Xbox's Latest game (You Have Never Heard Of) - Ara: History Untold

If I can summarise this game in a single word it is Baffling

Nice try Ciddy

...it kinda makes sense. It's a niche game, and the people who like this kind of game will find this game. Marketing money would better be spent on production.

You would think after so many years they would just pay spiffingbrit to test there games for any glitches and exsploits

MATN exposed this game 9 days earlier

WTF I should have heard of this game before release.

This is a bad video, you have ten difficulty levels, try playing the game on a harder setting and you don't get any of the issues in this video. These types of videos where influencers play the game for a little bit and think they have mastered it or know a lot about the game don't help. Most issues are due to a lack of game knowledge/mechanics and play on a level that challenges you, try playing on Duke and above which is 4 levels from the top difficulty.

Only a spiffing brit would be using the hymn of the European Union in the beginning.
Brilliant choice, sir!

he's labouring the point a bit that the game is very unknown... Judging by the numbers of review it's doing ok-ish and people have found it.

Well done, developers!

The Spiffing Brit: "I love Songs of Syx"
Me: "Were video?"

Lolol highlighting the comment about "not my cup of tea" as an intro to breaking the game, comedic gold from this brit

That Mount and Blade music brought tears of memory to my eyes

I heard about it but I didnt hear many good opinions

I enjoyed hearing your thoughts on the game, good one old chap!

Wait a moment. This video makes it feel like this is what vic3 should have been

I thought this game was much larger than millenia and thought people knew about it. I was apparently wrong!

I'm going to start using "bugger me sideways wi' teabag" now. Thanks, Spiff!

Spiff explaining how the game works (slotting feasts and specialists, etc.) reminds me of ProZD and his various cow trading card game skits...

"all right my turn I play a farmland card I can tap it for one mana so I can play dairy cow because dairy cow is a grazing type and I have greenest grass and play I get five milk counters on her which attracts Raging Bull from my hand. Raging Bull has ten attack but I can sell the five milk counters to the grocery store that I have on my side of the field. 15 dairy dollars I then convert 15 dairy dollars to the 30 mana and that lets me play big gun I give my Raging Bull a big gun and now he has 20 attack...."

What’s the song called at the end?

I was so excited for the way regions could work with the varied size and shape, then they failed to make it matter and made every bad design choice there could be, it's like someone played civ revolution for 3 games on easy and tried to make their own.

I don't pay attention to game marketing anyway.

Has it improved at all since launch?

The only question i have is, Does Gandhi nuke the world?

How is battle like an Endless Legend? Like WHAT?

Great video! I really agree with you. I played an entire game of Ara, I completly crushed the AIs and I see absolutly no reason to play this game again. It is sooooooo long. The micromanagememt is absolutly bonkers.

Best Review Channel 🫶😻🤜

I seen this game during gamescom. I think it was the only "new" game I seen. Everything else at gamescom seemed to be dlc for 10 year old games, remakes or sequels.

I did not play this. At a glance it looked like civ clone. Booth right next to it was civ 7.

I didnt know the it was made by ex-civ devs. No wonder it looked the same.

Outside of gamescom, i didnt k wo it existed

I literally only know about this game because Many A True Nerd did a video on it two weeks ago.

Verdict: In 6 months no one will remenber this game!
The end!

Well its worth to play cos me just buy from steam for 10$ 😂😂

If your scouts hunt an animal that takes two turns to kill, you get a feast which you can give as an amenity. And this happens even quicker than Mexico.

Russia is more overpowered than Mexico.

I love the game. Definitely not balanced. Still love it. It is civ meets Victoria III

Thank you for reviewing something new, that I wouldn't have otherwise heard about, and going deep on it.

Ill buy it whem Robute Guilliman becomes playable.

Well done developers.

Have to disappoint you, Spiff, but this game has been all over my Steam recommendations, so I knew of it. Still, never having investigated, I didn't even know it was a 4X. 😅

I know you'll probably think I'm the spawn of Satan for this but I've been mixing lavender and jasmine tea with coffee and it amazing.

Am i a lovely magestic sausage?

i like the sounds of this cup of tea

Wait this game is out?

As a Windows 11 user who stalks the Microsoft store sometimes I have seen it and it drew my attention and here I am watching your video since I am a subscriber and interested in the game at the same time, what are the odds you might ask

I am one of the civilized Americans. I watched Jon over at MATN, so obviously I have heard of Ara already.

Never heard of this game.
Well done developers.

i only knew dew to Qill18.

So, it's "Micromanagement: The Game" then?

Well done Developers