Comment on Civilization VII "Test of Time" update lands May 19, finally letting you play entirely as one civ

• erraticunicorn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Splitting the game into distinct eras that atomically enforce switching is novel to me as someone who plays quite a few 4x games including humankind.

  Enjoyment of a game is always going to be relative, this bitter hatred & entitlement at the pit of some gamers souls brings down the whole medium. You don’t like the game? Don’t play it, go on and enjoy the hundreds of thousands of other games out there rather than linger and whine until the devs cater to your whims.

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  • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    You don’t like the game? Don’t play it, go on and enjoy the hundreds of thousands of other games out there rather than linger and whine until the devs cater to your whims.

    Counterpoint: Humankind already exists. It exists as a similar but alternative game series to Civilization, which is a good thing. That means people who like Civilization games get something, and the folks who like what humankind did get something. Turning Civilization into a completely different game in the one way most at odds with its identity. You already have Humankind, the devs of Civilization don’t have to cater to your whims by just cloning Humankind.

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    • erraticunicorn@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      For better or worse Ed Beach, designer of Civ VI, decided what makes the next iteration of Civilization Civilization. Like it or not, civ switching is now part of the franchise.

      Maybe you should try Old World? That game is rad too.

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      • EncryptKeeper@lemmy.world ⁨4⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        I mean for better for worse (It’s better) it appears Civ switching will no longer be part of the franchise. It can remain part of the Humankind franchise where it belongs.

        Old World is a rad game, but it’s not about leading A Civilization through time. It’s a different kind of game.

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