Comment on Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ
VindictiveJudge@lemmy.world 2 weeks ago
I still don’t see why they copied this feature from Humankind. It was the worst part of an otherwise decent game. They should have learned from Humankind’s flaws and done something like keep your civ but change your leader by era. Same general concept, but feels much more Civ.
DaedalousIlios@pawb.social 2 weeks ago
Civ VII is a failure of market research for exactly that reason. I don’t even think the shifting cultures in Humankind is necessarily a flaw; it’s just different. But it’s very clear Civ players hated it, and a single trip down Humankind’s Steam reviews makes that crystal clear, so when I saw Civ VII was copying that feature my immediate response was “dumb asses, this is gomna fail.”
Apparently it was profitable though. Somehow. And the fact that its profitability was considered news-worthy says a lot.