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“Just listen to the players” is a double edged sword You could end up like Overwatch, where balance patches were being dictated by a handfull of streamers/eSports stars and it turns into “oh crap, I killed a Genji one trick, here comes my nerf” Or the Halo MLG effect where nothing not a...

I mean it sounds awesome, but ya I don’t know if you can do that in a year

Civ3 may have had simpler mechanics, but the gameplay was fdeeper

AI in Civ took a massive nosedive after IV. This is an area that should be the priority

Maybe “trend” is the wrong term, I was referring to the overall average score of reviews being negative

It will take a lot of reviews to reverse the trend

The age reset ruins things for the storytellers way more than just a civ switch does You cannot seperate the two

It’s straight up denial Someone already did the math upthread, and for Civ7’s overall review trend to go up to a decent level would require an impossible landslide of almost entirely positive reviews. Arguing over fractions of a percent is missing the point, which is that the game both most a...

The popular perception of the game is that it is no longer a game where you build an empire to stand the test of time in an emergent sandbox. It’s Humankind in a Civ wrapper. That isn’t better or worse, it’s accurate. It’s no wonder so much of the playerbase refused to buy it.

This is a fundamental problem for sure. It completely changes the identity of the game

It’s going to be very tough. I think a “true classic” mode is the best option if possible. I’d try it out if it did, since I want to see how things like Commanders, the whole town and city thing, no workers etc work.

Failure should have consequences. The alternative is worse Hopefully after the examples of Halo, Fallout and now Civ the next time someone contemplates gutting the core identity of a franchise they’ll think it through. Add the Halo TV show and Rings of Power to that list. The mental...

The overlap is gonna be pretty small because they are really aimed at 2 different styles of gamers, even if in the same genre

Same

All of their games could