It was.laughably unfinished at launch

I first got into the series from Civ 6, and was looking forward to the sequel. I don't see any of my favourite content creators talking about it since its release and I'm not sure if I like the new mechanism enough to spend money on the game.

Also, unrelated to the community's theme, but I've been boycotting American products and services, so, unfortunately, that means no Firaxis or 2K games or any games from Steam :(

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.

Nah, 4 is still the best.

Well they removed the ability to play as “A civilization” in the game called “Civilization” so yeah everyone I know has swore off it.

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.

Nah, 5 is still the goat.

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

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.

20 years ago I had a boss that always held his pens in his mouth.

So one day, when I was the only guy in the office, I took all his pens, and one by one stuck them up my butt.

Then I put them back in his cup.

They are basically gig workers like in the film industry. This was always the case with QA jobs and low ranking artists, but nowadays it also happens to the other roles in a development project.

Firaxis are like the Bethesda of turn based strategy games. They release buggy jank and expect modders to fix it.

This. Fuck 2K Games, quit buying their shitty EA level titles and move on.

I listened. I bought Civ6, hated it, didn't get any of the predatory DLC and went back to Civ4. Didn't give Civ7 so much as a glance. Sad to hear it went downhill from 6 though.

I think every downturn in gaming history has led to explosions in indie dev studios and products.

this one feels a bit different; first time I've seen companies posting record profits and bragging about them, while laying devs off in absolute droves. it's almost as if consolidating a billion competing IPs into a handful of publisher/owners who don't really care about games per se, but see the enormous financial value in controlling the IP and production landscapes may have been a bad idea.

don't get me wrong, someone comes along and offers me billions for my company, probably gonna take it, but you can see how it becomes reductive; and then the people calling the shots end up knowing very little about the actual mechanics of the industry... yeah we're in for very fun times.

Indies will keep producing great stuff. Some of them will also get gobbled up. Support the rest please!