#328 Civilization Series 8 – Ara: History Untold

Dirk and David convene once more to discuss the release of Ara: History Untold by Oxide Games. They analyze the game’s strengths and weaknesses, how it feels to play, and how it compares to the actual Civilization series of games. Topics include managing expectations, the clunkiness of the crafting and relationship systems, performance and technical issues, what it does right, and who Ara is even for.

Episode Outline

0:00 Beginning of Show

1:04 End of Intro

1:45 First Thoughts

3:47 Expectations vs Experience

5:59 What is Ara Like?

10:26 Additional Cognitive Load

14:09 Crafting System

22:28 When does Ara fall off?

26:09 Exploration and Hunting

31:13 Relationship System

32:03 Who is Ara for?

35:25 Performance Issues

36:32 The Good

54:23 Looking Forward

55:12 Outro

55:58 End of Show

In this Episode

David V. Heron - @davidvheron
Dirk Knemeyer - @DKnemeyer