Never played Civilization

[nurlan2007944]

I see that many people are upset with C7, but is this game worth checking out by the player that hasn't played Civ ever?

[Silverlight]

It's the most complete base civ game in a while. Many of the Expansion features from prior Civ games are already in the base product.

6 on a steep sale may be another option, but some of the systems and art really don't stand up to the standard of the franchise and could be off-putting.

Much of that is removed in this entry and it feels more in-line with games like Civ 5

[nurlan2007944]

Originally posted by Silverlight:

It's the most complete base civ game in a while. Many of the Expansion features from prior Civ games are already in the base product.

6 on a steep sale may be another option, but some of the systems and art really don't stand up to the standard of the franchise and could be off-putting.

Much of that is removed in this entry and it feels more in-line with games like Civ 5

I like the overall style of C7 and hope that it is deep enough to be interesting, but not so in depth that it will be hard to understand what's happening later in the game

[TheNightglow]

Originally posted by nurlan2007944:

Originally posted by Silverlight:

It's the most complete base civ game in a while. Many of the Expansion features from prior Civ games are already in the base product.

6 on a steep sale may be another option, but some of the systems and art really don't stand up to the standard of the franchise and could be off-putting.

Much of that is removed in this entry and it feels more in-line with games like Civ 5

I like the overall style of C7 and hope that it is deep enough to be interesting, but not so in depth that it will be hard to understand what's happening later in the game

well, it is kinda hard to understand whats going on in 7, I was already pretty much lost in the first few turns
unlike the previous civ games, this one throws everything at you all at once in the very first few turns without really explaining any of it
though my brother had a completely different experience, even though we were playing multiplayer in the same game

while I was buried in notifications and quests and events with pending decisions and endless assaults by babarians, literally nothing was going on in my brothers civ at all, he never even ended up being given any of those quest things by the game... and I still dont know why the game gave me so many of them...

[tainawoman]

I think you should wait for the devs to patch it.
I love Civ 6 the most, it's my favorite iteration. You can really play how you want and it's a complete game. Civ7 is not a sandbox. If you like to be told what to do and when, choose the last one. Almost no freedom of choice here.

[nurlan2007944]

Originally posted by tainawoman:

I think you should wait for the devs to patch it.
I love Civ 6 the most, it's my favorite iteration. You can really play how you want and it's a complete game. Civ7 is not a sandbox. If you like to be told what to do and when, choose the last one. Almost no freedom of choice here.

Apart from some performance issues that I've read about, what exactly needs patching?

[Mr. Man!]

play civ4 + caveman2cosmos mod

[katzenkrimis]

Originally posted by nurlan2007944:

I see that many people are upset with C7.

But is this game worth checking out by the player that hasn't played Civ ever?

if you've never played it, then it is worth checking out.

The complainers are complaining that it isn't as good as their all-time favourite games.

The game hit an all-time peak just now. 59,452 people are playing it.

That number will continue to climb because it hasn't officially released yet. It's in early access for 5 days.

It's a good game if you have a powerful computer and a lot of patience. It's like playing a complicated, 3D version of chess.

It's very slow. After 12 hours I'm still on my first game.

Haven't even hit the Modern Age yet.

[Solvem Probler]

Originally posted by Mr. Man!:

play civ4 + caveman2cosmos mod

This, or vanilla Civ4 with the addons, or _at least_ Civ5.

[Cagey Bee]

I mean, yea, this game is a good starting point. I feel like a lot of the negativity around the game has to do with how it has changed versus the other games before it. If you have no prior experience, you'll have no bias. I'd definitely start here. I personally think you would enjoy starting here as opposed to the earlier games. The game is good. My only real caution against starting on 7 is that they really want you to spend a lot of money on it. They *really* want you to buy that $130 version, and I'm not so sure that it's worth $130 yet. I don't think the value of that $130 is super great and none of it is in yet, anyway. Buy the $70 version, unless the money isn't an issue or the homies really want you to play in the next 5 days.

[Marshal]

Probably the easiest to get into as it removes a lot of annoying micro allowing you to focus on strategy more. Does the UI need work? Yes, but other than that the game itself plays great and has a nice flow to it in my opinion.