Didn't even see the UI. Effectively an in-game cinematic trailer.
Hope there's more forthcoming soon. Civ's gotten to a point where I have to know if there's enough to chew on in the vanilla game if I'm going to buy in early.
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There's a 20 minute gameplay reveal today, this is just the trailer
Thank you! Looking forward to it.
Civ 6's UI was so boring compared to 5's art deco inspired UI.
Wish it didn't require a 2k account. don't need another account to play a video game.
It doesn't. They mentioned there would be a unique skin for Napoleon if you signed up but it didn't sound required.
The steam page literally says that it requires a 3rd party account for online play (just not required for offline play). so I'm not sure if that's what you're referencing.
Ah, there's the catch and confusion. Not required for single player but required for multi, I guess? Not sure how others play Civ but that's not gonna affect me. I've only ever played these games solo besides a very rare duo game.
Uh-oh. That's the sort of thing that would lead me not to buy it.
It's probably to make cross-platform easier (since it's releasing same day on all platforms)
Ah, so that's why your leader now appears when you are communicating with a different civ. They had to add this for bullshit skins monetization.
Edit: I wonder if this will be moddable: I now wanna see Master Chief teabagging Cleopatra when I declare war
It's the same as civ 6. Having a 2k account gave an extra leader for Rome, all leaders have unique abilities, it's not just cosmetic.
It is probably moddable as custom leaders were possible in civ 6
Why would you need an account to play a single player, non cloud hosted game?
Shitty publisher mandated launchers.
Good, I wonder if they removed it for Xcom 2 yet. I haven't played that since they sideloaded that crap into my steam install.
Didn't they announce that there would not be a launcher? Also removed for Civ VI.
I look forward to maybe buying this in 5-10 years when it's on sale with dlc for a reasonable price.
I look forward to buying this day one and playing it for 5-10 years and then buying the DLC when it's on sale for a reasonable price.
I look forward to playing it in 10 years when I get a computer with the minimum requirements for a payable price
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My first impressions:
- I like the art style, I'll have to see about the leaders.
- Gwendolyn Christie is a really good choice for the narrator.
- I don't like the sound of there only being three ages, but maybe there's more to it.
- Also not sure about switching civs mid-game, but being able to do things like a French Cleopatra might be fun.
- Are they going to restrict this to avoid potentially offensive combos, especially in multiplayer? I'm thinking of things like using real-world colonizers for leaders of places they occupied (like an English ruler in charge of India and stuff like that.) At the very least it seems like they're inviting trouble unnecessarily.
- The prices are completely bonkers, nearly $170 CAD for the Founders Edition! This is gonna be the first Civ game in a long time that I don't pick up on launch day.
Isn't civ a game about colonisation? If the stuff you described is offending to some, the whole game already is to them.
No, you're thinking about Sid Meier's Colonization
- I don't like the sound of there only being three ages, but maybe there's more to it.
I thought the same thing. I'm guessing more will be added via DLC?
Which is a scummy move tbh
From what I’ve heard, the ages are going to be much longer and more game-changing that Civ 6 eras. Like age of exploration unlocking new parts of the world and new era appropriate civs to play with.
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Civ 2 is still peak for me, although I did like Leonard Nimoy's contribution to Civ IV.
The best civ is always your first.
In that case it should be the original on the Amiga 500 😄, but I still prefer the improvements in Civ 2.
I think that's true for everything but civ 2. It seems like everyone agrees 2 is just better
2 was primitive, but designed in a way that allowed much more freedom than later versions.
I still play civ v with a few friends pretty much weekly. A couple times a year one of our wives and kids go out of town and we lan party from 4pm to 6am and actually finish a game!
That's awesome!
IV for me. Plus that theme song....it's possibly my favorite from any song ever.
Give me more soldiers noble leader!
This looks like the live stream of the gameplay reveal, starting now:
Highlights as I remember them from the live stream:
- Play progresses through 3 ages: Antiquity, Exploration, Modern
- Continue as a different civ when starting each new age
- Map expands with each new age
- Leader choice is separate from civ choice
- Districts
- Christopher Tin soundtrack
- Gwendoline Christie narration
- February 2025 release
Edit: Here's the rerun:
Also noted :
- Navigable rivers
- terrain has cliffs
- armies seems to be condensed, with generals leading them. Fighting looks to be constant in some way? (or that's just the render for the trailer)
- cities seem to expand much more
- the leaders looks to have some stats which can be improved
- Play progresses through 3 ages: Antiquity, Exploration, Modern
Anyone want to bet there would be more ages after DLCs are released?
I'm guessing Industrial and Information ages added before and after Modern age, respectively.
Also a possibility of a humankind style neolithic era?
But yes, expecting some required DLC unfortunately.
But civ is a patient gamer staple - just wait for 8 to come out and 7's dlcs will be cheap! 🤣
Interested how the map expansion will work in multiplayer.
Concerned about the era resets.
I like what they appear to have taken from humankind (eras, leader swaps, outposts/yowns, map elevation?) and old world (tile improvements culture bomb)
Also concerned about how the maps seemed to just be cities, no gradual domestication of the world with farms, mines etc.
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Sounds similar to Humankind. Which is nice cus I like that game.
I'm a bit torn. On one hand it seems like a step back from the Civ 6 cartoon garbage. On the other hand the ground textures still look like blurry paint vomit. It's kinda weird because the foliage and mountains / rocks seem to be in a higher resolution and much more detailed. I guess it might be WIP and a remnant from Civ 6. The unit sizes also seem gargantuan? I guess that part would not be as hard to fix via mods but that was already a compatibility nightmare before, especially when the mod authors quit.
So, graphically it might be a buyable Civ game again, but... Picking a new civ or mismatching leaders makes me worry though, because that sounds awfully familiar to another game that had a similar terrible feature. The Aztecs turning into France while being led by some Japanese dude just does not feel right.
The FOMO unlocks to bait you into signing up AND buying the cartoon shit are a hard pass for me though. Selling that as a "thank you" is nothing but insolent.
Oh ffs what is it with people thinking it looks like a cartoon. As for scale, that's every 4x game.
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From what I saw of the gameplay is that civilizations are sorta locked on a path, but you get a choice of similar civilisations. Unless you play in the style of a different civ and unlock certain milestones you could unlock other paths. At least from what I understand.
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they took features from humankind and added them in for some reason
I like Humankind.
I like the civ switch since you can change you priorities each age. Also I like having a leader I actually like with a civ I like.
Let's me do what I want to do the entire campaign instead of having to be stick with some stuff I don't like just to play with the things I do like.
I'm terrible at these games so I can't speak to balance and strategy and stuff. I use lots of auto stuff or relying on suggested choices from advisors lol.
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