Civilization 7 Pre-Launch Discussion

[ZedClampet]

My favorite part of Civilization 6 was actually the lead-up to the game. They released so many interesting videos. So now we're back here again. Civ 7 is coming in 2025, and we can expect lots of videos on leaders, new features, etc. So let's have fun posting the videos and discussing them. Articles are certainly welcome, as well.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pygcgE3a_uY

 

[Alm]

I'm excited for Civ 7. I didn't really get too reassured by the launch trailer. I'm hoping it will be quite different to Civ 6. Still, we didn't see any gameplay so I'll be cautiously optimistic.

 

[ZedClampet]

I'm excited for Civ 7. I didn't really get too reassured by the launch trailer. I'm hoping it will be quite different to Civ 6. Still, we didn't see any gameplay so I'll be cautiously optimistic.

After playing a lot of Civ 5, I hardly played Civ 6 at all. I thought it was ugly, and I didn't like what they did with the builders and the roads. I didn't get much deeper than that.

 

[ZedClampet]

Civilization 7 exists, but if you want to know more than that you're going to have to wait for its full reveal in August

We know it will be released next year, but precious little else.

www.pcgamer.com

Looks like we're going to have to wait a couple of months to get more info.

 

[Brian Boru]

That's new, right? A little disconcerting…

So August before we know anything useful. Still, good to see the announcement—2031 is filling up nicely. And if the game + expansions + final patches + best mods is good, 2032 looks full too

Can't infer much from the teaser. It implies they're sticking with the epic theme, so hopefully the art direction won't devalue that this time.

 

[Hveðrungr]

My favorite part of Civilization 6 was actually the lead-up to the game.

Agreed but that's probably more a reflection on the quality of the game itself.

 

[Zloth]

Kinda strange to even give us a teaser video. I guess it's useful for players that don't know anything about the Civilization games, but these teaser trailers are all about giving us the general mood/atmosphere of the game. That's been a constant in all 7 Civ games!

 

[Brian Boru]

Civilization VII—Gameplay Showcase August 20

At 1:30pm PT featuring over 20 minutes of gameplay details.

 

[ZedClampet]

I set a reminder on my phone. All it says is, "You won't remember what this is for haha"

 

[Brian Boru]

Mine says "Be there"—Shaka

 

[Brian Boru]

Oh heck… I only just noticed the reveals are on Twitch

It'll probably take half-an-hour for them to show up on YT

 

[ZedClampet]

Oh heck… I only just noticed the reveals are on Twitch

It'll probably take half-an-hour for them to show up on YT

The screen when you are watching on Twitch is as crowded and complicated as the dashboard of a 747. Same thing with Discord. Someone needs to come along and simplify these things.

 

[ZedClampet]

2K removes its pointless launcher from Civilization 6, while also announcing that Civilization 7 players will never have to suffer launching the game twice for no reason

Launch control.

www.pcgamer.com

No second launcher for 7

 

[Brian Boru]

No second launcher for 7

There's a launcher for 6?

Oh, so there is—I bypassed it straight away and forgot about it. Now if I could do the same with the Ubi abomination

Anyway, good stuff 2K and Firaxis

 

[Pifanjr]

I read that a bunch of games recently got rid of their third party launchers, so hopefully this trend will continue.

 

[ZedClampet]

Honestly, The second launchers don't bother me so long as I don't have to log into some other site like Ubisoft or EA.

 

[Brian Boru]

second launchers don't bother me

Me neither, as long as I can bypass and forget—that's a good second launcher, if you don't mind 'good' being made from extreme-stretch elastic.

But when the 30-60 second daily Steam update is then followed by minutes-long Ubi launcher shenanigans, it's just annoying to have to schedule my game launch for when I have something else to do for a few minutes.

 

[ZedClampet]

the 30-60 second daily Steam update

If that's accurate, you are really going slowly somewhere.

 

[Zloth]

Anyway, good stuff 2K and Firaxis

They caused some major pains in XCOM 2 back when that launcher first showed up. I think I even posted about it here. Obviously, they fixed it up over the years. If there was a launcher in Marvel's Midnight Suns, though, I don't remember it. Still, I'm happy to see that thing go.

P.S. Horizon: Forbidden West seems to have done something weird. Either the game flat-out deleted the launcher when I selected the option not to show it anymore, or the "launcher" was really the game itself, starting out in a small window - because there's only one stand-alone program in my game directory now. The game loads crazy-fast, so they could have gotten away with the launcher simply being the first window displayed by the main game.

 

[Brian Boru]

If that's accurate, you are really going slowly somewhere.

60 is prob too high, say 45—this on the days when they have the extra ad panel to show.

The 30 is about right—I launch Picross Touch when I think of it just to get Steam init out of the way. I continue with whatever else I'm doing, and don't close Steam for the rest of the day—and I close most apps when I'm done with them.

Definitely going slowly.

 

[Pifanjr]

If there was a launcher in Marvel's Midnight Suns, though, I don't remember it. Still, I'm happy to see that thing go.

I got a launcher every time I launched the game, so you either somehow got rid of it or just forgot about it.

It wasn't particularly noteworthy.

 

[Zloth]

I got a launcher every time I launched the game, so you either somehow got rid of it or just forgot about it.

I'm betting on "forgot." It doesn't sound like something I would bother to remove, if the game even lets you do that.

 

[Brian Boru]

I got a launcher every time I launched the game

There are loads of 'skip' articles & Steam threads if you search for it.

 

[Pifanjr]

Civilization 7 hands-on: Huge changes are coming to the classic strategy series

Firaxis is changing Civilization's structure with the goal of getting more of us to the victory screen.

www.pcgamer.com

I'm not sure how I feel about a "simplified" Civilization, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

 

[ZedClampet]

Civilization 7 hands-on: Huge changes are coming to the classic strategy series

Firaxis is changing Civilization's structure with the goal of getting more of us to the victory screen.

www.pcgamer.com

I'm not sure how I feel about a "simplified" Civilization, but I'm cautiously optimistic.

Maybe it will be to Civilization what Total War Warhammer is to Total War, simplified but fun and refreshing for the old hands. Maybe a greater emphasis on the things people like to do and reducing mindless busy work.

I should probably read the article

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Okay, I've read it, and I'm more excited than ever for this.