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Civ 4 designer’s Old World launches in a monthWith the composer of Civ 4’s Baba Yetu tootling away too
With the composer of Civ 4’s Baba Yetu tootling away too
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Old World Release Date Trailer
Tin has composed for several Civilization games, including the main themes of Civs 4 and 6. Won a Grammy award forBaba Yetuand all. He also did music forOffworld Trading Company, the previous game from Johnson and Mohawk Games.
While Civilization might seem an obvious point of comparison here, given the people working on it, ourOld World early access reviewlast year found it was its own beastie, with an interesting order system and a focus on dynasties built with heirs.
“The deeper you wade into Old World the less like Civilization it becomes, until soon it’s only really the hexagons and the race to build a Parthenon tying them together,” Steve Hogarty said. “It’s a story engine as much as it’s a strategy game, one that revels in the playful details of the past, and represents history’s ancient rulers not as the pompous set of weirdos we’re all familiar with, but as capricious drunks, disastrous idiots and beautiful freaks with monkey butlers.”
Old World is available exclusively fromthe Epic Games Storefor £32, and apparently that’s where it’ll remain for the time being. Today’s announcement made no mention of Steam, GOG, or other stores,only Epic. Maybe they’ll say something closer to launch? Surely it won’t remain an Epixclusive*? Mysteries. I’ve asked ‘em.
