Ara History Untold: Anniversary Edition

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I picked this up when it was 50% off, because they are apparently in the process of doing a major rework of the entire game to address player feedback, and I was curious. The first of a series of big updates came out last month, apparently. I played the first 45 turns, and yeah, it needs... a lot more work. It's polished and very pretty, but the gameplay is slooooooooow and kind of dull. At the *beginning*, where 4X games are typically at their best. You move your Scouts around and reveal new regions, and the Scouts move super slow (one region per turn), and then the delayed gratification of the we-go system, where you don't reveal new terrain until the following turn, makes it feel even slower. The Scouts uncover region after region and slowly reveal a map that is absolutely beautiful, but also kind of empty and uninteresting. You find a ton of supply caches, which I guess are this game's version of a goodie hut. Every one of them contains some random assortment of goods, but I have no clue what any of the goods are used for, and the caches are so plentiful that you quickly stop caring. It actually reminds me of the exploration in the Galactic Civilizations games, where you are scooting around space picking up an endless stream of uninteresting scrap and random bits and bobs that are just floating around for some reason, and it quickly starts to feel like you are doing chores, like someone sentenced to community service picking up trash on the side of the road. There is also a sparse scattering of resources around the map, but it's not immediately clear what any of them are good for. Mousing over many of them pops up an unlabeled flowchart diagram that presumably tells you how they can be used in crafting, but only if you are already intimately familiar with the game and can identify all of its one billion goods and materials by icon alone. They all feed into the game's complex crafting system, presumably, where you harvest raw materials and turn them into goods that can boost city growth or production, or that are sometimes required to build wonders or other things. But there are so many different goods, and so many different buildings and improvements needed to churn them out, and the path to making anything or getting anywhere is so slow and laborious, it makes my eyes glaze over. It's like someone looked at Civ and was like "This game needs 1,000% more micromanagement and much slower pacing." Just putting a Spearman in my starting town was a weirdly complicated ritual of a) building the unit, b) assembling it into an army or squad or formation or whatever they called it, c) mustering it into the town, which takes several turns. Note that the mustering is a separate step that you have to go through after the unit has already been built. And I'm like can I just have my spearman already? I guess we'll see where their revisions and updates take it, but I'm not sure there's a game worth salvaging here.

As much as I like several aspects of this game, I will not recommend it. I would not have entertained buying this if it was not on sale and CIV 7 was not such a disaster (Huge fan of SId Meier and played all since CIV 1 first came out). I am also writing this now at 10 hrs played cause the game crashed. Allies will break their alliance, disparage you (thus reducing your relationships with everyone they are neutral/friendly with to near 0 even if you were "Close" with the 3rd party civ), turn on you and declare war for no reason and no warning, even pacifist Canada. The AI settles cities halfway across the map from their capital in the early game and not near any visible resources (maybe they know where the late game resources are?). I don't like that it costs the same to expand to a two zone region as a five zone region. You cant create a shorter road route to two of your cities if another civilization built one through your town already, even when it's longer. The music gets old real quick. I do not like having hard limits to the number of a certain improvements nationwide (city wide sure), make it a soft limit where production is reduced incrementally after a certain number. Wonders don't seem important to the AI and were not a priority to me either. I was nearly at the end of Antiquities Age and no one had built a wonder yet (sorry, "Triumph") on a large map with 10 civs. Tho a bit tedious, i do like the crafting aspect, it is unique. I like the military formation choices, tho I do not like the turns it takes to muster and having to reform/re-muster to change formations or join separate units into a formation. Leveling up units should be more dynamic, adding special skills or at least increase their HP. Aside from the unique crafting mechanic and no skill gains on unit leveling, this game seems to desperately want to be a CIV game. They incorporated so many mechanics and concepts from CIV 4-6 yet tweaked them and/or renamed them enough to avoid a lawsuit. Even Humankind was more of a breakaway from CIV (until 7). Guess I'll stick with CIV 6 (with visual mods).

Starker Civ Konkurrent mit vielen, durchaus genialen Mechaniken, die man sich auch beim Genre-Primus wünschen würde.

Ey evlat, tarihin tozlu sayfalarını karıştıran bir seyyah olarak, bu oyunu bir imparatorluğun yükseliş ve çöküş destanı gibi ele alacağım. Ara: History Untold, Oxide Games'in ellerinde doğmuş, Microsoft'un gölgesinde büyümüş bir eser; 2024'ün sonbaharında ilk nefesini almış, ve şimdi, 2025'in son günlerinde, birinci yılını kutlayan Anniversary Edition ile taçlandırılmış bir miras. Bu sürüm, oyunun temelini sarsan Revolutions güncellemesiyle zenginleşmiş: Yeni uluslara özgü birlikler, liderlere has özellikler, kültürel fetih mekanikleri ve yapay zekânın keskinleştirilmiş kılıcı eklenmiş. Sanki bir ortaçağ kralı gibi, geliştiriciler halkın feryatlarını –o mikro yönetim yükünü– dinlemiş, arayüzü yontmuş ve dengeyi yeniden kurmuş. Steam'de 70'in üzerinde olumlu oy, Metacritic'te 74'lük bir skor; bu, bir hanedanın sağlam temellerini müjdeliyor, zira 1.900'den fazla yorumun çoğu, zaferin tadını övüyor. Oyunun kalbi, Neolitik Çağ'ın sisli ovalarından başlayıp, Sanayi Devrimi'nin dumanlı fabrikalarına uzanan bir yol. Sen, tarihin büyük figürlerinden birini –Kleopatra'nın entrikalarını mı, yoksa Cengiz Han'ın fırtınalarını mı– giyiniyorsun; bir ulus kuruyorsun, kaynak zincirlerini örüyorsun. Bu, sıradan bir fetih değil; bir ekonomi mimarisi. Odun, taş, demir... Her biri, tedarik hatlarının damarları gibi akar, şehirlerini besler. Teknoloji ağacı doğrusal bir zincir değil, dallanan bir orman: Bilim, kültür ve askeri yollar iç içe, her seçim bir kelebek etkisi doğurur. Savaşlar, Living World'ün animasyonlu tablolarında canlanır; askerlerin tozlu ovalarda çarpışmasını, gemilerin dalgaları yarışını izlemek, bir ortaçağ elyazmasının minyatürlerini canlandırmak gibi. Diplomasi ise bir satranç tahtası: Müttefikler kur, casuslar sal, prestijini yığ –zira zafer, sadece kılıçla değil, entrika ile kazanılır. Anniversary Edition'ın yenilikleri, bu destana yeni bölümler ekliyor. Kültürel fetih, orduların ötesinde bir silâh: Sanat, din ve geleneklerle rakiplerini erit; ulusuna özgü birlikler –Roma lejyoneri mi, yoksa Samuray mı?– safları doldurur. Yapay zeka, eskisi gibi uyuşuk bir köylü değil artık; rakip liderler, senin hamlelerini öngörür, ittifakları bozar. Mikro yönetim yükü hafiflemiş: Tooltip'ler aydınlanmış, arayüz basitleşmiş; saatlerce menülerde boğulmak yerine, imparatorluğunun nabzını tutabiliyorsun. Multiplayer, bulutun büyüsüyle senkron veya asenkron akıyor; dostlarınla, zamanın ötesinde bir meclis kuruyorsun. Görsellik ise büyüleyici: Prosedürel haritalar, minyatür ölçekte canlanmış; bir karınca yuvası gibi, her ev, her ağaç kıpırdıyor, tarihî bir tablonun içinden yürüyormuşsun hissi veriyor. Lakin, her destanda gölgeler vardır. Bu oyun, bir Rönesans sarayını andırır: Muhteşem, lâkin karmaşık. Başlangıçta büyülenir, orta çağda yorulursun; zira kaynak optimizasyonu, bir simya ustası titizliği ister. Arayüz, hâlâ yer yer labirentvari; yeni oyuncular, bu derinlikte kaybolabilir. Savaşlar tatmin edici olsa da, yapay zekânın eski kalıntıları –bazen öngörülemez aptallıklar– hikâyeyi sarsar. Yine de, Anniversary Edition bu yaraları sarmış; zafer anı, bir imparatorun taç giyişi gibi tatlı: Ulusun zirvede, her kararın meyvesi önünde diz çökmüş. Son sözüm: Ara: History Untold - Anniversary Edition, strateji krallığının taht kavgasında iddialı bir varis. Eğer tarihî bir bilgeysen, bu oyunu bir vasiyet gibi oyna; saatlerini ver, karşılığında bir çağın efendisi ol. Ben, bu dijital kroniği oynarken, kendi hanedânımın yükselişini yazdım –ve sen de yazabilirsin. Değer mi? Evet, zira tarih, sadece okunmaz; yaşanır.

I've played many 4X games over the years and was looking for something to scratch that itch after being disappointed with the direction and UI of Civ VII. I've really enjoyed my 10 hours in Ara so far and like the crafting, mustering of troops and living world feel. Winning by prestige with 3 acts where the worst civ in each act is eliminated is a very cool idea that I really like. Overall, it's been a great experience so far and I'm looking forward to continuing to learn the game!

For those who enjoy Civilization, ARA will feel familiar yet fresh. The added pressure of keeping your civilization relevant from era to era is fun and keeps the momentum of the game going. On another note, I play on a ultrawide screen and love the format.