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Any real non paid reviews people recommend? Seeing the usual suspects with overly positive reviews that clearly arent representative.

by esskay 2y ago

skibz 2y ago
I found this one to be quite impartial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67vadCC1gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67vadCC1gg
- robertlagrant 2y ago
  IGN gives Civilisation 7 a 7/10 7 days ago! The most IGN thing ever.
boleaux83 2y ago
Check the Steam page for reviews. Seems like the consensus is that a lot of the game mechanics were stripped out so they could be sold as DLCs.
- HDThoreaun 2y ago
  The consensus is that the UI sucks and a few features have been stripped but overall I think the core gameplay has done quite well in reviews.
supernes 2y ago
Verdict is that core gameplay is a big improvement and a lot of fun, but the UI gets in the way too much. High price and questionable DRM make this a "wait for sale", maybe after some expansions/DLCs land or at least after the first patch next month.
- esskay 2y ago
  Yeah saw a few shots of it on Steam Deck, looks like they forgot the resolution there as theres more UI than map!
Bairfhionn 2y ago
Eurogamer gave it a 2/5. They basically said "it looks good and sounds good but it is just dull"
leprechaun1066 2y ago
These days it's usually better to try and find players on youtube or twitch than to read text based reviews.
emptyfile 2y ago
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orwin 2y ago
Negative: Civ7 is right now a bit too simplistic, i didn't find hidden gameplay, some theorycrafting will be needed but so far, playing diplomatic and getting city-states seems really overpowered imho (especially against AI, i would guess that MP make the game more interesting), and the IA is still shit at military (Civ5 VP really put the bar high, but this is worse than 6). Map generation is as broken as it was for civ6, perhaps worse. The "realism" make its hard to differentiate buildings, and the town/city mechanic are really weird (civpedia is here though) Positive: The new way units and general work is great, i like the sim possibilities with the way building and specialists work (even though the UI is really getting in the way imho). The "souvenirs" (sorry don't have the translation) mechanic is a really good idea for solo play, the game is really, really stable (more than Civ6 and half of paradox games), i want to try a MP game with someone from South Africa or australia to see if the MP stability issues are still present in 7 (maybe MPH won't be necessary now). Civpedia is as usual, great. Overall: if you really like civ-like 4X (humankind, endless space, or even millenia), especially solo, you should try it now. If you don't, wait a bit. If you like those, but like competitive multi, wait a bit (it's not as unbalanced as Civ6 was on launch, but close i would say). I'd say that for a new 4X player, it's better to play civ7 than civ6

Any real non paid reviews people recommend? Seeing the usual suspects with overly positive reviews that clearly arent representative.

by esskay 2y ago

Any real non paid reviews people recommend? Seeing the usual suspects with overly positive reviews that clearly arent representative.

skibz 2y ago

I found this one to be quite impartial: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67vadCC1gg https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B67vadCC1gg

robertlagrant 2y ago
IGN gives Civilisation 7 a 7/10 7 days ago! The most IGN thing ever.

boleaux83 2y ago

Check the Steam page for reviews. Seems like the consensus is that a lot of the game mechanics were stripped out so they could be sold as DLCs.

HDThoreaun 2y ago
The consensus is that the UI sucks and a few features have been stripped but overall I think the core gameplay has done quite well in reviews.

supernes 2y ago

Verdict is that core gameplay is a big improvement and a lot of fun, but the UI gets in the way too much. High price and questionable DRM make this a "wait for sale", maybe after some expansions/DLCs land or at least after the first patch next month.

esskay 2y ago
Yeah saw a few shots of it on Steam Deck, looks like they forgot the resolution there as theres more UI than map!

Bairfhionn 2y ago

Eurogamer gave it a 2/5. They basically said "it looks good and sounds good but it is just dull"

leprechaun1066 2y ago

These days it's usually better to try and find players on youtube or twitch than to read text based reviews.

emptyfile 2y ago

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orwin 2y ago

Negative: Civ7 is right now a bit too simplistic, i didn't find hidden gameplay, some theorycrafting will be needed but so far, playing diplomatic and getting city-states seems really overpowered imho (especially against AI, i would guess that MP make the game more interesting), and the IA is still shit at military (Civ5 VP really put the bar high, but this is worse than 6). Map generation is as broken as it was for civ6, perhaps worse. The "realism" make its hard to differentiate buildings, and the town/city mechanic are really weird (civpedia is here though) Positive: The new way units and general work is great, i like the sim possibilities with the way building and specialists work (even though the UI is really getting in the way imho). The "souvenirs" (sorry don't have the translation) mechanic is a really good idea for solo play, the game is really, really stable (more than Civ6 and half of paradox games), i want to try a MP game with someone from South Africa or australia to see if the MP stability issues are still present in 7 (maybe MPH won't be necessary now). Civpedia is as usual, great. Overall: if you really like civ-like 4X (humankind, endless space, or even millenia), especially solo, you should try it now. If you don't, wait a bit. If you like those, but like competitive multi, wait a bit (it's not as unbalanced as Civ6 was on launch, but close i would say). I'd say that for a new 4X player, it's better to play civ7 than civ6