Brainiac
Chieftain
So, Civilization games were always about reaching a Kardashev level 1 (type I) civilization. Or probably more like a level 0.8, but you get the picture. You win the game by achieving actual or de facto dominance over an entire planet through any means, thereby giving your civilization access to basically all of the planet's resources.
And then what?
A civilization does not end at Kardashev level 1. It might fail, but baring that it will likely progress on to level 2 and 3 (solar system and galaxy, respectively). Winning a game of Civ and thereby losing that cool civilization you just built all the way from the stone age always annoyed me.
And I know, there are some very fine games available for playing with civilizations on a galactic level. But how about some continuity from that game of Civ you just won?
I am not talking including playability from Kardashev level 0 to 3 in one game. The game interface for playing towards level 1 would inherently need to be a planet-wide overview. Playing towards levels 2 and 3 requires a game interface so different that it will be a completely different game, anyway.
But on winning a Civ 7 game, it should be possible to boil the state of the planet and your civilization down to seed data for a galactic level game, naming conventions and so forth continuing. The win condition met informs your civilization on the galactic stage. A science victory leads to a science-focused galactic civilization etc. Coming from a Civ game, you will always be the human race on the galactic stage, but if you transcended, you enter the galactic stage as a machine civ.
Maybe Firaxis makes its own galactic level game to ensure continuity of civilization all the way up to a Kardashev level 3 civ. Or they team up with one or more of the major galactic game titles already available. Maybe from a won game of Civ 7, you can create seed data for all of the major galactic game titles, so that you can "continue" your game any way you like.
At the same time, in Civ 7, skip the future era. It was never very good in Civ games, anyway. Stop the game when humanity as a whole reaches Kardashev level 1, whether as a unified civilization or as the combined factions of humanity.
And then what?
A civilization does not end at Kardashev level 1. It might fail, but baring that it will likely progress on to level 2 and 3 (solar system and galaxy, respectively). Winning a game of Civ and thereby losing that cool civilization you just built all the way from the stone age always annoyed me.
And I know, there are some very fine games available for playing with civilizations on a galactic level. But how about some continuity from that game of Civ you just won?
I am not talking including playability from Kardashev level 0 to 3 in one game. The game interface for playing towards level 1 would inherently need to be a planet-wide overview. Playing towards levels 2 and 3 requires a game interface so different that it will be a completely different game, anyway.
But on winning a Civ 7 game, it should be possible to boil the state of the planet and your civilization down to seed data for a galactic level game, naming conventions and so forth continuing. The win condition met informs your civilization on the galactic stage. A science victory leads to a science-focused galactic civilization etc. Coming from a Civ game, you will always be the human race on the galactic stage, but if you transcended, you enter the galactic stage as a machine civ.
Maybe Firaxis makes its own galactic level game to ensure continuity of civilization all the way up to a Kardashev level 3 civ. Or they team up with one or more of the major galactic game titles already available. Maybe from a won game of Civ 7, you can create seed data for all of the major galactic game titles, so that you can "continue" your game any way you like.
At the same time, in Civ 7, skip the future era. It was never very good in Civ games, anyway. Stop the game when humanity as a whole reaches Kardashev level 1, whether as a unified civilization or as the combined factions of humanity.