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Some 20 hours in, I can say that Civilization 7's age transitions are the series' most radical and disruptive mechanic yet (www.pcgamer.com)
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[โ€“] OutlierBlue@lemmy.ca 23 points 2 weeks ago (6 children)

I'm not sure I want a 'soft reset' in the middle of the game. The whole point is to play one civilization through to victory.

When the age transition finally comes, it's like one game ends then another begins.

But why? If I wanted a new game, I'd go to the main menu and click "new game". I want to keep playing my existing one! I don't want to have to change civs half way through the game. I see that you get to keep some advantages, like your existing territory and commanders, but were people asking for this? I don't understand the appeal of this.

I can say that the question of whether this is the best iteration yet will probably be redundant until all the expansions roll out and we see the full vision enacted.

Indeed. At least I'll have the benefit of reading feedback from 5+ years of DLC and expansions until they bundle it all into a reasonable "complete" edition and I pick it up.

[โ€“] Demdaru@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

Once read that Civ has a tiny little problem...and that is basically that each time they release a game, it's done. That's it, there's nothing more to add in sensible manner. So instead of FIFA approach, they try to slightly shake up the rules of the game with each version, change some mechanics, add some mechanics, maybe even drop some of them.

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