a few roadblocks just with how dense it's been at times

[@TheDramon]

@@PartyElite ah no worries, take your time and make sure you like how it looks

[@arnoldrosas1151]

Will there be another OpenDev Playable before the release in August? Or was this one that ended last week May 3rd the last one? Thanks.

[@PartyElite]

I don't think there will be tbh - one can hope, but unless there are major issues they need to test out, I doubt it!

[@bigdread3894]

This game looks incredible. However, I will say I am a bit grumpy they have the capitol of the Olmecs default name be San Lorenzo. That's pretty weak sauce and disrespectful. Olmecs finally make it into some media and they get their city Spain-washed. Just dang.

[@valacarno]

Agreed. It's a common complain and has been voiced several times already. Knowing how close and in-touch Amplitude are with their fanbase (heck, all this OpenDev approach and their Games2gether concept), I am almost sure they will change it if not on launch (since it doesn't affect gameplay mechanics per se, but an important presentation issue nonetheless) then at least in one of the first updates.

[@bigdread3894]

@@valacarno I really hope so! It may not be a "big thing" but I think it is just such a strange oversight when they've done so much for their presentation already.

[@PartyElite]

This is a very very valid point, and one I'll personally look to bring up to them! I've quite appreciated the way Amplitude has approached these topics a *lot*, and I think they'd be more likely than not to make this tweak as long as they've seen it be brought up. Oh and as for it being a "big thing" - I dunno, I think it is quite big, especially considering how easily it can be tweaked... but maybe that's just me.

[@asearcher520]

Do they know the name of the Olmecs biggest city though? I thought even Olmec wasn't the name the civilization gave themselves it was something assigned to them in the modern era. Or am I mixing that up late at night?

[@guywithdacap4713]

Nice! Was looking forward to a let´s play of Humankind on your channel. Now lockdown is no longer a match. By the way. The chinese culture you can´t pronounce is vocalized like the name "Joe". Easy as that.

[@PartyElite]

Got it! Thanks! And glad you're enjoying it so far

[@amossutandi]

then why do they write it like zhou?

[@guywithdacap4713]

@@amossutandi Because China never invented an alphabet and used picture style characters instead. The name of this dynasty is originally also written in this character. It´s this one (周朝). Impossible to read for the not chinese speaking world. So, in 1956 chinese scholars invented an latin alphabet based transcription system to ease this problem and build specific rules to read it because in different countries eg. England, France and Germany the latin characters are read differently. But to read and speak chinese in an understandable and correct way these rules were necessary. It´s these rules that make the transcripted zhou into an american "Joe".

[@PartyElite]

@@amossutandi transliterations into English are always a little off. You'll see it all the time with non-Latin alphabet languages.

[@TheMarcHicks]

Why does that music sound so familiar during that cut-scene? Trying to think what game soundtrack it reminds me of.

[@Ericshadowblade]

One viability i want to see is how chaining nomadic civs goes. I have little knowledge of the later era civs but i believe the medieval mongols are the last nomedic style culture.

[@PartyElite]

Hmmmmmm you'll see some of that on this channel in the near future, I can tell ya that. But it won't be back to back to back eras of nomadic peoples

[@szam21]

Very interesting. First time watching this game.

[@scorpioneldar]

I fell asleep watching this video at 4 am... and I woke up in video 6. enjoy the watch time because I am going again!

[@CndBcn]

Thank you.

[@mr.8-bit800]

Is there a way to change a city's focus in this game? In Civ 5 for example, you can focus your city/citizens more on production or science for example which would give a boost towards the related types of buildings later on in the game.

[@amossutandi]

yes

[@sovannarithchhon3116]

One small complain from me is that the already explored area is a bit too grey and foggy for me when it is out of sight. It almost the same color as the unexplored area, I don't know why but it bother me. I don't know if there is setting for that. I like the map in Civ6 the two areas is so different.

[@PartyElite]

Hmmm I see what you're saying. I think they're trying to make it crystal clear that it's in the fog of war and your info isn't up to date. But yeah I get what you mean!

[@Airwane]

Will you redo a Merchant only series again? now the full game is out and compare if anything change to this

[@TheIceDragon225]

Perfectly happy to watch you play, think I'll stay with Civ V. I'd love to see you try Civ V :D

[@PartyElite]

Oh man - Civ V was *such* a good game. Especially with all that DLC in place. Been a while since I've played.

[@TheIceDragon225]

@@PartyElite Humankind looks great, but the pre determined borders and somewhat railroaded battles are a deal breaker. More of a pet peeve thing for me...

[@brenicillin]

just popping on to thank you for the content

[@johnniesalomon2640]

The length of this video Buffle me. Last time was 8:35 hours × 2 videos for one playthrough... I hope this one will actually be that short and fast... Will comment after watching

[@PartyElite]

Yeah livestreams are also always a bit slower with interacting with chat and stuff too. For me, at least, hah

[@JackJohnson-zh9ul]

the ui in this game looks genuinely hot as fuck

[@ryaeon9793]

you can go into sanctuary/lair tile then fight a deer then ransack them at the same turn you can fight deer even you use all your move point if they near you

[@stevecox2703]

Was your first battle (2:51) really a battle with a buck and you suffered mass casualties?

[@PartyElite]

I imagine being gored by a buck could go poorly =D

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

I feel like the "knowledge star" in the neolithic should be made easier to achieve. In every single gameplay I have seen so far, the player did achieve the other Era stars, while not even coming close to the "knowledge star". 10 curiosities just seems like a really tall order, especially, when hunting and growing kinda go hand in hand and also boost your military strength, while running around collecting science kind of does very little. Maybe 5-7 is a more reasonable number.

[@NCanastro]

I thought the same in the beginning but you can super easily get them, they spawn in unexplored territory so if you have a couple of scouts going circles around your outposts you get plenty. You can easily reach turn 12~15 (when AI starts picking cultures) with 7 to 10 scouts, 2 to 3 outposts (each mammoth gives 20 influence and 20 food) and between 10 to 20 knowledge points. Also another important to notice is that you don't need to find 10 curiosities, each curiosity can give between 1 and 3 knowledge points (check video at 12:10), with 1 curiosity his knowledge went up 3 points.

[@noneofyourbusiness3288]

@@NCanastro ah one curiosity giving multiple points makes a lot more sense. I have not yet played the game, but it does feel like you always want to rush as much growth as possible, which also makes exploration easier (as you said more scouts), but seeing as the neolithic is not as complex yet I can hardly fault the devs for not enabling multiple play-style when you dont even have a culture yet. Especially since it gets rather complex later on. ^^

[@PartyElite]

Yeah it'd be good to see something done about that - it's always the one I'm hesitant about getting on livestreams and while recording. I constantly feel like saying "i'm sorry folks hang in there!" lol. Good feedback for the devs in this thread for sure!

[@The_Paradox__]

Civ V with extra steps

[@585marek]

Would you recommend this game to someone who’s never played a strategy game before? Also is it multiplayer and is it fun with friends?

[@benitohermano4595]

I really wanna try this game out rn... Do you know how do i get it early??

[@PuddingXXL]

I'm hyped!

[@DrkMaster]

Just can't wait to play

[@nisargbhavsar25]

I could have got the first comment, but I am a generous person. Commented after finishing half the video so everyone gets a chance.

[@hmar-el-wahid8654]

Ahh yess a civilized being. “puts on monacle”

[@_natalie]

Generous or just jealous :P

[@KokettaKnowles]

😂😆 enjoying this banter

[@nisargbhavsar25]

@@_natalie Happy in either case! 😁

[@equis616]

The tribes legacy event is due to getting the knowledge star

[@PartyElite]

Good to know! I couldn't figure that trigger out for the life of me

[@Grathocke]

If you trade a resource to another faction do you lose the benefits or do you both benefit?

[@NCanastro]

You both get them, I tested this, if you only have 1 copper and someone purchases it, you can still build units/infrastructures that require copper.

[@PartyElite]

Yep you both get them based on my testing too! Thanks Nelson!

[@prabalbasu6458]

Hey dude can you please show some Naval battle... or supporting land units with Naval units?

[@PartyElite]

You're in for a ride!

[@prabalbasu6458]

@@PartyElite ohhhh woooowww .... When are we going to see rest of these videos ???

[@PartyElite]

@@prabalbasu6458 Plan for now is every Saturday for the next little while they'll be releasing! I have a few mini-series. I might pick up the pace if people want it, but that's the plan for now =)

[@Zbest-fb8ir]

Could I create a character that I can play as myself and have them be an a.I. Character

[@PartyElite]

Oh I don't know about the latter half - let me try and find out if they can be made into AI characters!

[@mausklick1635]

I *highly* doubt a 1-city empire can achieve much compared to a more flexible strategy.

[@averongodoffire8098]

Are we going to try playing as a nomadic tribe through game😂

[@Kristaliorn]

Cheers

[@Rekler02]

single city challenge and you pick the one spot you mentioned wasn't great and was going to relocate.... that's the only judgement I'll give ya otherwise enjoying it so far

[@hassandeen5131]

A comment a day keeps the algorithm at bay

[@rapi.clipss]

❤💓

[@pedrokiihl856]

HOW FAR CAN WE PUSH HUMANKIND?

[@PartyElite]

honestly I love that line lmao

[@radomircita9420]

I know I am late, but Is it possible to name the city Parthage?

[@PartyElite]

Ahahaha it would be, but alas this is a pre-recorded series

[@radomircita9420]

@@PartyElite next time, then :-)

[@anarchycastro]

Whilst I had fun with the open dev, some of the gameplay was just annoying...especially zooming out. The whole view changes from terrain to a kind of recourse view. I wish it would just stay with one view and change only if you specifically want it to.

[@timelesschronicles2182]

Does anyone else feel like tech trees are rather pointless in Civ-style games? Why wouldn't you go for every tech in the tree? There's really no benefit to NOT getting everything. I think it's much more interesting to guide your civ through philosophies, civics, and religion rather than researching the wheel or pottery or carpentry over and over again in each game/playthrough? Why not have automatic/random tech advances that happen in the background as you progress through the ages. These advances could be helped along by investing in science, artisans, and crafts.

[@valacarno]

I agree that current tech-tree concept feels very stale and out-dated. I liked the base idea of Eurekas in Civ 6 (where play-style in eras determines some of the scientific progress further on), but we can argue on implementation. Let's hope that some great devs (who knows, maybe even Amplitude) will come up with an interesting take on tech-tree and a great realisation of it.

[@PartyElite]

I definitely would like to see gameplay-based tech advances or something in these kinds of games. I wholeheartedly agree about that "why wouldn't I just grab every tech?" mentality. And if not something that reinvents the wheel (hah!) I feel like they could've pushed the culture designations a bit further - militarist cultures can research military tech significantly faster, builder cultures can research building techs significantly faster, for example.

[@GrantSweatshirt]

Can i play this game now if i pre order?

[@PartyElite]

Unfortunately the latest OpenDev is now over. If they do another one, you'll be able to dive in then! But that seems unlikely at the moment.

[@GrantSweatshirt]

@@PartyElite oh no!!! Lol, I was working a 12 when I watched this and was so hyped to get off and play! But instead I finished my first game of civilization ever! Came ten turns from winning a science ( usually I restart halfway through cause all the techs and civics get overwhelming )