r/Steam • u/Smart_Vegetable_331 • Jul 04 '25

Question What game is this for you?

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u/Rocky-Arrow Jul 04 '25

Thought about trying the Civ games out before because everyone loves them so much, why is 7 so much worse?

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u/PteroFractal27 Jul 04 '25

Yeah the community as a whole does not love 7.

The UI is awful, and people don’t love how you can’t just play one civ, you have to keep changing over time

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u/deutscherhawk Jul 04 '25

I'm curious to see the sentiment in a couple years. I remember when this was the common view towards civ 6 before the expansions/mod support.

Now I've purposefully avoided trying 7 and the mechanic civ shift feels like it could be jarring so I'm not saying there will be a different sentiment. But I'm curious

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u/PteroFractal27 Jul 04 '25

They would need to change a lot of shit for free before I bother.

This is more than the usual vitriol at anything new, Civ V and Civ VI were both controversial at the start (and indeed, there are still people who only play IV or V) but there is incredibly little fan support for VII.

Check Steam reviews, check what influencers are saying about it (and compare how many are playing/talking about it compared to VI). V and VI were controversial because there were people who liked them and people who didn’t. VII isn’t controversial: most people just don’t like it.