Civilization VII

[Mightygoose]

Announcement today will be released sometime in 2025.

Will be prepared to lose many hours of my life

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[Sad People]

Cannot effin wait.

Hope its closer to 5 than 6 but thats just me.

 

[NyQuil]

I had a tough time transitioning from Civ 5: BNW to Civ 6 (with the district system).

Civ 5 is still peak Civ for me (and I started with Civilization back on my old 386.)

I've put so many hours into 5 it's hard to start over and go through that learning curve again.

Getting on CivFanatics and learning the tips and strategies really helped my overall game too.

 

[Osprey]

I hope that they go back to a more realistic art design. Civ VI was a little too cartoony and close to looking like a mobile game to me. That's not the only reason, but part of why I couldn't get into it and played it less than every other iteration, going back to the original.

 

[Dr John Carlson]

I liked Civ 6 but I just always go back to 5 (with BNW) whenever I get the itch for Civilization.

 

[robertmac43]

Pumped for this.....

"Just one more turn"

 

[Mikeaveli]

I thought 6 was a step down from 5 but I'm looking forward to this. Sucks that we have to wait a few months to see the actual game

 

[RandV]

I'm both excited to see the next edition of my favourite game series but also unusually pessimistic due to the love/hate relationship I have with how they handled Civ VI.

Basically for all the updates they've put out for the game, first they've failed to address fundamental AI related flaws that have existed since the start - things such as 'how to use an aircraft carrier'. Switching to single unit hex grid in V created new AI challenges, but in VI the AI got even worse and it really effects the end game if it's too stupid to provide a challenge.

The second problem is where the modding community stepped up and largely fixed things in V, Civ VI started its life cycle embracing the modding community but by the end they completely shut the door. Somewhere between the final expansion pack and the slate of smaller DLC's they released after they locked modders out of the internal system files greatly restricting what they can do. Then for the player the implemented some internal asset counter secretly restricting how many mods you can have running in a game, where you can get a game to start just fine but somewhere between maybe turn 50-100 it just crashes. And the constant release of micro updates with maybe a new leader here or there always seems to break some existing mod which then breaks your game, and with the lack of support modders just don't care to update there mods.

Personally with Civ V I got about 250 hours play time with the base game + expansions, then started digging into mods and hit 1000 hours. Civ IV and Civ V both have amazing Community Expansion Packs, where the community gets together to compile an installation of mods to give you a deeper game of Civ. Civ VI CEP simply doesn't exist because 2K turned their backs on modders and its a damn shame.

 

[Seedtype]

I'm slightly concerned for two reasons:

1) 2K forces devs to do stupid things. Just the extra game launchers alone are annoying.(Now the 2K account can be okay, since you would need that for crossplay and stuff)

2) It's announced for the Nintendo Switch as well. Now, maybe it's referring to Switch 2, but I am concerned that a game is being made for such an old console. (It also could be a streaming game option as well, which would be okay for a turn based game I guess)

Anyways, it's just a teaser so far. Let's see in August!

 

[No Fun Shogun]

Cannot effin wait.

Hope its closer to 5 than 6 but thats just me.

Ditto. I put hundreds of hours into Civ V, meanwhile the gameplay that I've seen for Civ VI never even got me interested in playing it.

 

[Commander Clueless]

I'm excited for a new Civ. I enjoyed VI but I agree with most that V was peak.

I'm slightly concerned for two reasons:

1) 2K forces devs to do stupid things. Just the extra game launchers alone are annoying.(Now the 2K account can be okay, since you would need that for crossplay and stuff)

This crap is annoying.

I don't need a launcher on top of my launcher (Steam). The 2K launcher has/had negative impacts on performance as well. Fortunately you were able to disable it.

The account thing is annoying too. Sure I guess I can see it's use in cross play, but I can pretty much guarantee I'm playing solo. Why the hell do I need to create yet another account tied to my Steam account? I'm so sick of it.

EA, Ubi, and now PlayStation and 2K. Just stop.

 

[Sad People]

Ditto. I put hundreds of hours into Civ V, meanwhile the gameplay that I've seen for Civ VI never even got me interested in playing it.

Ive got hundreds in 5 and just over 100 in 6. So i can relate.

 

[Osprey]

Civ 6 is currently 95% off on Steam. It's now back to $59.99, which is absurd, not just for an 8-year-old game, but because you can buy the bundles with all of the DLC included for less than that.

 

[NyQuil]

Ive got hundreds in 5 and just over 100 in 6. So i can relate.

455 in 5 and 84 in 6.

 

[NyQuil]

My last Civ 5 game was a doozie. I was playing as Portugal and I was surrounded by Poland (always a tough out with their social policy advantage), Germany and Assyria.

Needless to say, it didn't take long for them to gang up on me. I was playing at King or Emperor level (which is where I usually play - just more options for strategy).

Usually I'd just give up in the face of it, but I thought, what the hell, I was actually kind of mad at the game so I played it out. Thankfully, my cities were surrounded by hills and mountains so I ground them down and won, leaving each with one tiny city left so I don't get the huge Warmonger penalty.

Very satisfying if monotonous at times. I don't usually get into a lot of warfare early on so it was a bit of a change. I had a massive civilization too early with a ton of puppet cities and happiness issues but it was worth it.

 

[S E P H]

Civ 5 was the better game, but I couldn't go back to V after playing VI. I get the district "limits" the amount that can be built, but it makes you think a lot more and helps you plan what your civilisation wants to look like in the future. Plus, the weather was a great addition and added more elements to it. I personally love VI.

I don't like how this Civ VII is already released so soon, I felt I haven't played enough of VI yet for this next instalment to be already revealed.

 

[Seedtype]

I don't like how this Civ VII is already released so soon, I felt I haven't played enough of VI yet for this next instalment to be already revealed.

Heh, it's going to be 8 years plus between whenever Civ 7 releases and when Civ 6 released(October 2016).

 

[Osprey]

Yeah, this is already the longest wait between Civ releases, by far:

Civilization - 1991
Civilization II - 1996 (5 years later)
Civilization III - 2001 (5 years later)
Civilization IV - 2005 (4 years later)
Civilization V - 2010 (5 years later)
Civilization VI - 2016 (6 years later)

A 2025 release means a 9-year wait, which is almost double the series average. It may just feel like it hasn't been long because waiting is easier as we get older and a lot of us didn't play enough of Civ 6 to look forward to a follow-up.

 

[S E P H]

Heh, it's going to be 8 years plus between whenever Civ 7 releases and when Civ 6 released(October 2016).

Really? It felt like Civ VI was released like 3 years ago, but I might have came in later than expected.

 

[Seedtype]

A 2025 release means a 9-year wait, which is almost double the series average. It may just feel like it hasn't been long because waiting is easier as we get older and a lot of us didn't play enough of Civ 6 to look forward to a follow-up.

It's one of the reason why I am kinda excited, I'm assuming Firaxis is gonna have more of a creative spark, but we'll see.

(though I wish it was XCOM 3 coming instead, heh)

 

[x Tame Impala]

Love it. Can’t wait. We should start a HF Civ club or something.

 

[Jovavic]

That 2.99 price is on Playstation, also

 

[The Head Crusher]

I had a tough time transitioning from Civ 5: BNW to Civ 6 (with the district system).

Civ 5 is still peak Civ for me (and I started with Civilization back on my old 386.)

I've put so many hours into 5 it's hard to start over and go through that learning curve again.

Getting on CivFanatics and learning the tips and strategies really helped my overall game too.

I say Civ IV was peak, I was not a fan of the transitions they made from 4 to 5 in the base gaem. IIRC it improved with the DLC but Civ IV will always remain the best.

 

[Jumptheshark]

Announcement today will be released sometime in 2025.

Will be prepared to lose many hours of my life

I am old and still play Civ 2 and believe it is still the best of the lot

My problem with the civ franchise is they went from leaders to followers for awhile and tried to make the game like age of empires

 

[flyersnorth]

It's one of the reason why I am kinda excited, I'm assuming Firaxis is gonna have more of a creative spark, but we'll see.

(though I wish it was XCOM 3 coming instead, heh)

I saw something with Jake Solomon recently where he said they were already working on XCOM 3 when they were approached by Marvel, and they decided to pivot to do the Midnight Suns game.

I didn't enjoy it at all. I tried, and just could not connect with it.

Seeing as basically all the XCOM staff are gone now, I don't have much hope for an XCOM 3, at least not in the way it *could* have been done with the core development team.