"I Have Barely Any Faith In Them": Civilization 7 Update Video About UI Problems Has UI Problems

"I Have Barely Any Faith In Them": Civilization 7 Update Video About UI Problems Has UI Problems

From TheGamer (Written by Jack Coleman) on | OpenCritic

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It's safe to say that Civilization 7 has attracted the ire of long-time fans of the series, who accuse Firaxis of rushing the game out in an unfinished state. The latest entry in the legendary 4X series has been criticised for user interface issues, a long list of bugs and general jankiness.

It's a generally accepted phenomenon in the Civilization community that new entries don't become full-fledged experiences until their first expansion releases. Although the community is permissive of lackluster initial releases, Civilization 7 is leaving players more frustrated than usual.

An update video released by Firaxis outlined some of the changes coming to Civilization 7 in its first major patch. However, a user by the name of DoctorMadcow spotted a text formatting issue in the update video and posted it on Reddit. A graphic outlining the changes to the Rail Tycoon victory condition contains a centre-aligned bullet-pointed list with missing spaces between words, bunching them into single words like "increasedfrom".

It's only a minor error, but the optics aren't good for Firaxis. A studio trying to address user interface issues posting a video with communication errors only compounds the feeling of players that the...

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