That’s all. Played Civ since IV and the boardgame-like nature of it meant that I’ve gotten a lot of friends and family into it as a means to experience video games in general.
Civ VII looks really bad, even if I haven’t played it myself. Systems upon systems that aren’t properly explained, that somehow feel both cluttered and less in-depth than previous entries. Three truncated games making up the segments of one larger game is lame, too. A bad solution to the problem of people burning out in the later eras.
Most of all, though, is the business model of it all. Civ already leaned into 4X DLC conventions which meant getting the whole package was an expensive endeavor, but at least, for example, Civ VI had just two major expansion packs. Civ VII is already drowning into microtransaction leader purchases.
And then there’s, just, the price. It’s obscene. Denuvo is devastating to see as it creates a lot of barriers to giving the thing a try. I don’t get excited for games any more, but Civ VII would have been one of them.
Anyone try it themselves? Anyone in love? Anyone feel like me?
I played it. It’s not very good, but what bothered me the most about it was the age switching mechanics. Evolving from Mississippians to Shawnee to “America” is honestly just insulting and I don’t think it’s unfair to call it genocide denial.
The Shawnee becoming Amerikkkans was just like when a pokemon gains enough worldly experience to level up
Honestly reminds me of Civ VI’s Australia, themed exclusively after colonial Australia complete with mixing Aboriginal music conventions with, like, waltzing matilda. Like, really.
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it’s brainless copy from mediocre clone, and it’s not even the only one, the game stopped to be civ, it’s instead CivHumankindMilleniaOldWorld