Civilization VII - Firaxis Developer Panel (PAX West - 8/31) Discussion

[Laurana Kanan]

Single player gets first choice of Civ on age transition.

 

[Disgustipated]

I pretty much assumed player would get first choice. That's the norm in civ games. Though I believe in Civ2 it was based on color?

 

[moysturfurmer]

Seems like the eras are wider than we believed? Turn one in exploration was shown to be 400 CE. Do we know when it ends? Two hundred turns in each age, max, so...

I would guess approx 1700 CE or so

 

[AntSou]

They picked a question about AI which means they feel confident about it. Dennis Shirk said they doubled the size of the team handling it.

 

[bite]

Lol, we made them pick Tamar

 

[Laurana Kanan]

Love the new fortification mechanic where you can swap fresh troops into a fortified tile.

 

[Laurana Kanan]

Developer Livestream on 9/12.

 

[Nikolai II]

September 12th, LIVE STREAM. LIVE GAMEPLAY.

 

[AriochIV]

I'm actually surprised that they revealed anything new. So points there.

 

[tedhebert]

SO it's over... didn't get the chance to free myself and watch it yet... apart from what is mentioned in the thread so far, what are your impressions on the panel as a whole ?

 

[AriochIV]

SO it's over... didn't get the chance to free myself and watch it yet... apart from what is mentioned in the thread so far, what are your impressions on the panel as a whole ?

It was 80% "developers, how do you FEEL?" and 20% actual information. But that was more than I expected, so hey.

 

[Stoic]

What are the biggest news?

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

What are the biggest news?

Probably confirmation of Normans, Chola, and Mughals (which are Modern, apparently). And a look at Exploration Age turn 1 with 4 Norman unique policies shown

 

[JR Magallanes]

Chola India is opening up a lot of civs for Southeast Asia (Champa/ Precolonial Philippines). I hope we get to be represented this time. Kudos from the Philippines!!!

 

[TheSpaceCowboy]

Albert Bierstadt is my favorite artist! I love that he and my second fave, Thomas Cole, were both cited as inspirations for the gorgeous art direction!!! And I hadn’t realized that Sarah was such a work of art herself!

 

[Disgustipated]

He still didn't go into how the map expands. That's the weirdest part of this game for me. I'm not sure how that's going to work and feel "organic". I don't mind the civ switching and all that, but it's still going to feel very "gamey" regardless. Not that the it wasn't gamey before. My thoughts are that no matter how hard they are trying, the transitions are always going to be a bit awkward.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

I couldn't watch. Will it be put up anywhere?

 

[pokiehl]

I couldn't watch. Will it be put up anywhere?

Yep, it's up on YouTube:

 

[Atlas627]

He still didn't go into how the map expands. That's the weirdest part of this game for me. I'm not sure how that's going to work and feel "organic". I don't mind the civ switching and all that, but it's still going to feel very "gamey" regardless. Not that the it wasn't gamey before. My thoughts are that no matter how hard they are trying, the transitions are always going to be a bit awkward.

They have said that they (currently, at least) always have another continent to go discover. Since Ages hardcap your tech progression, all they have to do is have that part of the map across an Ocean, and have the Oceanfaring tech be in the 2nd Age.

Separately, I think the French empire in Modern is also a new reveal, though we might've guessed via Napoleon.

 

[leif erikson]

Also on twitch:

edit - skip to the 16 minute mark, the first part is just waiting.