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Civilization 7 developers Firaxis have laid off an unspecified number of workers, 2K confirm
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Anyone actually playing 7? I know of no one personally, and I've played them all religiously
It shipped with Denuvo and I don’t pay for malware. It’s the first Civ game I haven’t bought at launch. I’m including the original.
It doesn’t have Hot Seat either. I instantly refunded when I realized that. How the hell a Civ game have multiplayer but not hot seat?
Might it get added later, hopefully?
I don’t buy promises anymore, sorry.
That's about as expected. As a big fan of civ, it just looked like a worse version of 6, which was a worse version of 5.
Only reason for the bigger playercount of 6 is because of Sean Bean's incredible narration.
I bet proportionally more DRM-free buyers play 5 and 4 too.
Just want a version that is strategic-view only
You can play Unciv I guess, I don't see why you would want a strategic view only though? Nothing stopping you just using that mode exclusively yourself.
It's because my computer is old
I think you can enable it as the default mode and then it will load the game quicker? Definitely checkout Unciv though if you haven't already!
UnCiv is honestly wicked, it deserves a lot more limelight than it gets
Honestly that's just how Civ has been for the past few releases, most people don't get it until the typical set of 2 major expansion packs come out and eventually go on sale. The base price of the full package has always been crazy high.
We will see. 'Cause for all Civ 6's (and every Civ's) controversy, this feels different... It's like people have forgotten about 7.
Nah, 4 is still the best.
Beyond the Sword with Leonard Nemoy narrating of course.
There are also a bunch of mods, including the total conversion ones.
Well they removed the ability to play as “A civilization” in the game called “Civilization” so yeah everyone I know has swore off it.
It still amazes me they took the worst feature from Humankind and somehow made it worse.
Yes and no. If you want to play China you can play as the various chinese incarnations from beginning to end.
It only works with China for some mysterious reason though.
Nah, 5 is still the goat.
Yeah they lost me on 6 and 7 looks to go even further in that direction
Yeah, I like it. It's definitely an unfinished product and lacking a lot of content and polish atm, but it's got the bones of a good game. Absolutely not worth the current asking price tho
I mean why play an unfinished game? The radical changes sound interesting to me but it needs at least two add-ons to flourish, the same old story as with 5 and 6. I can wait and pick up the complete experience for half the price if that ever sees the light of day after the layoffs.
I played through exactly one full game, and it just felt... pointless, I guess? Like I was just clicking through turns to get to the end and none of it mattered. Then it told me I'd lost and was like "K" and then played Civ VI for a bit.
Naw, 5 and 6 are where it is at.
Naw, 1 was the GOAT. The full game, no DLC, one price.
Nah, 2 was the series peak.
Nah, I didn't even bother. I only play 5 & 6.
I gave up after the 20th bug I encountered. (Yes I kept track.) It’s a shame because I actually liked the eras system.