During Gamescom, we were able to discover the very first expansion for Humankind, the 4X from Amplitude Studios.
Because it’s been more than a year since their very ambitious game was released. Amplitude has never hidden its desire to expand Humankind over the years, creating a franchise that is growing and establishing itself as a reference in this market, which is still very competitive.
Entitled “Together we rule”, this extension takes a very diplomatic orientation that will allow you to play, and win, differently than the usual military context.
Before this extension, there was already Renown which allowed you to play differently, but we will have many more ways to explore the game with a system of diplomacy, negotiations or even blackmail, with more or less means of pressure effective, adding to the game.
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Gameplay
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- The Embassies: this is a new district that allows you to sign agreements between two Empires (research association, for example) or to force, via the currency of influence, an Empire to grant you advantages such as support for claims and others. Any nation with an embassy will therefore be able to enter into relations with the others who also have one.
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Level
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- New wonders: Monument ValleyChocolate Hills, Eldgja, The Palace of Versailles, Pamukkale and the Congress of Humanity
But there are also new agents. 3 in number (diplomats, spy, spymaster), these will allow to obtain influence, means of pressure, but also to sabotage or distill false information to other nations.
This approach to diplomacy is also an opportunity to introduce six new cultures to the game, one for each era, so the bonuses will be cumulative. It is therefore possible to play it entirely focused on diplomacy or to add some bonuses in your own selection of cultures in your empire, when you pass from one era to another.
All of these new diplomacy options are designed to be truly playable. They protect those who follow it from the paths of war, because various treaties make it possible to protect themselves from bellicose neighbors. These will have much more difficulties, and penalties, in the event of declaration of war against “diplomatic” countries. »
Next to that, Amplitude Studios also brings its share of new features for players who have not acquired the expansion with new game mechanics such as third-party combat reinforcement, stealth, but also the user interface which will undergo some changes.
The expansion is scheduled for the fall of this year, so we won’t have to wait too long to see it arrive on our PCs.