What is the best culture in Humankind? This is a tricky one to answer: unlike fellow 4X game Civilization - where you pick one civ and then are done for the rest of the game - Humankind offers you the chance to pick a different culture every time you progress to a new era.
All cultures in Humankind are geared towards one of the game's seven affinities - specialised gameplay pillars - and each era offers ten culture options so there are often more than one pick for a specific affinity. It is possible to identify objectively 'good' cultures within specific eras, though, and early game priorities currently skew towards specific things such as food or industry. When you start getting beyond a certain point this becomes a harder proposition, because it really depends on how your game has gone and what your immediate needs are.
As an example, most Contemporary cultures are very powerful at what they do in order to enable game-changing swings in the balance of power. Deciding which one is 'best' almost completely boils down to circumstance: where are you at, and what do you need to improve in order to bring home the win? That said, we do have one or two thoughts to share in our overview of the best cultures in Humankind.
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