Civilization VII

[crazy canuck]

One of the aspects of Old World that is interesting is always thinking about how buildings should be updated/replaced as you tech up. There are very few structures that are one and done type structures.  If the new CIV game incorporates that kind of gameplay that could be good. But it took Old World a lot of patches to get to the point where that aspect of the game play worked well (and wasn't just annoying).  But like Garbon said, the CIV developers have had the benefit of watching and learning.

Yeah you guys turned me on to OW, and I haven't really looked back. Also like Paradox of old, they are always making free minor updates in additon to patches, keeping it fresh. I still play that from time to time.

 

[Darth Wagtaros]

Maybe they could introduce a dark age or civil war without turning it into an unwinnable grind.

[viper37]

"So, Washington for the US this time? Or Lincoln?"

Either Barrack Obama or Donald Trump.

[grumbler]

"So, Washington for the US this time? Or Lincoln?"

Either Barrack Obama or Donald Trump.

You mean "Barrack Obama or Hotel Trump?"

[mongers]

Maybe they could introduce a dark age or civil war without turning it into an unwinnable grind.

Which Trump advisors are you quoting there?

[viper37]

"So, Washington for the US this time? Or Lincoln?"

Either Barrack Obama or Donald Trump.

You mean "Barrack Obama or Hotel Trump?"

[DGuller]

I watched the 60 minutes video from Marbozir.  I have to say I'm not sold.  It seems like they took my least favorite feature of Civ 6, the district system, and doubled down on it.  Changing cultures between eras felt weird with Humankind, and it feel weird for the real Civ game.

[Syt]

I don't watch Marbozir. He always seems super whiny if things are not 100% how he wants them and only seems to want to min/max. Worst was seeing him and other guys playing Talisman, and him wanting to quit when his character died once, because he saw no point in continuing (even though Talisman's heavy RNG and length gives plenty opportunity to do so).

On districts, from what I've seen from previews I think they're making it a bit more flexible, and less the "there's one perfect way to arrange your districts". The era changes I don't mind too much yet. A common comment I see is that the new game moves away from "this is your Civ and how you play them" and more towards creating builds, i.e. which leader, and which succession of civilizations (plus the bonuses you can unlock from gameplay, which I'm not a fan of for now).

[Syt]

On borrowed mechanics - I guess towns that can later be upgraded to proper cities is borrowed from GalCiv4, where you have colonies that provide resources for Core Worlds but that can later be turned into Core Worlds themselves.