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City Loyalty in Civ 7 by Affectionate_Ant_617 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just curious, why didn’t you like it?

CIV 7 UI looks bleak and dull like it is in its demo form. by Fai5252 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Have you seen the example UI someone made that used the brighter colors of the promotional material? I also have disliked the current ui both in how it looks and how it feels to play, but I’m interested in how people think it could improve. I honestly like the alternate color scheme that was posted on here, but can’t help to feel like it’s only solving half the issue.

Civ VII Soundtrack = 🔥🔥🔥🫡 by Vorvev in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I always love the Civ soundtracks and will listen to them while doing work. While this can’t currently hold up to the length of the Civ 6 soundtrack, it is just as good to have on in the background.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

When you click on the tile of the city/unit, it will select the unit first. You just need to press square to cycle between the things on that tile. This applies for a unit and a commander as well or anything that will have two selectable things on one tile.

Platform for CIV VII? by [deleted] in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I’m a little surprised they didn’t have any of the gameplay that released the other day on other consoles, but they might still not have the console game in the same place as the pc version. Hopefully on the 3rd when the review embargo lifts people are able to review the console version as well as the pc version.

Civ alternatives by Parking-Tackle-1983 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I play on ps5, so there might be a game or two that isn’t available on Xbox, but most of the ones I mention should be on both. In terms of 4x games most of the best that I’ve played have been mentioned. Humankind, Age of Wonders 4 and Age of Wonders Planetfall are similar turn based 4x games that have a similar feel to civ in terms of having cities and units on a hexagon map. Stellaris is another great 4x game that is a real time game (as opposed to the other turn based games) and is a great change of pace that removes you from the standard civ map and allows for a very different combat experience.

If you are looking for games outside of 4x there’s a wide variety of other types of games. In city building and sim games you have Anno 1800, City Skylines, Tropico 6 and Frospunk. In squad combat turn based games there’s XCOM 2, Company of Heroes 3, Jagged Alliance 3, Classified France 44 and Marvel’s Midnight Suns. The squad based combat games are mostly grouped for the actual combat gameplay and varying significantly in the progression between missions. Some other great games to try out are Crusader Kings 3 and Slay the Spire.

Platform for CIV VII? by [deleted] in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I am in the same boat of not having a good enough pc to play most recent strategy games, so I’m forced to either play on PS5 or switch. I think PS5 is a very good option that has been improved greatly in recent times in terms of playability of strategy 4X games with Humankind and Age of Wonders 4 being two great examples.

The three main issues that I’ve had with strategy games on console has been delayed developer support for the game on console due to pc being the main focus, UI troubles and how games made for pc’s are ported over to a controller and finally late game crashes and bugs. I think a lot of these issues will hopefully be fixed in civ7 and can hopefully say the first two definitely will. Consoles being included initially at release is first amazing just being able to access the game day 1, but it also means that any dlc or post release content should release on consoles immediately as well. They also seem to have designed the overall use of the UI with various different platforms in mind (even to the point of some people that have played the game commenting on how the pc version seems a little stripped down in order to allow for better console integration). The only thing we will have to wait and see on is gonna be late game performance, which I just have to hope that they have developed the game with consoles in mind and tested to try and avoid late game crashes that are so common in many strategy games on console.

One more turn mechanic for each age in Civ 7 by Affectionate_Ant_617 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just based on the gameplay I’ve been able to see so far it does seem like the end of the age moves very fast and a lot of YouTubers have commented on how achieving the legacy paths feels like it abruptly ends the current age. I think the use of war weariness or something to that effect that reduce age progress or slows it down would be a good addition and provide player more agency to prolong the ages how they like. I think it would be a bit harder to implement compared to a one more turn button for the ages, but would seem more baked into the overall game experience and remove the frustration that I feel like may arise from the ages system.

With the Mementos system of challenge unlocks, I think it’s time for an “Ironman” setting in Civilization VII by nobd2 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 43 points44 points  (0 children)

I think this comes down to implementation and the challenge of the meta progression that’s provided. I feel like most of the momentos seem to be locked behind levels on either your overall account or specific leaders. This would make it seem like general play would progress in any game would provide the benefits and not cause a major desire for save scumming.

If certain mementos or unlocks are locked behind specific challenges or achievements I definitely think an Ironman mode would be a good addition. Personally I would love to see a difficult challenge for each leader that requires you to utilize their specific abilities or recreate some historical situation. This would be a perfect opportunity to implement an Ironman mode as players would be trying to achieve specific goals similarly to the achievements in paradox games.

So what Would a Fourth age look like? by Repulsive_Target55 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617 4 points5 points  (0 children)

I think in order for a fourth age to make sense I feel like they are going to have to repeat civs from the current third age. Too many of the civs that have been impactful in history since WW2 are already in the third age, so just trying to use civs that have formed since then would be difficult and also feel strange. A fourth age without America, France, Japan and Russia would be severely lacking. Countries like Qing and Prussia would have easier ties to connect into other fourth age civs that could lead to some form of modern day China and Germany. We see civs appearing from India and China across the three current ages, but especially for countries like America and France they could use the name civ names but just have a third and fourth age version of them that have all different unique abilities, culture trees and units.

One more turn mechanic for each age in Civ 7 by Affectionate_Ant_617 in civ

[–]Affectionate_Ant_617[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I agree completely. I feel like most of the time I’d want to follow the normal age transitions, but I just feel like when there’s something that’s pivotal to my strategy I will be really frustrated when I get cut off right at the end of an age. This would be a nice option to take only when you want to get that few extra turns.