• @[email protected]
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    The game is lietarlly half cooked, and they clearly wanted to sell the other half piecemeal as DLC.

    The game literally only has 3 eras. Every other civ game has 6.

    But don’t worry, they’re adding Mount Everest.

    What a fucking joke

    • Random Dent
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      01 month ago

      Yeah that’s honestly the main thing for me too. It’s $120 Canadian for the Deluxe version. My price point is like… $30, especially since by all accounts it’s not even finished.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    It’s honestly been one of the most disappointing games I’ve ever picked up. Civ 6 was my first. I would play it well into the night. I was addicted.

    At this point I forgot civ 7 even came out until I saw this to remind me. I played maybe 250 turns total over a couple games and dropped it. I have no desire to pick it up. The map generation is bad and the age system is formulaic. Makes it feel like on the rails for the same thing every single game.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    I’ll pick up Civ 7 in a few years when I can get the full pack for a reasonable price. It’s the way Civ works.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    From what I’ve seen, Civ 7 is trying too hard to be Humankind. I don’t really want try it.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      I mean, the ages thing grew on me. It was way too common in other civs to just snowball early and dominate the rest. Any modern civilization was just bad, because by the time they got online it was over.

      • @[email protected]
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        01 month ago

        Yeah, I am enjoying the age mechanic as a new approach to the formula. It’s not without its flaws, but in previous Civs after a certain point I just stopped playing/didn’t finish games when the outcome was clear. I’m doing that less now.

        • @[email protected]
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          01 month ago

          Honestly the flaws I have the biggest complaints about is the God awful UI.

          Incorrect tool tips, no drag and drop, no ui for city connectivity, no renaming cities, disappearing entities.

          It’s genuinely painful at times.

          • @[email protected]
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            01 month ago

            Big agree. Figuring out over building with the interface was so frustrating! Seeing city connectivity too.

      • @[email protected]
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        01 month ago

        It also speeds up the games a bit. I simply do not have the time as a full adult to sink 10+ hours into a single game. I have actually finished every game of Civ 7 I’ve played so far, which has never happened with any prior Civ installments at my current playtime.

  • circuitfarmer
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    01 month ago

    It’s more expensive for a worse game than V or VI, both of which can be had for the price of dirt.

    Not surprising.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    My philosophy is that Civ 5 and Civ 6 are just fine. My friend was going to buy 7 on release and I was like “yeah, but you can just go play Civ 6. It’s not like it’s a bad game just because the new one is out.” And I’m glad I convinced him otherwise because of how “okay” Civ 7 has been so far. Nothing against the game, I just already have the last three Civ games with all DLC and there is still a mountain of content that we already have to play with each other.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    Civ6 still isn’t in a state that I’m happy with playing it over civ 5, or even civ4. What makes them think I’d give civ7 the time of day?

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    I mean, each of these games are just the same as the previous but with less content more or less?

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      They do make changes throughout the series, but every new game is a complete reset to a basic game so they can sell you all the DLC and expansions to make it into a full game.

  • Rentlar
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    01 month ago

    I think a lot of people are waiting for the first Civ7 expansion pack to be released, whenever that may be.

    Civ 6 without R+F, GS feels like a completely different game. As an example, in vanilla you can expand anywhere right up to someone’s borders whereas with the expansion straying too far from your territory you could just lose it to influential pressure from neighbouring cities.

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      I think a lot of people are waiting for the first Civ7 expansion pack to be released

      I’m waiting for the last Civ7 expansion pack to be released.

  • @[email protected]
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    01 month ago

    Holy shit, 5 is 15 years old now?! It still feels new. How old is 3?! Because that is my first civ

    • @[email protected]
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      01 month ago

      My first was Civ1 and I’ve played hell out of bith 1 and 3. Perhaps feel the same about 3 as you about 5.