Crafting Civilizations: Millennia’s Approach to Empire Building
C Prompt Studios, in collaboration with Paradox Interactive, has announced the upcoming release of Millennia, a 4X strategy game that is scheduled to launch on March 26, 2024. The game introduces players to a unique empire-building experience, allowing them to shape the course of history through strategic gameplay.
Game Mechanics and Features
Millennia distinguishes itself within the 4X genre by offering dynamic gameplay that impacts the direction of human history. Players can influence the progression of ages, steering their civilization through ten distinct eras, each with its own set of rules, units, buildings, goods, and challenges. This system enables the possibility of alternate histories, such as a Variant Age or a Crisis Age, depending on the decisions made by the player.
Key features of Millennia include:
- History and Alternate History: Navigate through ten dynamic ages, each presenting unique opportunities and challenges to alter the course of history.
- National Spirits: Define the identity of your nation by selecting National Spirits, which provide bonuses that aid in achieving specific goals. The combination of National Spirits allows for a varied experience in each playthrough.
- Societal Development: Focus on developing six different Domains – Exploration, Government, Warfare, Diplomacy, Engineering, and Arts. Success in these domains unlocks Domain Powers, crucial for territorial expansion, adopting new government forms, spreading religion, and reinforcing armies.
- Economic Strategy: Build a robust economy by creating supply chains from raw materials to finished goods. This feature enables players to tailor their economic strategies to face historical challenges effectively.
- Combined Arms Warfare: Customize military strategies by combining different units into armies, each with unique capabilities. The Combat Viewer feature provides detailed insights into how various armies perform in battle.
- Expansive Content: Engage with a wide array of content that includes natural landmarks, historical events like the space race, plagues, diplomacy, chaos events, innovations, alien visitors, underwater cities, and air combat.
Availability and Pricing
Millennia is slated for release on PC platforms on March 26, 2024, with a suggested retail price of $39.99/£34.99/€39.99. This game offers a fresh take on the 4X strategy genre, inviting players to write their own stories of civilization through strategic planning and execution.
Platforms: Microsoft Windows
