CIV7 anyone?

[Platapus]

Has anyone here played the new Civilization game?


According to the Internets Tubes, it is the worst game ever, but people were saying that even before the game was released.



Has anyone here actually played the game, and if so, wadda think about it?

[Threadfin]

No not yet.

I had been looking forward to it. But I had not paid any attention to the design direction, the features and mechanics that were planned.

When the game was released I popped over to Steam to pick it up. I mean, all they need do is keep it the same but make it better, right? For me, each installation in the series has improved upon the formula.

Before pulling the trigger I read some of the reviews and found that for some inexplicable reason Firaxis decided to split the campaign in to 'eras'. My first thought was "isn't that a big reason why Humankind flopped?"

Maybe it's brilliant and I'd enjoy it. But I don't think so.

The word on the street is not good. So I've held off for now, and actually started to play Civ 6 again. They released a leader pass with a lot of new ones, and for free if you already owned everything.

Maybe when 7s on sale, or maybe they will add a traditional mode given all the push back over the new game. Maybe then I'll give it a go.

[Skybird]

I am waiting for ther full-VR release. Never played a Civ game, but this I cannot miss. Previews say the full PC game's content has been squeezed into the Quest 3.

[Threadfin]

If you do give us your impression Sky.

That's only on Meta right?

Kinda cool, but I can't see playing Civ for hours like this. Probably not for me, but I'm interested in your take on it.

[Platapus]

Starting with Civ2, I hated every new version of Civ... because it was different. Then, once I learned the new version, it became my "new" favorite.


Still plugging away with Civ6. That is my go to game and has been for a while.


I am sure that I will hate Civ7....at first because it will be different from Civ6.


I hope that once I learn Civ7, it will become my new favorite.


But it is hard to consider anything could be better than Civ6, though

[Shearwater]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Starting with Civ2, I hated every new version of Civ... because it was different. Then, once I learned the new version, it became my "new" favorite.

I started with 1, and just a couple of days started with V (and it's a blast - IMO loads better than IV, despite what people say). It's the one I had hoped IV would be, and I get the same kind of fun out of it I did with II.

IIRC, there's a Steam sale starting on the 13th though, so that might be a good chance to check it out.

Ever since IV, people keep complaining that the newest instalment is always worse than the latest with all the patches and additions, so if people keep complaining about VII, just give it some time.

[Threadfin]

Originally Posted by Platapus

Starting with Civ2, I hated every new version of Civ... because it was different. Then, once I learned the new version, it became my "new" favorite.

I get it and you're not alone.

Civ 4 was my first, and I was the only person I knew at the time that liked Civ 5 better straight away. Gone were death stacks, replaced with a new system of one unit per tile. I thought it was such a good change.

And even better the change from squares to hexes, and I think back at all the wailing and it just seems so silly as hexes are better.

Then , when Civ 6 came out I liked this one better still. So many improvements. But still, there were some missteps, like how Civ 6 AI is terrible at the warfare side, or how World Congress works. They should have just left it like it was in 5. But taken as a whole, it is a big step forward in my view.

Civ 7, which I have yet to play, has taken an even more drastic route with the eras change. Like I said, maybe it's brilliant and I'd love it, but not all that keen at the mo.

I'm playing a Civ 6 run as Abe Lincoln currently. He was added in the leader pass for free. He has a UA that grants a free melee unit every time you complete an industrial building, and that unit has no cost in resources. Really strong.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by Threadfin

If you do give us your impression Sky.

That's only on Meta right?

Kinda cool, but I can't see playing Civ for hours like this. Probably not for me, but I'm interested in your take on it.

A release date is yet to be finalized, so far they say "spring 25".


I do not know the series, am completly innocent and harmless .

Whether you can play with this interface for long depends on how it is implemented, whether it serves the game's funciton needs and purposes well or not, and whether technically it is solid so that it does not make you puking after an hour. In previews I so far heard only good things on the interface itself. I know this sort of MR interfaces form Demeo, a boardgame. It works fantastic. The immersion is beyond description, if you are new to VR.

I plan to get it for sure, I then will let you know. Until then: more Golfin'... LOL