Publisher Paradox Interactive today unveiled Millenia, its next turn-based strategy game that spans “ten ages of humanity.”
Developed by C Prompt Games and led by seasoned strategy game developers Rob Fermier, Ian Fischer, and Brian Sousa (of Age of Empires II, Age of Mythology, and Starcraft 2 fame), Millennia offers players the chance to mold their nation from its early Stone Age roots. As they progress, they can unlock innovative technologies and “new ways of living” propelling their civilization into the near future.
Millennia Announcement
Over time, we’ll have the opportunity to delve into alternate histories and define the uniqueness of our nation through a myriad of National Spirits. These bonuses will aid us in achieving our objectives.
We can invest in Domains such as warfare, exploration, or art, while gathering raw materials and refining basic goods to keep our economy going.
Millennia’s combat allows us to combine individual units into armies shaped by their capabilities. Peacetime then lets us set our sights on building the Pyramids, governing underwater cities, and even meeting visitors from other worlds.
Here is a full breakdown of Millennia’s features, as detailed by the publisher in an emailed press release:
- History and Alternate History: Lead your people through ten historical ages, steer your timeline into the uncharted alternate history of a Variant Age or the danger and opportunity of a Crisis Age. Each Age involves unique rules, units, buildings, goods, and challenges, which can alter the path of history.
- National Spirits: Decide what your Nation is famous for by selecting National Spirits and using the bonuses they provide to achieve your goals. Combine multiple National Spirits as you progress through history to craft a unique civilization in every game.
- Domains: Invest in six different Domains that influence the focus of your Nation – Exploration, Government, Warfare, Diplomacy, Engineering, and Arts. The better you provide for each, the more your Nation can make use of unique Domain Powers. Everything from claiming territory, to adopting new governments, to spreading religion, to reinforcing Armies flows from mastery of the Domains.
- Deep Economy: Design your economy to support your strategy. Gather raw materials, then build Improvements to refine basic Goods like logs or iron into lumber, paper, books, ingots, tools, or weapons – specialized products that allow you to improve and adjust your economic engine to suit whatever history sends your way.
- Army Based Combat: Customize your approach to war by combining individual Units into powerful Armies. Each Unit influences the capabilities of its Army, allowing you to employ a vast number of varied strategies. Once in conflict, watch the action unfold through the Combat Viewer, where battles play out and provide details on how different Armies perform.
- And more: discover natural landmarks, build the Pyramids, compete in the space race, finance expeditions, survive plagues, use diplomacy to your advantage, defeat barbarians, unleash innovations, deal with alien visitors, govern underwater cities, manage air combat, and master a host of other historical-themed content.
Millennia is currently set to release at some point in 2024. You can check out its announcement trailer below.
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