Comment on Sid Meier’s Civilization VII - Gameplay Reveal Trailer

blanket@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

• alilbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  It doesn’t. They mentioned there would be a unique skin for Napoleon if you signed up but it didn’t sound required.

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  • blanket@lemmy.one ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    The steam page literally says that it requires a 3rd party account for online play (just not required for offline play). so I’m not sure if that’s what you’re referencing.

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    • alilbee@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Ah, there’s the catch and confusion. Not required for single player but required for multi, I guess? Not sure how others play Civ but that’s not gonna affect me. I’ve only ever played these games solo besides a very rare duo game.

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    • arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s probably to make cross-platform easier (since it’s releasing same day on all platforms)

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    • mox@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Uh-oh. That’s the sort of thing that would lead me not to buy it.

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  • HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Ah, so that’s why your leader now appears when you are communicating with a different civ. They had to add this for bullshit skins monetization.

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    • arudesalad@sh.itjust.works ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      It’s the same as civ 6. Having a 2k account gave an extra leader for Rome, all leaders have unique abilities, it’s not just cosmetic.

      It is probably moddable as custom leaders were possible in civ 6

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• obinice@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

  Why would you need an account to play a single player, non cloud hosted game?

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  • deegeese@sopuli.xyz ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

    Shitty publisher mandated launchers.

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    • Link@rentadrunk.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      They are getting rid of the launcher for Civ 6: pcgamer.com/…/2k-removes-its-pointless-launcher-f…

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      • CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

        Good, I wonder if they removed it for Xcom 2 yet. I haven’t played that since they sideloaded that crap into my steam install.

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    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org ⁨2⁩ ⁨months⁩ ago

      Didn’t they announce that there would not be a launcher? Also removed for Civ VI.

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