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Oxide Games shares a lot of its DNA with the Civilization franchise, as many staffers are Firaxis alumni.
What separates Ara: History Untold from Civilization?
“From a game perspective, I like to play new things.
I like to see new ideas, I like to visit new worlds.
“From a game perspective, I like to play new things.
I like to see new ideas, I like to visit new worlds.
ARA: History Untold
ARA: History Untold is an upcoming 4X grand strategy game from Oxide Games.
Can they do something that is meaningful?
Can they reach a goal?
Can they feel like they accomplish something, even on their very first playthrough?
““you’re free to have a great game.
“There’s always the easier game to play.
There’s always the distraction over here.
Or I can select that and see actually what happened,” explains Newcomb.
“So you have a tall versus wide choice there to make as well.
Ara: History Untold builds on that experience, taking advantage of DirectX12’s feature set.
“The way the engine was built, there’s no way that we could really use the threads.
So it just would add up.
But with simultaneous turns [in Ara] you’re not sitting there waiting for minutes.
I mean, it’s so much faster to play a game just because of that.”
What about Xbox consoles and post-launch support?
“We’re focused on making a great PC game.
ARA: History Untold is shaping up incredibly nicely.
