Old World
Old World is a revolutionary new historical strategy game where you lead your dynasty over generations of rule against rival kings and queens. Wage massive wars, manage your court, and build a dynasty ā or watch your empire crumble to dust. What legacy will you leave behind?
Old World is a strategy, simulation and grand strategy game
developed by Mohawk Games
and published by Hooded Horse.
Released on May 18th 2022 is available on Windows, MacOS and Linux
in 9 languages: English, French, German, Spanish - Spain, Japanese, Russian, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese and Portuguese - Brazil.
It has received 3,807 reviews of which 3,108 were positive and 699 were negative resulting in a rating of 7.9 out of 10. š
The game is currently priced at 9.99ā¬ on Steam and has a 75% discount.
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Windows
- Requires a 64-bit processor and operating system
- OS: WindowsĀ® 10 (64-bit)
- Processor: IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-4570 (quad-core) / AMDĀ® Ryzenā¢ 3 2200G (quad-core)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIAĀ® GeForceĀ® GTX 750 (2 GB) / AMDĀ® Radeonā¢ HD 7950 (3 GB)
- DirectX: Version 11
- Storage: 10 GB available space
MacOS
- OS: High Sierra 10.13 (64-bit)
- Processor: IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-4570 (quad-core) / AMDĀ® Ryzenā¢ 3 2200G (quad-core)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIAĀ® GeForceĀ® GTX 750 (2 GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: METAL capable GPU required. Macs with AMDĀ® Radeonā¢ GPUs currently not supported.
Linux
- OS: Ubuntu 18.04+ (64-bit)
- Processor: IntelĀ® Coreā¢ i5-4570 (quad-core) / AMDĀ® Ryzenā¢ 3 2200G (quad-core)
- Memory: 8 GB RAM
- Graphics: NVIDIAĀ® GeForceĀ® GTX 750 (2 GB) / AMDĀ® Radeonā¢ HD 7950 (3 GB)
- Storage: 10 GB available space
- Additional Notes: Vulkan drivers required.
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Fantastic game. The best I've played in years, and my favorite 4X by far. I have no interest in playing a game that goes to a modern era, so this is perfect, and the amount of management is the perfect balance between too complex, and too simplistic. Highly recommended.
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The game is often compared to Civilization and Crusader Kings, and that comparison does give a rough idea what the game is about. But it's definitely more on the Civilization side, so if you see Crusader Kings and that doesn't exactly thrill you because you're not really into the whole aspect of social simulation, don't let that turn you off. The game is highly configurable, more than most games, and you can disable pretty much all of the CK-like features and play the game much like a Civ-like 4X strategy game. The major difference is that Old World doesn't span multiple eras, but for me this is actually a big plus. I find it much more immersive to play for that reason. The game's AI is spectacular. It is perhaps the 4X game with the best, most interesting, non-cheating AI. It plays by the same rules as the player, has the same information as the player, and understands the game really well. That makes it highly effective at playing the game. Like everything else in Old World, the AI is customizable and there are many different difficulty levels for the AI, so if it's just too good (genuinely good), you can tone it down to a level where it gives you an enjoyable experience. Old World also comes with a ton of content, numerous scenarios (and the developers keep adding more!), and extensive tutorials that actually work and teach you the game. These tutorials are among the best I've seen in strategy games. Really well done. There is also an actual manual, too! The developers are active in the community, maintain and update the game even years after release (there are frequent patches), and they really listen to feedback too. You can tell that many of them have worked on Civilization and other games, really understand the genre, and they always seem happy to explain and reason their design decisions. For me, Old World is basically a better, more complex, smarter Civilization made by more accessible developers that care about their game.
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A pleasant mix of the narrative flavor you'd get with Crusader Kings and the empire management we love from Civ VI. I can see us burning through this in several plays, with Old World having comparatively limited content, but they'd be playthroughs that are worth every penny. One thing my wife and I really like in this game is the orders concept. It keeps "the amount of gameplay per turn, per player" about the same and limits the times when one of us has super long turns to complete and the other is thumb-twiddling. All in all very happy we found this game.
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Old World is the best 4X game I've played since Civilization IV. It has well designed systems for combat, family and dinasty, events and diplomacy. It is a difficult game as the AI does a great job of putting you on your toes and does not hesitate to engage in war. There are several options to tweak the experience to your liking, from choosing map size to downright disabling major game mechanics such as events. Recommend it to all strategy fans.
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I absolutely love this game. I love all kinds of strategy, from grand strategy to the simplest, most casual tower defense games, and I play a lot of strategy games. Very rarely does a strategy game scratch the right kind of replayability itch to keep me crawling back. There are three games thus far in my life to have done this: Age of Empires II, Nobunaga's Ambition series (recent), and Old World. Old World combines the dynasty gameplay of Crusader Kings and its ilk with the 4X gameplay of the Civilization series without becoming so over-complicated that it takes you a ton of time just to get a grasp on the basic mechanics. You decide which civilization to play as out of a handful, and can choose from a myriad of options to set up your game. Other than civilizations, you can play with tribes and barbarians (barbarians are just fodder for XP while tribes aren't as strong as civilizations but have some diplomacy options). You can also choose the type of succession, which is fun to play with. I often set mine to allow only women to inherit, or women to inherit before men. You start out as a character that will rule and die before the end of your game in all likelihood; it's up to you to marry, procreate, and build your civilization from the ground up while paving the way for your successor and dealing with outside threats. Old World is extremely easy to learn for a game of this breadth, and highly addictive. There are so many options in setting up your gameplay having to do with difficulty, map size/type, types of victories, etc. This is one of those games where losing doesn't hurt, because you had fun and wrote your own story along the way. Events and options pop up quite often, leading you to make decisions that have lasting consequences. You have to balance loyalties between your people, noble families, and other civilizations. Each character has their own relationship with your leader, affected by your actions, your religion, and your personality. You can gain or lose traits depending on what kind of leader you are, and when you eventually die and pass along the torch, you have an entirely new leader and personality to mess with. This gives you an excuse to play under different rules and with a different mindset and it's so much fun to adapt to as you play. I could ramble on about all the things I love about this game, but I won't. I'll simply say a few more things about what this game does right: playability, and replayability, whether you are looking for strategy first or a simulation first, the difficulty modifiers will get you there. The graphics are beautiful, and the game runs well, only starting to slow down on giant maps and once cities get sprawling and established. I bought all DLC at full price to support the game and haven't been disappointed. More storylines and civilizations to play with, all quality. The game throws challenges at you through achievements or other means that are actually fun to strive for, like completing a game only using one city. The only thing I have to say that could be construed as remotely negative is how difficult it can be to move troops across water until you get used to the anchoring system. Old World is just a wonderfully addictive game that I keep coming back to and out of all the games I own on Steam, it's one of fifteen or so marked as a "Favorite." I highly recommend you try it if strategy simulations are at all your cup of tea.
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Online players
703
Developer
Mohawk Games
Publisher
Hooded Horse
Release
18 May 2022
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