Tag: Civilization VII

Why Civilization VIII is going to be made quickly in comparison to the previous games.

With the release of Civilization VII floundering and clearly showing signs of failure, it is clear that Civilization VIII is going to replace it. The gap between Civilization VI and Civilization VII’s releases was 8 years. In comparison, previous Civilization games tended to be released 4 to 5 years apart. The gap between the releases of VI and VII is one of the reasons why VII was as successful as VI.

To elaborate on this, one has to understand that Firaxis was continuing to refine Civilization VI. Instead of making a sequel that was able to come out more quickly, they instead decided to spend time on entrenching it into the minds of gamers. This meant that if Civilization VII was not up to par, Civilization VI would serve as backup for many gamers. This is clearly what you are seeing now.

Civilization VII will need to be made quickly in order for the Civilization games to have any serious reputation amongst gamers. While the older games can still provide a great reputation for the series, the new game is so pedestrian in its appeal, I believe that the games will need a reboot in order remove the stain of Civilization VII. Even if people who support the game may not like it, they have to understand Civilization VII is at worst a detour which damaged the credibility of the series. It’s time for a fresh start and I think it would come sooner than one thinks with this game.

Why Civilization VII is a terrible game: Civilization VII should have been a PC-Centric Game

Civilization VI is better than Civilization VII because it is for PC Gamers and its shows in the terrain and size of maps.
A warrior unit exploring a diverse terrain in Civilization VII, featuring plains, hills, and water.

Civilization VII is continuing to fall in obscurity on Steam. The company, Firaxis Games is still living in a reality where they believe that the game is successful. However, it seems that they are more interested in pushing with their multiplatform games which are not selling on the charts. This inability to think critically about their game is why the game is doing so poorly with gamers. Civilization V is currently ahead of the game consistently now. Why is this? Simply because it is not a PC centric game.

Being a PC centric game makes sense for Civilization. When they announced this game, I was suspecting that the quality would suffer. I was right and I should have been more careful here. Civilization VII doesn’t even respect its title, its not about civilization but about city states. PC-centric games tend to be big in scale not just tiny mobile games. That is what Civilization VII is missing.

I think that we should understand what it means that the game is on all these platforms here. It means that the team is wasting their time trying to milk the game for all its worth and not trying to build something sustainable.

I honestly believe that Civilization VII is going to be dark age of the Civilization games.

It isn’t selling well, and it does not have big player base on Steam. Civilization VI is already ahead of it.

Civilization VII should be made for PC gamers and then they could move towards console games.

Console games have their own territory and PC games have theirs. The obsession with putting the game on Meta’s VR systems is just a sign of a company that isn’t serious about the game.

They no longer seem to care about their player base and just want to hide behind videos and screenshots.

It would be better if someone else would make Civilization from now on, because they are not doing a good job with it.

Civilization VI will still be the Emperor, while Civilization VII will be sulking in the shadows as a game that will be obscurity and a lesson in that game studio’s reputation depends on the gamers.