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What Civilization VII was missing: The Demographics Screen

Civilization III Demographics and Top Cities

The screenshot above showcases the demographic screen in Civilization III.

In the early 2000s, developers were not afraid to put out some statistics on a screen. It was a nice practical way of showing on how the world in your Civilization game was changing and who was on top in the battle for civilizational supremacy.

In Civilization VII, we get three mini games as a replacement for it.

Civilization VII was a game that burned brightly before being surpassed by both Civilization VI and V. I have already stated why I think that the game is one of the worsts mainline entries other than maybe Beyond Earth.

There are many reasons that I have gone into about why I do not like this game. However, one of the most important reasons why I had issues with it was that the change from a game with macro view of history to a game with micro views.

The game simply does not like you think about the people in the empire. It is a board game where you just move units around it. Civilization in a way has always been this way. However, with Civilization V, the game has been moving away from a balance of the macro and micro. Now we barely get macro. Micro is rather shallow and uninteresting.

The citizen’s faces are not there now. They are simply nameless, opaque icons to move on the screen. Nationality in Civilization III was also very important, and it gave a sense of character to the game.

Civilization VII’s developers need to keep the spirits up and think that there are no big issues with the game. However, the game is not garnering much attention. No matter how many updates that they make, the game is simply not going to be well remembered by gamers.

It was the Dark Age of the Civilization Series. The next game, Civilization VIII is going to made more quickly vs the time gap between Civilization VI and VII.

Civilization VII takes away all the nerdy aspects and shows what happens when you become too mainstream and forget your origins. This is a common problem throughout the industry now. There is no soul to the games only the smell of money hiding behind the corner of every pixel you see.

Civilization VIII needs to return to what made the games great and memorable even among people who barely even played video games.

I think that Civilization VIII will be a much better game and it will start the prosess of repairing the franchise but we are going to have wait and see.

Seven Helpful tips on How to Stream GeForce Now on Twitch

Oblivion Remastered Cloud Ruler Temple with the Blades

Oblivion Remastered is an excellent remake of the original game. When it comes to streaming from cloud gaming services, that is another story.

Cloud gaming has been around for some time now and is still struggling to some extent. It still cannot replace the smoothness of having your own computer playing a game from hard drives or solid state drives.

GeForce Now when playing Oblivion Remastered is clearly a mixed bag. The main issue is streaming the stream of video game. This puts more strain on the internet connection. The issue is once again using a Wi-Fi connection instead of Ethernet. I highly recommend using an Ethernet connection instead of using wireless connection. My house’s internet is Fiber and is very quick and efficient if on the wire, but it is slow when on the wireless connections at home.

At the moment right now, Cloud Gaming is still not a viable option for Twitch Streamers who do not have Ethernet ports. However, with Ethernet ports, this means of streaming cloud gaming becomes much more viable for players.

Solution for using Wi-Fi while streaming Cloud Streams of games on Twitch.

If you cannot use Ethernet at home or other places, you should maximize your wireless connections.

Buy a more powerful router which will allow you to use more bandwidth. Some older routers tend to have more limitations on how much data they sent through wireless signals.
Spend more on a Wi-Fi extenders which had help to bring more of your house into the range of the routers
Attempt to play at times where there is less traffic on the cloud gaming services.
Place your computer as close to the router as possible
Clear out any other bandwidth consuming activities on your computer.
Ensure that you are playing at a time where other family members are not consuming bandwidth at the same time as you
Purchase the Ultimate plan on GeForce Now for the most powerful remote computer so that it can somewhat mitigate performance issues relating to the running of the game.

The Demonic Realm of the Oblivion Gates: Oblivion Remastered’s Incredible Graphics and Style

In comparison with The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim, Oblivion is very different game in its style. Skyrim takes in a time of change, and it seems that the Septim Empire is no longer the great juggernaut that it once was. It is a time of the Nords reawakening to their ancient imperial past and the Imperials are finding themselves in an age of much greater competition than had existed in Oblivion.

The catalyst of this imperial decline and turmoil? The Oblivion Crisis caused by the Mehrunes Dagon, the Daedric Prince of Destruction. Unlike the other Daedric Princes, he is blatantly a chaotic and vicious entity and the amount of damage he caused by his armies descending upon the Septim Empire can’t really even be seen in the game. However, if we were to think about it realistically within the confines of the lore and culture, the Oblivion Crisis severely weakened the whole empire, causing the Mede Dynasty to come to power and the metaphysical strength of the empire gone and various Mer and Beasts rising to power in their various realms.

Unlike the Dragons in Skyrim, the Oblivion Plane of Mehrunes Dagon is a land of contrast with the land of milk and honey in Cyrodiil in spite of the bandits and the dangerous creatures walking around in that area.

When you enter the Oblivion Gates, the graphics of the Remastered Version showcase the power of the original design with a new coat of paint.

Many games do not even come close to how powerful this demonic realm appears to the player, especially in the new version.

Here is a gallery of photos showcasing the immense weight of the Oblivion Realm.

While it does not have much color variation, the details in the Remastered version are incredible; this is also only on the GeForce Now version. On more powerful computers, the quality must be even higher. The Oblivion Gates are huge contrast to the world outside; everything is twisted and vicious. Even the plants seem demonic and more akin to violence than giving life in this realm. There are no butterflies, no flowers, no lilac pads of any kind. It’s just black rocks soaring into the sky with rivers of lava everywhere.

This is a truly unique experience. It makes you understand why saving the world outside the Oblivion Gates is so important. Unlike the Dragons which are so easily hit by arrows in Skyrim, the separation of the Oblivion Gates from the regular world helps to provide the importance to the mission of the hero in this story.

There is nothing greater in Oblivion than being able to close those gates and reenter the world of Cyrodiil knowing you are standing against the forces of Mehrunes Dagon and engaging in a great struggle of survival.

It is what makes the game interesting and have the weight that has kept it fresh for so many years after its original release in 2006. Oblivion Remastered show that age on a video game can truly make some great wine that everyone wants to enjoy.