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5 years ago Aug 19,2019, 19:28:53 PM

HUMANKIND World Premiere

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Hi everyone, 


Some of you have grown suspicious that we might be working on a new project. Well, you were right! 


We've been dreaming about making this game ever since we founded the studio. Our plans for this game are highly ambitious, and we finally feel that we're in a place to do it justice. We hope that everything we've learned from you guys and by making Endless Space and Endless Legend will help us to make our biggest and best game yet.

Today we are very, very excited to present to you our magnum opus: Humankind. 


It's a historical turn-based strategy game in which you will be combining historical cultures to create your own civilization as you lead your people from the Bronze to the Modern age.





Here's what you can expect when you launch your very first game of Humankind: 


  • One million civilizations - Combine 60 different historical cultures from accross the heritage of humanity. Begin as Ancient Egypt, then evolve into the Romans, the Khmers, or perhaps the Vikings—the choice is up to you. Each culture brings its own special gameplay layer, leading to near-endless outcomes.
  • More than history, your story -- You'll be facing real historical events & figures, making great scientific discoveries, and visiting the wonders of the world. Shape your people's beliefs and confront other players. Every decision you will make will add flourish to your story.
  • In the eyes of posterity– The journey matters more than destination. Fame is a new and unifying victory condition. Every great deed you accomplish, every moral choice you make, every battle won will build your fame and leave a lasting impact on the world. The player with the most fame will win the game. 
  • A tactical world – Show off your tactical skills by mastering terrain elevation, city-building, full tactical battles and warfare. Choose the high ground for your city, and it will be harder to siege. Deploy your archers in the woods to avoid stampeding horsemen. Call upon your allies to help you in times of need and transform an epic battle into a full-scale multiplayer world war!


These features are, of course, just the tip of the iceberg and we can't wait to reveal more to you as we go on this journey together! The game will be coming out in 2020, you can follow along here, on the game Steam page, or on the official website for updates & news. 

We're also on all socials with the username @humankindgame.

Finally, we also want to express that we're also still working on Endless stuff, and that there's lots of exciting things to be expecting on that front as well! Not least starting with the next major expansion for Endless Space 2, more on that here for those who missed it.


Thank you all for your support. 


Hope you enjoy!

Spacetroll & the Ampliteam

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 12:00:37 AM

I'm a huge Civ fan, and a huge amplitude fan so this is very exciting.   I hope it makes up for the disappointing CiVI.   300 hours later and I just can't get into that game. 


  

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 3:09:02 AM

Looks very good! I hope it has a good gameplay and good game mechanics.

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 7:47:45 AM

To be honest, i m not conviced.


Ok the visual looks cool, but it's very similar to civlization franchise at first sight. It's not a problem you want to make a game out of the endless universe, but what do you propose?

What make this game interesting or new in comparison with the Civ franchise.


I m not telling the game will not be good, but be carefull Sid Meyer already have the Civilisation titan on the market and it will be difficult to find a place on this place. In the 4 points you explain here, except for the first one (combinason and evolution of the civilisations) the 3 others seem very close to a civ game.

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 8:42:13 AM

i will not purchase any content from you again. you put out es2 broken then fixed it a bit then busted it with the last 2 dlcs and left it busted.


i just don't trust you. this is not how you do business.

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 1:33:48 PM

It is very brave to go to compete with Civ franchise. Hope it wil be enough different and better than recent Civ game and hope it will have something specific and unique, which will be reason for peple to buy it. Anyway, good luck, and I'm looking forward for it. 

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 2:04:52 PM
aerothgow wrote:

i will not purchase any content from you again. you put out es2 broken then fixed it a bit then busted it with the last 2 dlcs and left it busted.


i just don't trust you. this is not how you do business.

I'm curious. What do you consider broken still? 


They did just put out a very large balance patch...

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 2:34:10 PM

I KNEW AMPLITUDE WAS GOING TO MAKE A CIVILIZATION STYLE GAME! I felt it when they made EL, they already had the game engine and somewhat of the gameplay style, but now they're doing it!


This is the end of Fireaxis and their greedy CIV VI DLCs

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 8:48:23 PM

This got my attention.  I love Endless games and Civ games (except Civ 6 - don't do districts ugh) Very much looking forward to having more info on this one.

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 9:49:45 PM
aerothgow wrote:

i will not purchase any content from you again. you put out es2 broken then fixed it a bit then busted it with the last 2 dlcs and left it busted.


i just don't trust you. this is not how you do business.

How was it broken? How much have you played?

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 9:52:23 PM

Finally a competitor to Firaxis which has become old and tired. They also only interact with their fan-base when they want to sell them somthing - expansion/new game - sigh.....


Will buy for sure!

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 11:23:51 PM

As a huge Endless fan I have seen so many Apmlitude influences within Civ 6 - (I am a fan of the Civ series as well). Please make sure that the cross polination of good ideas is not one way and you guys draw some solid inspiration from Firaxis as well. The districts system and map influence on developing cultures are both solid ones for instance. I am sure we could name more but you get the idea. I am seriously excited for this game!

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5 years ago
Aug 21, 2019, 11:38:49 PM

This looked very nice iam in for that, it looked a little bit like civ at least the style with the figures and citys freak yeah 

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5 years ago
Aug 22, 2019, 12:38:10 AM

The things I like the most in Civ games are:

1) Terraforming.

2) Micromanaging scientific and economic growth

3) Exploring


I hope Humankind supports this well, and that they have a cool tech tree.

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5 years ago
Aug 22, 2019, 8:31:51 AM

Though I'm pretty sure that my opinion is unpopular, I very much like the combat mechanics in Endless Legend. Is this going to be similar here?

One of the things I don't like in Civ is the micro-management of all units across the world map. Having them group up in armies is a huge QoL improvement.


Several people have also said they'd like to see improved diplomacy mechanics. Knowing that EL had it's quirks in this respect, can we hope to see a vastly improved system?

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