Civilization VII, one month later: The community and developers chime in

[sonicmyst]

Civilization VII, one month later: The community and developers chime in

Executive Producer Dennis Shirk talks with Ars about the state of the game.

arstechnica.com

 

[The_J]

For a summary:
In this article in Ars Technica Dennis Shirk talks about the current state of the game, that they are aware that the interface is lacking, their decision to hire sukritact, the challenges with making everything work also on the different consoles, and the necessity to keep tweaking and balancing the game further.

EDIT: They also refer to the reddit, and not to us, so I hate them and we should boycott them lol.
(not meant seriously)

 

[marius_kaparius]

I’ve read article, is the Subreddit really as optimistic as they say? That doesn’t square with my experience on Reddit.

 

[AD1730]

I’ve read article, is the Subreddit really as optimistic as they say? That doesn’t square with my experience on Reddit.

No, the subreddit is far more negative about the game than this forum is.

 

[civlateintothenights]

No, the subreddit is far more negative about the game than this forum is.

The article is very generous to Firaxis, and almost reads like a puff piece - I struggled to keep reading when the Ars writer wrote that "Firaxis has been releasing patches to address complaints. For example, patch 1.1.0 on March 4 fixed some visual problems with the technology tree..." That tech tree UI is still horrific with broken lines.

 

[Isca Dumnoniorum]

The tacit admission they broke from the 33% rule was surprising. I wonder if they’ll stick closer to it in future, given the problems pushing the New quotient has caused.

 

[pokiehl]

I’ve read article, is the Subreddit really as optimistic as they say? That doesn’t square with my experience on Reddit.

Discussion in the subreddit seems quite a bit more positive in tenor.

 

[Noble Zarkon]

That tech tree UI is still horrific with broken lines.

It's still not perfect but there's no denying they fixed some issues.