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Anybody else playing Civ 7? I just got into it yesterday and, despite a few oft-reported UI/UX hiccups, I'm having a lot of fun with it. I think it's going to be one of the best installments in the series once the mods and updates start accreting.
The commander system for combat feels really nice. Units are cheaper in terms of production than in Civ VI, so you can do a little more 'macro' type play where you send streams of reinforcements to your commanders in the field.
Eliminating builders and allowing you to manually grow your city boundaries is excellent.
Foreign relations feels pretty smooth so far compared to past Civ games.
The crisis/era transition was really shocking the first time around, but once I get the hang of the rhythm of it, I think it'll be a fun framework within which to make decisions.
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for sure i'll play it but probably gonna wait for a sale since i already have enough games on my plate.
But from the footage i seen, it seem pretty good. Didn't saw a big war yet tough.
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I'm a huge Civ fan, but couldn't justify the founders pack price, especially considering the issues I've seen. Looking forward to playing on the 11th
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Looking at the early Steam reviews, I'm probably going to let it sit for a short while before making any decision. Unmodded Civ 6 already had a lot of frustrations with UI and presenting information, looks like Civ 7 could be even worse in some aspects.
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Bought civ 3 through 6 first day, easily my most played franchise, but will be skipping civ 7 entirely. Game design such as no citizen micromangement and forced age transitions make it unplayable for me. Obviously they will not be changing those things since they are considered the cornerstones of the game.
On top of that, the UI is so bad I dont even understand how they can look at themselves in the mirror and release the game like this? Civ 3 UI was better on release lmao.
I guess it's accepted now to release unfinished games and just sell dlc later but I'm still one that hold onto having pride in the final product you make.
Its unfortunate that the franchise is no longer made for me but I accept it. Hope those of you that do like the game keep on civving!
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The UI kind of sucks. I'm not entirely sold on the new city expansion system, but it's way better than Civ6's districts. The "independent people" thing is a great way update the barbarians/city state thing, but the interactions are hard to find on the UI and I'm not sure about balance.
Not super-happy about hardening the boundaries between ages, and forcing civ changes is a mistake (I'd be happier if it was changing leaders, but even that would be a major change).
Very pretty game. Overpriced though especially if you get all the goodies (I couldn't resist).
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I'll just wait a few months and buy it when the game is actually sort of finnished.
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I've never ever ever played a Civ game, but I'm curious. Any general recommendations on videos to watch or things to know before I buy?
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On February 13 2025 00:48 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've never ever ever played a Civ game, but I'm curious. Any general recommendations on videos to watch or things to know before I buy?
Depends a bit on the type of player you are and what you're looking for.
As a general advice, the more recent Civ games seem to really become complete after a handful of major expansion DLCs. In that sense it's worth considering either Civ 5 or 6 complete editions first if you're not especially hungry for Civ 7 in particular. In my books Civ 5 is pretty clean and refined and plays a bit like a board game whereas 6 is a bit all over the place. 6 has a lot of interesting ideas, but it never really got me addicted.
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Other than that, I'd probably start on easy enough difficulty and have fun first and try not to worry too much about doing things optimally. If you end up getting hooked and want to try the harder difficulties, the way the AI plays tends to box you into a handful of viable play styles and it's nice to have experienced the less optimal stuff before you go there. The higher difficulties are still loads fun too, but some strategies and parts of the tech tree become obsolete pretty quickly as you go up the challenges.
It's also completely fine to stick to a bit lower difficulties if you're not so much into optimization and challenge and feel more like role playing a specific type of empire or so.
I've got quite a bit of experience on Civ 5 and some on Civ 6, but no experience on Civ 7 yet, so some of the stuff may have changed in the new one.
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On February 13 2025 03:17 Bacillus wrote:Show nested quote +On February 13 2025 00:48 DarkPlasmaBall wrote:
I've never ever ever played a Civ game, but I'm curious. Any general recommendations on videos to watch or things to know before I buy? Depends a bit on the type of player you are and what you're looking for. As a general advice, the more recent Civ games seem to really become complete after a handful of major expansion DLCs. In that sense it's worth considering either Civ 5 or 6 complete editions first if you're not especially hungry for Civ 7 in particular. In my books Civ 5 is pretty clean and refined and plays a bit like a board game whereas 6 is a bit all over the place. 6 has a lot of interesting ideas, but it never really got me addicted. - Other than that, I'd probably start on easy enough difficulty and have fun first and try not to worry too much about doing things optimally. If you end up getting hooked and want to try the harder difficulties, the way the AI plays tends to box you into a handful of viable play styles and it's nice to have experienced the less optimal stuff before you go there. The higher difficulties are still loads fun too, but some strategies and parts of the tech tree become obsolete pretty quickly as you go up the challenges. It's also completely fine to stick to a bit lower difficulties if you're not so much into optimization and challenge and feel more like role playing a specific type of empire or so. I've got quite a bit of experience on Civ 5 and some on Civ 6, but no experience on Civ 7 yet, so some of the stuff may have changed in the new one.
Thanks for the insights!
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If it's civ6 you're after, local legend Boesthius has produced a whole bunch of content!
Personally, I'd suggest dipping your toes into civ6 OR giving civ7 a year to stew. Civ6(PC) has a ton of mod support, some of which streamlines a lot of otherwise slow and chunky interactions, but also tons of which just add more -spice- and content. More content is quite welcome after your first few campaigns.
I've got ~200 hours in civ6 fwiw, and that's about all it'll get from me. Very good game, though I'd easily have capped out at 80-120 hours if not for QoL mods. Haven't actually started civ7 yet, but the read I'm getting from friends is generally 'solid core gameplay, lacks polish", so I'm in no rush to start.
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Also if you buy on Steam, you may consider waiting for discounts to drop. I believe Steam announces them somewhere. They can be anywhere from 15% to a whopping 90%.
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I'm trying it out. Civ games are fun. Build and micromanage.
This one is going to take quite a few patches before it's smooth to play.
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On February 14 2025 08:08 dyhb wrote:
I'm trying it out. Civ games are fun. Build and micromanage.
This one is going to take quite a few patches before it's smooth to play.
Agreed. Quite a few outright bugs as well as things that just need a bit more explaining or intuitive UI (Merchants, looking at you).
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