Similar to last week’s video on Frostpunk 2, this video about Ara History Untold is not a full review, even though I have finished one full playthrough. Once again, it’s because I feel I haven’t played this game the way it’s meant to be played, which is a strategy game.
I played it more like a clicking simulator, where I set my game on the easiest setting so that I didn’t really have problems with resources, and after a certain point, I just had to keep clicking to go to the next turn, and the game more or less played itself. I did this because I was curious to see how the game would end. I played other 4X games like Civilisation 6 and Humankind, but never really played beyond the first hour or so. But Ara was simple and approachable enough for a casual player like myself to stick till the end. And the presentation of the game goes a long way to enable this.
Sadly, it appears that regular fans of the 4X genre are not too impressed with this game, and it currently sits at a Mixed review rating on steam. However, 67% of the reviews being positive is still a good sign, and hopefully the developers can push some quick updates that will improve the game.
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