I haven’t! For some reason I thought that got middling reviews. Don’t know where I got that idea from.
I refunded Nebuchadnezzar. Sadly, I found it to be a pale shadow of the Impressions games (which I still occasionally play!)
To the credit of the developers of Nebuchadnezzar, they have done a number of updates that have greatly improved upon the original state of the game. What was originally released was alright but didn’t hold a candle to Impressions’ finest. These days it is legitimately a potential modern successor to the throne, and its claim grows stronger with each new gameplay update.
Honestly, looking at the patch notes, it’s almost like 1.0 was an early access launch. These are absolutely huge free updates, good on the devs for continuing to work so hard on the game.
I picked it up in a Humble Choice awhile back but haven’t had time to dive in, I should look into that.
I’ve played the first few missions of the Nebuchadnezzar campaign, and there are things I think it does well, including a lot of the basic Impressions mechanics. I don’t know why I never got into the groove with it. Might be the same would happen with Pharaoh or Zeus if I were to pick them up fresh today, who knows. So maybe not the Neb devs’ fault. (Same thing happened to me with that steampunk one that was very Impressions-y. Lethe?)
They didn’t explain the monuments very well, so I couldn’t figure out how to custom design them. And frankly it seems like one of those things like custom unit design in Alpha Centauri: A side feature that takes too much attention away from the core game. If it can’t be done in a couple of clicks, then all you’re doing is keeping me from the city-building for fifteen tepid minutes.
If you tell me it gets better when all the tutorial bits are finished, I might be inclined to try it one more time! I certainly want it to be good. Also hoping the Pharaoh remaster will be a winner.
And confirmed. Having tried a few: 1401, 1800, 2070, and 2205, I find I enjoy 2205 the most. I like them all and will probably go back to 1800 after beating the 2205 campaign, but I like the campaign structure quite a bit.
I’m a bit relieved they aren’t doing another year of DLC. I haven’t even purchased season four, and thankfully when I finally do it will be easy easier for me to do since the game is coming back to Steam! I’m one of the people who preordered on Steam before it got pulled and kept my preorder. So every time I would buy one of the season passes I’d have to hunt down a direct link online to the store page since it’s completely unsearchable via Steam.
I would not have supported another year of DLC. It’s already bloated as it is.
Curious to hear what people think of this one. Wondering how different the new world is now.
It sure looks more colorful than when I last played.
It sure does. If it’s possible to play this new DLC without combat, I might give it a try. I found it too stressful to worry about combat when I was already having trouble coping with multiple islands.
Have you played the game without combat before? I’ve played on various “low-combat” settings but always had either a pirate or a rival faction because I feel like I need some sort of external pressure. Plus, I like to watch the ripple of a broadside from a wooden ship. But I’m curious how well it works to have it all turned off.
Combat in 2070 is walled off into separate opt-in encounters that have nothing to do with the city maps, and it works great that way.
Isn’t that 2205? Or is it the case in both?
Oh yeah, you’re right. I meant 2205. The space one, not the ocean one. Who can keep track of the future?
I usually stick to low combat too, but no opponents and no pirates would probably be fine. It’s not like there aren’t a million other things to be dealing with.
That said, turning on a pirate but no opponents is NOT easy or low combat. Without anyone else to help with pirates they will build a lot of ships.
And the easiest AI’s are actually far more helpful than harmful anyway.