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=== Sid Meier's Civilizations === | === Sid Meier's Civilizations === | ||
This | This franchise is an important example of 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) games. | ||
You can choose a civilization and develop it to compete with others. Each civilization has its own leader with some unique features. There are barbarians, who will attack you; city states, which you can befriend or conquer. | |||
It is turn-based. In each turn, you can order your units to do something, you can order your cities to construct a building or train a unit. You can also develop technologies, then unlock new features, step by step. | |||
There are natural wonders which gives you bonus if you build a city near it. You can build world wonders, which can be built only once. If it is in progress when another player finished it, it will be cancelled automatically. | |||
If you have accumulated enough | You need to pay attention to your coins, resources, and your people's happiness. Accumulated happiness will lead to a Golden Age, providing many bonuses. There are points of culture and religion. With cultural points, you can unlock policies, and when it comes to industrial era, you can choose an ideology. With religious points, you can found a Pantheon first, and later found a religion or enhance it through prophets, spread it through missionaries and protect it through inquisitors. | ||
If you have accumulated enough great person points, then some great people will be born, including artists, musicians, writers, engineers, scientists. They can provide some cultural points or buildings. Great generals and great admirals will be generated through warfare, who are helpful strategically in a war. | |||
There are more than one way to victory, so you don't need to fight a war to win if you like. | There are more than one way to victory, so you don't need to fight a war to win if you like. | ||
What's more, there is a Civilopedia, with introductions about those civilizations. You can spend | What's more, there is a Civilopedia, with introductions about those civilizations. You can spend hours on it if you like. | ||
Note that the reviews of Civ VI are more negative than Civ V. | Note that the reviews of Civ VI are more negative than Civ V. | ||
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=== Europa Universalis === | === Europa Universalis === | ||
This grand strategy | This grand strategy franchise is truly worldwide. | ||
You can choose a nation and start the game. Each nation has its own | You can choose a nation and start the game. Each nation has its own modifier on six aspects. | ||
It is very complicated to play the game. You need to spend hours, lose the game several times to get used to it. | It is very complicated to play the game. You need to spend hours, lose the game several times to get used to it. As a beginner, you'd better pick a European nation. Otherwise, you will probably be subdued by European colonization. | ||
Expansion packs are indispensable if you want to fully enjoy. | Expansion packs are indispensable if you want to fully enjoy. | ||
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=== The Elder Scrolls === | === The Elder Scrolls === | ||
This | This franchise is so famous that any introduction here is redundant. | ||
Some players have discussed how the cultures in game are based on those in reality. But it seems that people don't have enough knowledge about cultures around the world. | Some players have discussed how the cultures in game are based on those in reality. But it seems that people don't have enough knowledge about cultures around the world. | ||
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=== Age of Empires === | === Age of Empires === | ||
It is one of the most successful multicultural RTS | It is one of the most successful multicultural RTS franchise. | ||
The upcoming Age of Empires IV is holding players in suspense. After recent failures, Microsoft Studios should have known better about what to do next. | |||
https://www.ageofempires.com/ | https://www.ageofempires.com/ | ||
https://store.steampowered.com/app/105450/Age_of_Empires_III_Complete_Collection/ | https://store.steampowered.com/app/105450/Age_of_Empires_III_Complete_Collection/ | ||
Revision as of 16:07, 30 December 2018
Some video games feature various cultures of the world, and they are proved to be successful. Here are two series of them, which are the most famous ones.
If you simply want to play a game including many current countries, that could be FIFA and PES.
Sid Meier's Civilizations
This franchise is an important example of 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) games.
You can choose a civilization and develop it to compete with others. Each civilization has its own leader with some unique features. There are barbarians, who will attack you; city states, which you can befriend or conquer.
It is turn-based. In each turn, you can order your units to do something, you can order your cities to construct a building or train a unit. You can also develop technologies, then unlock new features, step by step.
There are natural wonders which gives you bonus if you build a city near it. You can build world wonders, which can be built only once. If it is in progress when another player finished it, it will be cancelled automatically.
You need to pay attention to your coins, resources, and your people's happiness. Accumulated happiness will lead to a Golden Age, providing many bonuses. There are points of culture and religion. With cultural points, you can unlock policies, and when it comes to industrial era, you can choose an ideology. With religious points, you can found a Pantheon first, and later found a religion or enhance it through prophets, spread it through missionaries and protect it through inquisitors.
If you have accumulated enough great person points, then some great people will be born, including artists, musicians, writers, engineers, scientists. They can provide some cultural points or buildings. Great generals and great admirals will be generated through warfare, who are helpful strategically in a war.
There are more than one way to victory, so you don't need to fight a war to win if you like.
What's more, there is a Civilopedia, with introductions about those civilizations. You can spend hours on it if you like.
Note that the reviews of Civ VI are more negative than Civ V.
http://store.steampowered.com/app/8930/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_V/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/289070/Sid_Meiers_Civilization_VI/
http://civilization.wikia.com/wiki/Civilization_Games_Wiki
Europa Universalis
This grand strategy franchise is truly worldwide.
You can choose a nation and start the game. Each nation has its own modifier on six aspects.
It is very complicated to play the game. You need to spend hours, lose the game several times to get used to it. As a beginner, you'd better pick a European nation. Otherwise, you will probably be subdued by European colonization.
Expansion packs are indispensable if you want to fully enjoy.
https://www.paradoxplaza.com/europa-universalis-iv/EUEU04GSK-MASTER.html
http://store.steampowered.com/app/236850/Europa_Universalis_IV/
http://europauniversalis.wikia.com/wiki/Europa_Universalis_Wiki
Similar series made by Paradox Interactive are Crusader Kings, focusing on individuals in medieval, and its prototype Sengoku; Hearts of Iron (HoI4 is banned in PRC for whatever possible reasons), an unrealistic World War II game, though being unrealistic is not its purpose; Stellaris, a sci-fi game.
The Elder Scrolls
This franchise is so famous that any introduction here is redundant.
Some players have discussed how the cultures in game are based on those in reality. But it seems that people don't have enough knowledge about cultures around the world.
This is a convincing version, though the English skill of the author is bad:
If you didn't know about European history so much, you might have wondered why there is often an empire in many Europe-based novels, cartoons, films, games, etc. This is great and is an ability of appreciation.
https://elderscrolls.bethesda.net/skyrim/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/489830/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_Special_Edition/
https://store.steampowered.com/app/611670/The_Elder_Scrolls_V_Skyrim_VR/
Age of Empires
It is one of the most successful multicultural RTS franchise.
The upcoming Age of Empires IV is holding players in suspense. After recent failures, Microsoft Studios should have known better about what to do next.
https://store.steampowered.com/app/105450/Age_of_Empires_III_Complete_Collection/