Old World upsets the kind and an incredibly deep experience

Old World is a new 4x strategy game of Mohawk Games, which is inspired not only of civilization, but also from Crusader Kings. You play like a dynasty rather than an immortal leader, and the game does not try to cover the whole extent of human history, but rather the era to which it refers to the title: The Old World. In our time with the Early Access version of Old World, we found that it was a game that explores new mechanics and expands considerably what a turn-based strategy game can be. To see our first full impressions of the game so far, click Play on the preview video below.

Old World allows you to lead nations and civilizations from the Mediterranean region to the beginning of the first millennium of the common era. Greece, an old version of Rome, Egypt, Assyria, Persia, Babylon are all the places you can take care of.

From all new ideas that Old World brings to the table, the most important is the control system. In most 4x strategy games, units have a number of actions per turn. Maybe they can move two spaces and build a building, or move and attack, or something else. In Old World, you have a universal pool of commands to spend. This is probably much more than what you need, so you can use your orders to launch builders on projects, reposition your armed forces or send a scout very far. If you say to a unit to do too many things, it will end up damage, but this system allows you to go further or deeper.

Research is another innovative mechanism of the old world. When searching for a new technology, you draw a handful of options where to go then - you can not choose to search anything. If you want more control, you can learn capabilities (or hire advisers) that allow you to redraw your hand. Scouts can claim unclaimed resources, which gives you a quick and fast bonus to growth. Since these types of games always start by ordering scouts around the card, this mechanic gives you a very appreciated direction.

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