It’s a lot to take in at first and I find that the best way to approach the expansion is simply play a normal game with your favorite civilization paying only marginal attention to the new features to see how they influence the core mechanics.īut the worst problem with Brave New World is one that fanatics of the series have noticed since the core game was out: the Artificial Intelligence is still unable to cope with the one military unit per tile system and tends to easily be defeated in wars, especially in the end game.įiraxis has introduced extra gameplay mechanics in order to drive attention away from simple warfare but there’s a tendency to fight at least one big war per game and that experience is still disappointing. There’s a lot of fun but it often ends in tears when some enemy suddenly declares war and tramples all those beautiful works of art under jackboots. ![]() Gamers who want to achieve peaceful world domination will have to plan their development in new ways, decide how small an army they can get away with while flooding the world with explorers looking for ancient sites that they can dig up. Tourism, culture and archeology are the biggest changes and they basically create a parallel strategy track based on great works, great artists and the buildings that can house them and their creations. There are 10 new civilizations to play as, each with its own distinct style and focus (I find the Polish incredibly flexible and solid as a first time choice) and mighty France has been re-designed in order to be able to focus on culture-powered victories.īut the biggest changes in Brave New World are in the core mechanics of the game, which now place more of an emphasis on trade, tourism and culture while also adding ideologies on top of the normal social policies. ![]() ![]() Brave New World is the second expansion pack for Civilization V and it seems that the development team at Firaxis is determined to increase the complexity level of its turn-based strategy game and introduce new mechanics rather than simply streamline those already existing.
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