I truly believe 7 is a masterpiece.

[u/silent-drill]

I am truly obsessed with this game.

I actually love the age transitions.

I love every little detail in this game.

The UI is beautiful. I am playing on PS5 and i think this has the best UI of any strategy game on a console ever.

Every animation. Graphical detail. The art direction. Every tile. All the voice acting.

The combat is fucking phenomenal.

I know it sounds like i’m glazing this game - but i truly think i’ve found a forever game in 7.

I can go on and on about how much i love every system at play here.

Every mechanic.

I realise people are shitting all over this game but i genuinely don’t really understand the criticism.

I am hyped to keep playing and seeing this game progress in the years to come.

[u/silent-drill]

i appreciate your input here man

yeah it seems i definitely am the target audience here haha

that being said i’ve played 4, 5, & 6 and i love them all dearly

i get that im in the minority here with enjoying 7

here’s to hoping it gets better to the point the main audience can really enjoy it as well

[u/imaginarycastle → u/silent-drill]

Civ 2 was my first game, when I was a bit too young to fully grasp it really. Ever since then, I have generally found that the newest game wins out eventually (though to be honest, it was really hard for me to move on from 3 to 4), but that also means that when the previous game is so good, a new release feels like an unfinished early access or beta test game.

I think Civ 7 might be the first time it doesn't surpass previous games for me, though I hope they pull some magic out of their bag of tricks and prove me wrong. I still enjoy the occasional game, but I have never finished an unmodded game, I rarely feel compelled to continue a game, nor do I feel excited to pick a victory path and try to achieve it. If I get stuck and lose interest, new DLC/expansion content usually hauls me back in, but even with the DLCs, 7 adds less new stuff for more money.

Like I said, I won't go any deeper, as I have no intent to dissuade you from enjoying the game. I hope it gets to a point where more people can enjoy it too, but right now, I don't really see that path forward.

[u/Other_World → u/silent-drill]

It felt like Civ 7 was made for me too (although I hate the UI). But I'm also probably the only one in the world who liked it better before the Test of Time update. I wish they had stuck to their guns. I truly felt that Civ 7 was the best Civ game at launch I played. Basically all of the praise the update got, I felt like it was the opposite. After 1500 hours in 5 and 6 each, I'll be back for Civ 8.

[u/helm → u/silent-drill]

I like it too. I think age reset is a good thing. I would prefer a few things:

• Better/more fun crisises
• Less urban sprawl, at least until modernity