I got this for free

[Pvt. Parts]

I bought a new PC and it came with a Steam activation code for Civ 7. I have been gaming for 30+ years but have never played any of the Civilization series. I see the reviews of this are very negative. Any advice for a complete beginner to the series?

[Necromancer]

Dont listen to anyone, play it, play it more, adapt and have fun.
Or dont, not everything is for everyone.
real advice: wait. CiV7 will evolve.

[Particles]

Have you ever played a game before that opens with a screen asking you to be open minded and not judge it too hard? That is literally in this game. The game's whatever but that's kind of the problem for a long running franchise that's captured the attention of strategy gamers for nearly three decades.

[Amethyst_Cat]

Give it a go. If you like it - great! If you don't like it, plenty of other games in the sea.

[Bandit17]

Necro speaks truth. I enjoy it and rest easy knowing it will only get better going forward but that doesn't mean you will like it. So try it and see for yourself or watch a streamer play it if you have time. One More Turn and potatomcwhiskey are a couple good ones but there are others as well.

While some of the negative reviews have good points many just want more civ5/civ6 and don't like changes to the formula they have grown up with. Civ 7 shakes the apple cart a bit but it's a ton of fun in it's own right imho.

[Macsen]

Goto YouTube and watch some of the guides there, helped me to get started

[PhalseDemeise]

Interesting. Sales are so bad they're just giving it away.

[lind]

Just try to play it. "Civilizations" never been difficult games, so you shouldn't have problems with it. Most negative reviews are from fans who don't like changes. Try it and if you don't like the game, give it away to someone (like me) =)

[RamboRusina]

Don't stress it. It's very casual friendly game. Where you build your towns has very little meaning, where you build your buildings has very little meaning and natural wonders don't really matter. Just turn off your brains and get to gaming civ 7 like it was intended.

[kensw]

Your Never having played the previous Civ games is probably a good thing- they changed so much many of the old hardcore fans Hated the changes. Might make it easier for you to like Civ 7.

[Rhapsody]

Originally posted by kensw:

they changed so much many of the old hardcore fans Hated the changes.

You're saying that as if it applied to all of us, but it doesn't.

[TheCr33pur]

Originally posted by kensw:

Your Never having played the previous Civ games is probably a good thing- they changed so much many of the old hardcore fans Hated the changes. Might make it easier for you to like Civ 7.

Not only that, there are some things in the game doesnt make sense and need to be corrected. Civ's vets and new players have been complaining about it. I would rather play Humankind instead of this garbage!

[hannibal_pjv]

The game is fine. Just we old civ players seems to be stuck in the past and not accept any changes to our beloved game franchise!
Quick tips.
Keep allways some influence power for meatings with new Civs. If you have 20 for that you can start with better relationship!
Build 2 scouts first and the one warrior. Use those scouts to find some nice bonus locations!
Try to keep your setlement near the max available!
Consentrate buidings that give production and science. Put those close to resource icon locations.
Try to put you unigue building to the same building slot
In military... your military leader is important. Keep him safe and keep him close. The more you have leaders, the more you can keep units from era to era.
Cities bs Towns... 50/50 is good starting point aka try to get about half of you town to be turned on cities.
And for that you need a gold... a lot of it!

Traders are really important in civ7. They give you more resources to boos your cities and towns! Build them to the max limit! I also tend to use my influence to get more trade opportunities from another civs.
Camels are the king! Try to get camels! ;)
Try to get usefull building all around you city center! It will be really usefull when you start hiring speacialist.
With these tips you should get started!

[yahboi1988]

Originally posted by Particles:

Have you ever played a game before that opens with a screen asking you to be open minded and not judge it too hard? That is literally in this game. The game's whatever but that's kind of the problem for a long running franchise that's captured the attention of strategy gamers for nearly three decades.

WTH are you talking about? Where is this screen? I have nearly 300 hours and have never seen this.

[Pvt. Parts]

Originally posted by PhalseDemeise:

Interesting. Sales are so bad they're just giving it away.

I should probably clarify: I spent thousands on the PC, so the game wasn’t really free. It was just a bonus, along with Assassin’s Creed: Shadows, which was also included. It was redeemed through Intel, since the computer I bought has an Intel CPU. It’s more about Intel trying to give people a reason to choose them over AMD.

[universecreep]

Statistics have proved that 90% of the fan base now has the mindset of "once bitten twice shy". Civ VII has made most of them unlikely to ever buy a civ game again.

There's a 70% chance that, Firaxis focuses on the Xcom series which is supported by a majority of the employees there.

Unfortunate.