Civ 7 is out now? Jesus. I can only handle the strategic view from civ 5

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.

I haven't tried civ7 yet but I really like humankind, the only 4x game that I actually finished thrice. If only Humankind didn't die, maybe it would have had more content added.

At a certain point they're beating a dead horse. Outside of graphical updates (which I thought the cartoon-y look of the leaders in civ 6 was a huge downgrade), the core gameplay is still mostly the same throughout the series.

I watched a video on civ 7 and it seems like they really tried to shake up a lot in the game, I think for this reason that they needed to try something fresh to stay relevant. But really this is to its detriment rather than benefit.

I'm not sure if the three age thing is to "even the playfield" on those marathon long sessions when one civ runs away with the ball so to speak, but really that's one of my favorite parts of the series. Like it's awesome to take out some cavemen with navy seals or launch nukes when everyone is cowering in fear. If everything gets massively reset, then why even try to get ahead? I've not played the game so there could be more nuance but that's my general impression.

They do more Linux and Mac porting than any other company I know. Back in the day I believe they were actually game developer, but they seem to have become specialized in porting games specifically.

That felt like Civ 5.

Playing it on launch, it was so bare.

Playing the Complete version, it was finally fun to play.

As always the best route is to wait for first expansion and buy it then for like $40. Most of the bugs should be worked out by then, and the first expansion usually has all the original planned content that they ran out of time and rushed the game out before it was ready to go.

5 is the best one imo

EA is about mtx, not dlc

I own 6 but still havent played it much.5, on the other hand, I still play a few hours a week.

At this point, you can get all the dlc for 5 bucks on a sale for Civ 6

The part that turned me off is it is a complete rip off of Humankind, which was okay but got stale for me pretty quick.

The entire series really peaked with civ 4 and 5. 4 was the more complicated, less streamlined but still really fun game, where each game kind of felt like a dnd campaign where tons of random things could happen and you had a lot of flexibilty with your Civilization. And Civ 5 was streamlined, simplifed to be easier to learn, and while choices were reduced, the more streamlined nature made it easy to jump into a game, and civs still had uniqueness about them, and its also great fun.

Civ 5 is also a beautiful game. The artstyle has this epic, renaissance painting quality, and every world leader looks badass and awesome. Even the portraits of the units, like the worker and scout looked like something out of an italian paimting. The artstyle felt more authentic and mature, at least to me, and they haven't really recaptured that epicness and beauty since.

Maybe they did the port but don't want to claim it because the game sucks ass.

The game isn't even done yet from what I can tell from streams. I'll definitely wait for the full game with all the dlc.

But... I already have it, though. I just never play it because I am pretty happy with 5 and it runs better on my macbook.

A lot of people aren't happy with the newer civilization games. Some people didn't even like the changes they made in 5, so it's understandable.

I personally don't like the 3 age system in 7, and if they don't fix that in the next few years, then I'm not buying it at all.