this will probably change in the future, since civ titles have historically always suffered from bad launches, but dear god this is the first one that's glaringly bad enough for me to write a negative review about it. the best way to describe civ 7 is "underbaked" - the UI is unfinished, the mechanics feel poorly thought out (why do diplomatic relations reset between ages?!), the world generation is completely lacking on every front.

i'm willing to concede that the game looks amazing, but that said the only reason to play civ 7 over civ 6 or 5 at this point in time is if you like pretty graphics.

give it another year and maybe an expansion or two and i'm sure that the game will be in a better spot. however, it's completely unjustifiable for Firaxis/2K to be charging ~$100-160 for what is essentially a complete and total downgrade from a gameplay perspective. it's unfortunate that this appears to be the worst-launched civ product to date, since it also appears to be their biggest launch yet.

this will probably change in the future, since civ titles have historically always suffered from bad launches, but dear god this is the first one that's glaringly bad enough for me to write a negative review about it. the best way to describe civ 7 is "underbaked" - the UI is unfinished, the mechanics feel poorly thought out (why do diplomatic relations reset between ages?!), the world generation is completely lacking on every front. i'm willing to concede that the game looks amazing, but that said the only reason to play civ 7 over civ 6 or 5 at this point in time is if you like pretty graphics. give it another year and maybe an expansion or two and i'm sure that the game will be in a better spot. however, it's completely unjustifiable for Firaxis/2K to be charging ~$100-160 for what is essentially a complete and total downgrade from a gameplay perspective. it's unfortunate that this appears to be the worst-launched civ product to date, since it also appears to be their biggest launch yet.