Sid Meier's Civilization VII Reviews
Civilization VII brings the series the revitalization it needs, with gorgeous new visuals, innovative city building and a new way to lead armies.
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CIVILIZATION VII feels comfortable for veterans of the series, with plenty of quality-of-life improvements that'll make you think, ‘hmm that’s an interesting change’ or ‘Why didn’t they swap this over earlier?’ With a series as long running as Civ, it’s inevitable that regular sequential updates would become burdened with unnecessary systems that didn’t actually make the game better, systems that were still there because that’s just the way it always was. By casting off some of the baggage the game is much better for it, with plenty of room to grow, and nothing too extreme as to upset longtime players, but when you look back you realise how far it's come.
Right now, Civilization 7 is an incomplete and reduced version of the game, which is plagued by many issues. However, you can feel that under all this mess, a good game might be hiding.
The core elements of the game are there, they work and it’s fun to play. The incentives and dynamism that the new approach to Civilization switching with the legacy paths will keep the game fresh both across games and within them. Abandoning games after about 80 turns was a big issue for me in the last few titles. I’ve not had the notion to do that yet.
Even if it has great looks: the interior of the latest instalment of the Civilization series is not very inspiring. Some good ideas are counterbalanced by a lot of bad ones. The biggest problem: it no longer feels like a Civilization-Game! Here, the developers have definitely made too many radical changes.
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Sid Meier's Civilization VII blends and modifies features from its predecessor. Although it is a bit barren in terms of innovations, it is a good game in terms of the strategic depth it brings to the series. I can say that it is positioned as an alternative to its predecessor, not a sequel.
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