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From: JAB <noway@nochance.com>
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Subject: Re: Civ7 Is looking iffy...
Date: Wed, 5 Feb 2025 10:16:48 +0000
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On 04/02/2025 15:37, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
> How it all works together, I can't say. But these changes don't look
> appealing. The game doesn't FEEL like Civilization. It feels like an
> entirely different game that just happens to have the Civ brand
> plastered on it. Maybe I'll get it, maybe I'll play it... but I'm not
> as sure about that now as I was even a week ago.

The reviews I've seen have been fairly positive so far but I'm sure 
there will be purists who just won't like it as it's not the same a Civ 
<insert number here>.

To me it seems understandable as the devs really need to give people a 
reason to buy it beyond it's a Civ game and shiny new graphics has run 
its course quite some time ago.