The Battle of Polytopia
2016
- simulator
- strategy
- turn-based strategy (tbs)
- adventure
- indie
- card & board game
- action
- 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate)
- single player
- multiplayer
The story
The Battle of Polytopia is an award-winning turn-based strategy game about building a civilization and going into battle. With millions of players, it has quickly become one of the most popular mobile strategy games. Choose one of many tribes, explore the world, build cities, develop technologies, and wage war against other tribes to take control of the mythical land of Polytopia.
What it’s like
Bright, flat-shaded tiles in saturated greens, sandy yellows and sea blues make the map of Polytopia read like a painted board game, with tiny cities, forests and mountains rendered in soft, toy-like geometry. The camera stays fixed above the grid, and the world unfolds one hex at a time as fog lifts from each turn's exploration. Sound is light and unhurried: gentle woodwind and marimba-style melodies loop under the turn-end chime, with the clatter of battle kept small and bouncy rather than grim. The pace is patient and tactical, a cozy, low-pressure calm punctuated by sudden, satisfying swings when an expedition finds a rival's border. Violence is present, since conquest is the point, but it is abstract and cartoonish: units trade blows with a brief flash and no gore, and no blood or cruelty. It suits a rainy afternoon, a long train ride, or a few quiet turns before bed, with sessions that can be short or stretch on. It is for people who enjoy planning and expansion games with a gentle, painterly surface and who want strategy without grimness.
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