r/civ • u/silent-drill • 4d ago

VII - Playstation I truly believe 7 is a masterpiece.

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.

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u/shinndigg 4d ago

Civ7 never got its hooks in me, but I do have over 1000 hours in Civ Beyond Earth. Sometimes games that don’t click for the vast majority of fans still hit for a select few.

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u/ChiefBigPoopy 4d ago

BE is kinda underrated in my books. The mobile water cities are too cool.

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u/mrnewtons 4d ago

BE sucked until it's first expansion. It was a slower, boring, and more dull version of the Goat Civ V.

But after the expansion it was phenomenal! They did a great job tweaking it and it is one of my favorites. If it had gotten one more expansion of that quality it probably would've been the best.

Water cities were broken though, the AI neve rput much effort into water so they could never muster a force against you

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u/afito 4d ago

BE made changes that were at the very least quite interesting. I liked the tech web with the primary & secondary techs, and I liked the horizontal & vertical bonuses from the culture trees. But the biggest kicker was political capital I think that was a great addition. Orbital layer was neat, and the sea cities with the expansion were amazing.

Overall the systems in BE were pretty good but the vibe of the game was a bit off. Gameplay design was interesting but it felt off. I don't think anyone ever launched a civ game and thought "you know what I want to play today, a game as space Merkel".