Ara: History Untold is a fresh and gripping mix of city-builder and 4X – here's our review.
and most other turn-based strategy games ultimately comes down to a slight variation in the questions they ask players. Most of the genre’s representatives ask “Do you want more production?” and the answer is “Yes” – why wouldn’t you want more production? It’s the most crucial resource in any of these games and the question is completely rhetorical.
Improvements – everything from humble Farms to mighty Citadels and SAM Defense Batteries – are constructed in these zones and provide passive bonuses, some sort of production, or a mix. A Farm constructed on an empty zone provides food, of course, while a Farm built on corn can either yield the Grain resource or regular food – you can freely switch around.
Even a humble Farm can be supplied with Plows, Power, Tractors, and Fertilizer to increase its yields. Housing districts can be equipped with Candles, Furniture, Computers, and so forth to provide passive bonuses to their cities. As your cities grow, they generate Specialists you can assign to improvements as well, making them even more efficient or adding more bonuses to them.
Optional battle screens allow you to immerse yourself in the exploits of your armies. / Oxide Games / Microsoft
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