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Ara: History Untold is a paid strategy game from Oxide Games. This turn-based grand strategy allows you to reshape the world based on your own choices. Take control of real-world civilizations such as Egypt, the Greece, or even the Americas—you can even choose who you’d want to lead your nation. With a wide and complex management system, prepare to spend hours learning the game and even more hours perfecting it.
With impressive graphics and its capacity for near-limitless gameplay possibilities, Ara: History Untold feels like the next-level cross between Sid Meier’s Civilization VI and Crusader Kings III.
Rewrite history as you see fit
Long-time strategy gaming fans are right to hold Ara: History Untold in high expectations, coming from the same game development studio behind iconic franchises like Civilization, Galactic Civilizations, and Command and Conquer. In this offering, one key feature is the so-called Living World, which places a greater emphasis on ensuring that your choices reflect visually into the game—civilian movements, buildings, and even terrain.
In terms of gameplay, this game is not restricted to history as you know it. It promises to let players build their own versions of real-world nations, planning their own cities or adopting certain aesthetics and technologies like steampunk. Also, like Civilization games, it allows you to view your cities in detail, as well as a zoomed-out view that lets you monitor your position relative to other players.
Like most grand strategy games, expect a steep learning curve required. Even for experienced players, this game has different development trees available. It also has its own approach to policymaking, diplomacy, and government, requiring you to put in the hours. Even the time period divisions are different. It features Acts, which further subdivides the usual time periods like the Classical or Industrial periods.
Establishing a new grand strategy standard
Coming from a game studio known for working on the strategy genre, Ara: History Untold generates a lot of hype—and rightly so. It makes the game a lot more immersive through the creation of a living world that tries to accurately reflect each of your choices. Also, the game gives you greater freedom in creating a world of your choosing, using its available civilizations as a starting point.
