Path: ...!local-1.nntp.ord.giganews.com!Xl.tags.giganews.com!local-3.nntp.ord.giganews.com!news.giganews.com.POSTED!not-for-mail NNTP-Posting-Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 18:32:10 +0000 From: Rin Stowleigh Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action Subject: Re: OT: Civ VII worth the money? Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2025 14:32:14 -0400 Message-ID: <6n0ovjdfp7bubuo7msishch1rqp6gheecg@4ax.com> References: <14unvj5jm42fpmoopl9oatir7v0dvggv5k@4ax.com> X-Newsreader: Forte Agent 4.0/32.1071 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Lines: 20 X-Usenet-Provider: http://www.giganews.com X-Trace: sv3-xe1ruyXSM/T/6OCq2G7roaLNBmeUc6HnM2g1WvAoax32AE4YZ1IleE1kz226w67w6/E8nBlgfWEch3P!kOfIsIW+mPxQc5d22rQbo9wrsYFnfLxS7WXIOV3dv3qR3xOJNxUxVJ0QzRSVhvfUVI+3 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: 1903 On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 13:48:07 -0400, Mike S. wrote: >On Sun, 13 Apr 2025 10:42:18 -0500, Mandrake the Perihelion > wrote: > >>I play Civ IV quite a bit and am starting to play Civ VI some more. It >>used to run my fan too much for comfort, but I've noticed as the PC >>constantly updates that games that were hard on the fan are now at a >>comfy rate. I'm talking about those updates like to the BIOS and >>Windows 11 that come out about twice a month. That's where I suspect >>the savings are coming from. > >I wouldn't buy it right now. Everything I have learned about this game >tells me that it needs work. I came to the same conclusion. If you want a Civ like game that's different than Civ, check out Old World. It's $10 on Steam right now.