Ara: History Untold review: a pretty, almost great resource management game chafing under a 4X suit | Gaming

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Ara: History Untold review

Empire-building re-envisaged as managing elaborate production chains, then re-re-envisaged as another 4X with repetitive micromanagement and weak, bland AI.

• Developer: Oxide Games
• Publisher: Xbox Game Studios
• Release: Out now
• On: Windows
• From: Steam, Microsoft
• Price: £60/$60/€60
• Reviewed on: AMD Ryzen 5 Pro 3400G, Radeon RX 590, 24GB RAM, Windows 10

I am puzzled by Ara Colon History Untold’s priorities. At its heart are a couple of interesting ideas undermined by its own determination to put the wrong thing on centre stage. Make a rich and elaborate resource management game with an unorthodox research system, but then spend so much time on a simultaneous turn system and detailed animations that you’re left with a cumbersome interface…

Source www.rockpapershotgun.com