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?
Honestly I just can’t buy it because of the price. Honestly I like the concepts but I think the civ swapping mechanics need to be critically thought about much better. Because I like the idea but every game that has tried always falters. Unsure if it’s poor execution or if the concept is doomed to fail.
Also I am begging the Devs to make Sun Yat-sen a leader at some point. Please, thats the closest acceptable thing to modern China we can get. Cmon you’ve got come Wu Zetian you can do Sun, pleeeeaaasssee Firaxis
Chairman Mao was a leader once, and they recently had Theodore Roosevelt and Haile Selassie, both from the 20th century. So there is precedent, but China already got their 1 leader so you better wait for 3 more French leaders before that DLC.
They made Confucius as leader of China… in history filled with hundreds of important and influental statesmen (and women) they choose the dude who governed nothing and wasn’t even a politician at all (and to play as China in Modern Age you need to choose a fucking Qing…).