Path: ...!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 15:00:16 +0000 From: Spalls Hurgenson Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.strategic Subject: Re: Civ 7 Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2024 11:00:17 -0400 Message-ID: References: <9ki07jl8tq1pi344dnl5kp0akpboesehq6@4ax.com> <2d547j9ckjd4i8eaeg0t57a9fer5nh0bf9@4ax.com> <4lg57j130c3h3ojpbugbga83lt29973ae0@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 2.0/32.652 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Lines: 46 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-dQtqAb0aLG/t5+wynla18KVQJpnEH86E30U4Dn4EL1oh6JKELNnI3HvdlSU+9NIOnIaqqZp51r1SrfM!SU1sajDl0tFeatbFBO/Q4zn3Tex/3C7rUFgT26+dJ5Z2l1pI3b+q2ePrYiNPvP3Z95Ez55c= X-Complaints-To: abuse@giganews.com X-DMCA-Notifications: http://www.giganews.com/info/dmca.html X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Please be sure to forward a copy of ALL headers X-Abuse-and-DMCA-Info: Otherwise we will be unable to process your complaint properly X-Postfilter: 1.3.40 Bytes: 2976 On Tue, 16 Jul 2024 20:55:26 +0200, Samuel Söderberg wrote: > >Time passes by. > >I was surprised that they announced VII, since it felt like they just >released VI. > >Civilization VI is actually my favorite game in the series. I tend to >like that type of art style, and the districts are great. > >However, a new game is a new game, and hopefully it will exceed my >expectations. > I know, right? But Steam says it came out in 2016; that's eight years ago! That's close to twice the length of the average interval between Civ games. But because they keep flooding the market with expansions (and gold and platinum and GOTY and diamond and complete and ultimate editions) it seems like just yesterday. Not that's a new thing. From the start Civilization was repackaged and resold to us. Civilization, Civilization Master Players Edition, Civilization CD Edition, CivNet... the franchise has been milked to death! Which is probably why I just can't muster all that much excitement about the newest release. Sure, I'll buy it. Sure, I'll play it. Sure, I'll enjoy it. But after 30 years of the franchise, it's lost that spark that made it so exciting. They'll get my money regardless. 1991 Civilization 1996 Civilization II (1999 Alpha Centauri) 2001 Civilization III 2005 Civilization IV 2009 Civilization V 2016 Civilization VI 2024 Civilization VII ???