I know lots of people didn’t like Civ VI, but I still put more hours into that game than anything else in my Steam library apart from Civ V and Kerbal Space Program lol.
As long as they keep making them, I’ll keep playing them.
I have the opposite problem weirdly enough. I played a ton of Civ V, and have had a lukewarm aversion to Civ VI knowing it would be a huge time sink when I could be playing other games. Such as KSP. Which I also haven’t been playing for the same reason.
I’ve had it in my library from some bundle or sale for years now but it still feels like it’s much newer than it is to me. I’ve just played one or two games of V when I have to scratch that Civ itch.
There’s just too many games and too little time
‘It’s just one game of Civ Michael, how long could it take? 10 hours?’
I am a lifelong fan and it was a great game. I’m looking forward to 7 and hope my old ass computer can run it lol
I wonder what kind of changes they will make to this iteration. I know VI was a big change from V, but eventually I learned to enjoy the different mechanics and have a ton of hours logged.
My only request would be the same it’s always been: harder difficulties make the NPCs play better instead of just giving them bonus resources so they have amazing starts you have to rush to overcome.
But that sounds haaaaard to design…
Hey, maybe here’s an actual good use for AI, study how lots of people play strategy games, and teach a model to play at varying skill levels.
That’s exactly what I was thinking. If they can teach an AI to play GO, Civilization should be easy.
I’m kind of hoping for some asynchronous multiplayer features; Age of Wonders does this with some jank, but I think there’s room for a less jank / a more polished implementation.
I honestly can’t play civ anymore because the ai is completely braindead, so either you play in normal mode where there’s no challenge, or you play in hard mode where the rampart cheating makes the game unimersive and grindy
Wake me up when Alpha Centauri 2 drops.
I was just thinking about a Civ sequel this morning. I clearly willed this into existence, you’re welcome. /s
I didn’t play a lot of Civ after 2 until 6, where I played only a few games. I’m interested to see what they do with another one and if it can stuck me in.
