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Yep, they knew they wanted to do a tactical 1UPT system and designed around it. Civ feels like they just shoe-horned it into the Civ formula and left it as is.

3457

What is gladius in this context? I’m not familiar with it.

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This one: Slitherine Announces Gladius - Relics of War

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I just learned of this one yesterday myself thanks to our very own Mysterio.

While I haven’t gotten that far into it yet, it can easily be described as a WH40K themed Civ-lite with most of its focus on battling the other players and the planet’s own fauna. There are resources to manage, things to research, and buildings to build, but everything dovetails right back to making bigger and badder units.

Probably the coolest bit so far is although there are only 4 races so far (with a 5th being added next month), they all have completely unique units, tech trees, and style of play.

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I’d peg it as more of a heavier Advance Wars.

I really wish the math and numbers behind all the calculations were more clear. It was often impossible to tell how effective a unit’s stats would be until you moused over a target.

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For all you turtles out there, I present Inca:

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I got this on sale over Thanksgiving. It’s a little… on rails? Which feels weird for a civilization game. I mean… it’s as if there are all these moving parts I never have to look at because so much is presented to me in neat little packaged options A, B, or C. I mainly just do what my favorite advisor tells me to. Never had to start any wars and well into the late 19th century I am just… getting along with everyone. Civ III, the last one I played, felt far more sandboxy.

Great production value, though, and enjoyable so far… in a screensaver-ish way.

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Sweden looks fun. Interesting that the Nobel Prize is in the game only if Sweden is in the game.

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I take it as an ‘inside joke’ regarding paradox…

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I think it has more to do with Nobel himself being Swedish.

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Are there any mods to make the game look less messy?

For those playing, do you have any other must-have mods?

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I thought there was a tactical 2-d map mode that was much cleaner looking.

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Yes, there’s a 2D “strategic” map view (it’s one of the buttons near the minimap). It’s clean and very pretty, and you can play entirely from that view if you like. I’ve done this, and it works great, sometimes better than the 3D view because you’re less likely to misclick on things.

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What about a mod that changes the minimum city distance? or does that cripple the AI or the game too much?

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Honestly, I’d say that jamming cities together cripples the game. Running cities at 4-5 tiles apart feels like the right distance when it comes to having space for placing districts, wonders and tile improvements.

There’s 4 mods I use with the game:

Australia - Better Colours. This swaps out the stupid green and black colour scheme for Australia with a much more appropriate green and gold.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1297979453

Quick start. Doesn’t really make the game load faster so much as it removes the logos at the start so I’m able to hit start and walk away.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1297979453

Community Quick User Interface. Much superior UI. It basically displays more information in a convenient manner. Think of it as being similar to BUG mod for Civ IV. The UI does have a few quirks on occasion with the city screen when it comes to reallocating workers I’ve found. However for the most part, it works well.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1125169247

Unique District Icons: What it says in the box.
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=882664162

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I meant increasing the minimum city distance even further.

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Something to consider if you do tinker with city distance is the knock on effect of city loyalty.

Honestly, the AI is pretty good at founding cities. Or more to the point, the game is pretty generous when it comes to turning sub-optimal land into something useful. The AI isn’t always smart about district placement, but then it can not really see potential that I as a player can.

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