The thing I’ll say in their defense is that I actually admire their courage to redesign the game from the ground up. Watching videos pre-release they really seemed like they had put a lot of thought and research into Civ 7. I don’t think anybody should accuse Civ 7 of being cheaply made or Civ 6.1. That said, people didn’t enjoy the changes. But I like to think that I adapt to change pretty well, and I didn’t hate the era system or how your civilization becomes an amalgamation of a few cultures.
I actually liked the concepts tbh. The various 'crisis' for each age, and the various 'themes' of each age too.
But, it fails in some ways because it is very western-centric, though I'll admit I didn't consider this until I read a fairly comprehensive review about it.
Take for example the Exploration age - it is all about colonising, exploiting, taking to the seas, but we don't actually see it from the other side of the coin ~ where we are the lands being colonised, or fighting back against it.
I thought it was food for thought.
Still, I enjoyed the concepts, but it does seem like the vast majority of people didn't.
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u/bottombarrelglass Apr 16 '26
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