Civ VII Weekly Reveal Guessing Thread

[Evie]

I say Champlain for exploration-themed leader. Also give the French an option who can be described as "not friggin Napoleon", while giving Canada (which definitely isn't getting a civ anytime soon and probably ever) a nod.

 

[j51]

I say Champlain for exploration-themed leader. Also give the French an option who can be described as "not friggin Napoleon", while giving Canada (which definitely isn't getting a civ anytime soon and probably ever) a nod.

I’m guessing Canada will get a civ eventually. The era system can let them put lots of post colonial nations in the game without having to stretch believability. (Although I’d rather they wait til the end of the game’s lifecycle.)

 

[The Fanatical]

No First Look today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864671096219312244

 

[Xandinho]

I’m guessing Canada will get a civ eventually. The era system can let them put lots of post colonial nations in the game without having to stretch believability. (Although I’d rather they wait til the end of the game’s lifecycle.)

If Canada is included in Civ7, I hope they make the Château Frontenac the associated wonder. The CN Tower or Biosphere would feel quite out of place.

 

[moysturfurmer]

No First Look today.

https://twitter.com/x/status/1864671096219312244

Might be a little too early to say so. We're due one this week, as per the Steam weekly recaps. They're usually posted at 9:00 PST. The linked tweet is what they call a Reactive Post that addresses some trend in a brand voice, in this case, the Spotify Wrapped thing going around.

 

[Historrick]

We're getting the reveal of the main theme at the Game Awards next Thursday, 7:30pm ET. Not sure if that's been discussed / officially revealed yet, but the news is already live when you load a game of civ.

 

[moysturfurmer]

Ibn Battuta

 

[Jeppetto]

I assume the main theme is what we have already heard in Cinematic Trailer, as they featured more epic/choral version of it in livestreams. And tbh it's a great theme, I definitely want to hear its non-trailer version.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

I had a feeling we would be getting a wildcard leader today. I didn't expect him to actually be a Wildcard Leader, though

 

[ButtBillionaire]

The deities must've heard the very well-timed discussion here about there being no famous explorers as leaders yet.

Funnily enough, while Marco Polo and Zheng He would both be good options, when I read the posts here I was thinking about options from civs not represented yet since both Italy (well, Florence) and China already have leaders. And Ibn Battuta was one of the exact options I was thinking of. (in addition to e.g. Leif Erikson, Pytheas of Massalia (didn't cross my mind that Greece is in fact in the game) or Fridtjof Nansen)

 

[uppi]

The deities must've heard the very well-timed discussion here about there being no famous explorers as leaders yet.

Funnily enough, while Marco Polo and Zheng He would both be good options, when I read the posts here I was thinking about options from civs not represented yet since both Italy (well, Florence) and China already have leaders. And Ibn Battuta was one of the exact options I was thinking of. (in addition to e.g. Leif Erikson, Pytheas of Massalia (didn't cross my mind that Greece is in fact in the game) or Fridtjof Nansen)

Next time write that thought down here and you'll be remembered for making that legendary call.

 

[Sagax]

Aaaaand it’s Ibn Battuta!

… can I pls get like half a point for predicting an explorer?

Come to think of it, for a new leader system that can now include any prominent figures, we sure haven’t gotten a single explorer by trade as a leader. And we’re at the end of the Exploration age reveals.

 

[Hellenism Salesman]

The first thing I thought of when I saw the reveal was that this thread would be unhappy. Cool surprise, though! Shows anything’s on the table

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

His wildcard attribute makes me think that Firaxis might give several or all Modern Age civs Wildcard attributes to avoid pigeonholing modern nations with traits that may insult resident players.

 

[Hellenism Salesman]

His wildcard attribute makes me think that Firaxis might give several or all Modern Age civs Wildcard attributes to avoid pigeonholing modern nations with traits that may insult resident players.

Plus it can just make for an easier representation of complicated figures like imperialist conservationist Teddy Roosevelt, who the devs said they struggled with in VI.

 

[Jeppetto]

His wildcard attribute makes me think that Firaxis might give several or all Modern Age civs Wildcard attributes to avoid pigeonholing modern nations with traits that may insult resident players.

,,What? My civilization is Scientific and Expansionist? Is Firaxis calling me a fat nerd subtly?"

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

,,What? My civilization is Scientific and Expansionist? Is Firaxis calling me a fat nerd subtly?"

I was thinking more like, "We are merely highly cultured, science-minded scholars, why is Firaxis calling us Expansionist and Militaristic just because we violently deprived our neighbors of their lands hundreds of years ago?"

 

[Sagax]

I was thinking more like, "We are merely highly cultured, science-minded scholars, why is Firaxis calling us Expansionist and Militaristic just because we violently deprived our neighbors of their lands hundreds of years ago?"

Very few of the (semi)confirmed modern civs in the game represent the same political entities operating today. If any attributes appear to be “insulting”, the more realistic reaction will probably be “well, yeah, that’s why we’ve deposed of them”. So I can see wildcards being a treatment for some, but definitely not all the modern civs.

 

[Krikkit1]

Very few of the (semi)confirmed modern civs in the game represent the same political entities operating today. If any attributes appear to be “insulting”, the more realistic reaction will probably be “well, yeah, that’s why we’ve deposed of them”. So I can see wildcards being a treatment for some, but definitely not all the modern civs.

Part of the reason I think we will see Prussia instead of Germany, Austria-Hungary instead of Austria, Ottomans instead of Turkey (or any of the rest of the middle east), Joseon instead of modern Korea, and maybe even Romanov instead of Russia (not really, it will probably just be Russian Empire)

 

[Krajzen]

On the other hand it would feel very strange if civilization game essentially ended on 1918 with its civilizations and historical leaders, avoiding last one hundred years of history (particularly most of 20th century) entirely

I don't want for the modern era to turn into some fin de siecle ancien regime 19th century colonial empires galore, I wanna see something from the interwar period and yes post ww2 era - Konrad Adenauer and his reborn peaceful German democracy, Dwight Eisenhower, Czechoslovakia, elements of the 20th century Polish history, modern India, anticolonial leaders etc.