History VideoGame / Humankind

* ProudIndustriousRace: Any culture with Builder affinity. Their Legacy traits tend to give an Industry-related advantage of some kind, they can convert their cities' Money and Science into Industry and gain Stabilitity by completing a District's construction.

* ProudWarriorRace: Any culture with Militarist affinity. Their Legacy traits generally improve their units, they can instantly spawn an army of Militia-type units in any city and have higher Warscore resting point

* One of the posssible names for an outpost settlement is VideoGame/BatenKaitos.

* SoLastSeason

** Research. In Ancient era, unless one picks a culture with emblematic district offering science, it's nearly impossible to gain any. In Classic era, research districts are the last priority, behind money, production and possibly even military. But keep picking Scientific cultures or at least those with science-generating districts, and by Early Modern you should be generating enough science to research 1 tech each turn, which completely sweeps the tide of the game in your favour. This is particularly prominent if in said era Korean culture is picked, as the culture-wide bonuse ''doubles'' the research rate, ''while offering access to Industrial era technologies''. The trick is to not get conquered early on, while chasing after science, but if one survives till Medieval era focusing on science, the game is pretty much decided.

* SlapOnTheWristNuke: {{Averted|Trope}} to hell and back. Nuclear weapons are located at the very end of the tech tree, you need a civix just to start your nuclear program and before you build the first missile, you'll have to conduct a series of tests - a Cultural Wonder-scale multi-city projects that require six free hexes around test site which will be turned into wasteland - and progressively more for higher-tier nukes. Once they come online, though, they are capable of devastating ''map regions'': they wipe out everything within 4 tile radius from impact spot (which can be only city or region center, effectively erasing this city or region from the map and making it neutral again). It will also turn all affected hexes into unproductive wasteland and attack all units present with 80 or 100 combat strength, dependong on tier. The only saving grace for the victim is that nuclear launch will create tons of pollution, cause ''massive'' grievances and it happens 1 turn after the launch instead of immidiately, giving a chance to retaliate.

* SlapOnTheWristNuke: {{Averted|Trope}} to hell and back. Nuclear weapons are located at the very end of the tech tree, you need a civix just to start your nuclear program and before you build the first missile, you'll have to conduct a series of tests - a Cultural Wonder-scale multi-city projects that require six free hexes around test site which will be turned into wasteland - and progressively more for higher-tier nukes. Once they come online, though, they are capable of devastating *map regions*: they wipe out everything within 4 tile radius from impact spot (which can be only city or region center, effectively erasing this city or region from the map and making it neutral again). It will also turn all affected hexes into unproductive wasteland and attack all units present with 80 or 100 combat strength, dependong on tier. The only saving grace for the victim is that nuclear launch will create tons of pollution, cause *massive* grievances and it happens 1 turn after the launch instead of immidiately, giving a chance to retaliate.

* TheHorde: The aptly named Mongol Horde unit. It turns ransack into food, and said food into more of itself - all while receiving a bonus to the amount of ransack generated. When facing them, it is paramount to kill them quickly, or they will snowball into massive armies.

Starting in the Neolithic, you guide your civilization from their start as a nomadic tribe, through history to modern times. Unlike similar games, instead of choosing a single culture and playing all the way through, you are given an option each age to chose a new culture, representing the change of culture over time. As you play, performing certain actions (building big projects, conquering other cities, growing population, and such) builds fame, and whoever has the most fame at the end wins the game.

Before its release on August 17, 2021, Amplitude held two two "Open Dev" events (effectively betas for people who preordered or met other conditions) have been shown and played.

** One classical era event has one of your guides [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair happen upon the remains of a statue in the desert, of which only the feet and the pedestal inscription "Gaze on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" are left]]. You even get the option to turn this find into literature.

** One classical era event has one of your guides [[LookOnMyWorksYeMightyAndDespair across the remains of a statue in the desert, of which only the feet and the pedestal inscription "Gaze on my works, ye mighty, and despair!" are left]]. You even get the option to turn this find into literature.

** India's special unit are the [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri UN Peacekeepers].

* ShoutOut: India's special unit are the [[VideoGame/SidMeiersAlphaCentauri UN Peacekeepers]].

** The TacticalRockPaperScissors goes right to the bin in Early Modern period, where units with "Gunner" trait start appearing. Prior to it, units could be either melee, cavalry or ranged, each countering each. Gunner units have no melee penalty, while having even better offensive capability it range - and range is just ''soooo'' much better than direct combat.

Before it's release on August 17, 2021, Amplitude held two two "Open Dev" events (effectively betas for people who preordered or met other conditions) have been shown and played.

* NonEntityGeneral: Played with. No one in the gameworld is commanding the civilizations. However, the other players are represented by avatars which are seen in diplomacy and score screens. These avatars look the same throughout history, but are dressed as the most recent culture's they've chosen. Computer controlled ones have a certain programmed personality.

* InstantWinCondition: Subverted. Unlike other Aptitude games, there isn't one, except perhaps conquering all civilizations while ahead on fame. Otherwise, you play to the end, and whoever has the most fame wins, no exceptions.

* UnstableEquilibrium: Research. In Ancient era, unless one picks a culture with emblematic district offering science, it's nearly impossible to gain any. In Classic era, research districts are the last priority, behind money, production and possibly even military. But keep picking Scientific cultures or at least those with science-generating districts, and by Early Modern you should be generating enough science to research 1 tech each turn, which completely sweeps the tide of the game in your favour. This is particularly prominent if in said era Korean culture is picked, as the culture-wide bonuse ''doubles'' the research rate, ''while offering access to Industrial era technologies''. The trick is to not get conquered early on, while chasing after science, but if one survives till Medieval era focusing on science, the game is pretty much decided.

* UnstableEquilibrium: Research. In Ancient era, unless one picks a culture with emblematic district offering science, it's nearly impossible to gain any. In Classic era, research districts are the last priority, behind money, production and possibly even military. But keep picking Scientific cultures or at least those with science-generating districts, and by Early Modern you should be generating enough science to research 1 tech each turn, which completely sweeps the tide of the game in your favour. This is particularly prominent if in said era Korean culture is picked, as the culture-wide bonuse ''doubles'' the research rate. The trick is to not get conquered early on, while chasing after science.

* SettlingTheFrontier: As in most 4x games, you'll do this early game, and when you get sailing to reach other continents. Territories are claimed by having units found outposts, and cities grow by building districts on terrain. Turning on the New World game mode puts all civilizations on the same continent and leaves the other one filled with only small, independent cultures for both players and the AI to interact with.