***Sid Meier's Civilization VII***

I'm thinking of getting this. I didn't really get into Civ 6 but I played earlier Civ games.

Looking at CDKeys it seems a bit expensive but given the replayability of Civ games it isn't too bad.
 
Efour said:
Really milking it this time.
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Games like Civ VII take a lot of people a long time to make, and that cost goes up all the time. They need to make that money back. If you don't want/need the extra stuff, just buy the base game. It's not cheap either, but then it's a massive game.
 
Efour said:
Seriously my pence per hour played on civ games is pure value for money.

If you were to draw a pie chart of my life time spent on civ would probably be distributed
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Yeah the pence per hour played for the Civ series is impressive for me. That's why I'm not too squeamish of paying a decent amount up front. I'm still playing Civ6 and enjoying it, it's great on my laptop when travelling for work to unwind in the hotel.
 
I'll 100% buy this but I'm not enthused about some of the design decisions, such as switching Civs for each era. Only including our current age as a future expansion really smacks of a cashgrab as well. Leaders and Civs as DLC is one thing, but an expansion for an era that has been in all previous versions, and that we are actually livining in, seems a bit extreme.
 
jim5000 said:
I'll 100% buy this but I'm not enthused about some of the design decisions, such as switching Civs for each era. Only including our current age as a future expansion really smacks of a cashgrab as well. Leaders and Civs as DLC is one thing, but an expansion for an era that has been in all previous versions, and that we are actually livining in, seems a bit extreme.
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So why not wait, and get the "complete" game when all the DLC has been released ? You'll probably get it for a lot cheaper too.
 
jim5000 said:
I'll 100% buy this but I'm not enthused about some of the design decisions, such as switching Civs for each era. Only including our current age as a future expansion really smacks of a cashgrab as well. Leaders and Civs as DLC is one thing, but an expansion for an era that has been in all previous versions, and that we are actually livining in, seems a bit extreme.
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Hmm, you want a complete game for all that money? Sorry but they've gotta hold half of it back to rinse us later.

5 only really got good with the expansions, I can't really comment on 6 as I just didn't enjoy the base game enough to keep going. I am still half tempted with this, but not enough to risk a preorder.
 
xaldub said:
So why not wait, and get the "complete" game when all the DLC has been released ? You'll probably get it for a lot cheaper too.
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This is the way with civ games, especially as what you get at the start is never the best experience. It's always a major DLC in or two that actually makes the game worthwhile.

Edit: not saying they aren't enjoyable on release but from experience the major DLCs improved it so much that I would rather just wait to get it all together and cheap.
 
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Can't say I agree that Civ games need expansions to be good. Civ V was great from launch, it just got better as it was patched and expansions were added. YMMV.
 
Mr Jack said:
Can't say I agree that Civ games need expansions to be good. Civ V was great from launch, it just got better as it was patched and expansions were added. YMMV.
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That's not how I remember it. Civ 5 and 6 was barely average at launch and didn't get better till a fair few expansions and patches. Although I still think Civ 6 is the worst of all the Civ games due to the terrible AI.
 
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I found Civ 5 deeply boring at launch so many turns of just hitting return with nothing happening. Civ 6 with its very new mechanisms was much more playable form launch. I agree each add on expanded the game and I couldn't go back now but Civ 5 only became fun for me once the add ons were released.
 
I struggle to even think of playing 5 without economic and religious expansions.
Weird now thinking back.

I bought a deluxe civ6 so tbh im not sure what was free and what was dlc.
Im not fond of Apocalypse mode, pirates, zombies etc. its all crap tbh.

In some ways this feels like a return to civs roots producing influence and being able to split it up between science/economy/culture decisions.

I am still extremely dubious about 7.
The same was I was about beyond earth on release, but it did get better.

Still 6 will exist and for all it's flaws it's still probably my fav, or maybe even 3.... Weird choice I know.

4 I'll never forget watching 64 stacks of units headbutting fortified mech infantry for ages.
 
Well I've caved and put my pre order in, I know I'm going to enjoy it regardless of what level of complete it is on launch day.

Think V was the only one that I didn't have the complete hook for on launch day which is good going looking back on getting 3 all the way through to 6 in vanilla form
 
It looks like some streamers will be posting videos on the 16th of Jan, probably still under NDA and more than likely reading from a script etc. but might be worth seeing how the game looks/plays if anyone is waiting to see about pre ordering
 
I'm not sure about this, watched some videos and got me thinking, maybe the first CivGame in the whole franchise I may not buy straight away. Sort of reminds me of crusader games or was it old world. I may get it but I'm not hooked with the way it's changing, I think maybe civ6 started this change?
 
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