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46: Reconsidering Civilization with Soren Johnson (Old World)

Eggplant: The Secret Lives of Games

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The Evolution of Old World

Old world is not a Forex game per se, it's more of a strategy history game. You're trying to establish renown for what you've been doing in this world. The ambition system reflects that and gives the like lens of history where there are thousands of story events over time. And I think Civ has something that the community calls the eternal China syndrome problem, which is that once the ball starts rolling or the flywheel starts going, it just keeps becoming stronger and stronger and stronger.

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