Millennia has a solid premise. A 4X strategy game in the style of Civilization 6, it sees players guiding their population from its earliest days at the dawn of humanity through to various possible futures, weathering crises and defining a national identity as time marches onward. Its publisher, Paradox, is also responsible for all time classics like Crusader Kings 3, Europa Universalis 4, and Stellaris. Despite these factors, Millennia didn’t come out with its best foot forward, and struggled with technical and design issues. With today bringing both a massive new update and the game’s first expansion, though, it may have received the shot in the arm necessary to court a larger audience.

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