Removing it will be easy, but I think then the future era techs will have to be revised to still be relevant, since my current understanding is they mostly enhance the GDR. Though I don't think we've had an in-depth look at that era yet so I'm likely completely wrong.
I personally am looking forward to it but I can understand why you'd want to remove it. I might like to try a few games without it too.
They're obviously showing it off in the livestream.
Nukes are also irrelevant to most games too. If either makes an impact in the game, something is wrong.
I'm not a professional, but I suspect it will be an easier feat of engineering to construct a giant death robot than to send a viable human colony to another star. No nation in the world has ever won a "culture" or "religious" victory, and it's debatable what that would even mean in IRL terms, since time would continue to see these change.
Why are those things not an issue for immersion? What self-consistent framework of "immersion" allows for interstellar travel and culture victories, but can't have GDR?
That said I would prefer modern hardware or "better" versions of that. Less done to death and whatnot.
I'm not a professional, but I suspect it will be an easier feat of engineering to construct a giant death robot than to send a viable human colony to another star. No nation in the world has ever won a "culture" or "religious" victory, and it's debatable what that would even mean in IRL terms, since time would continue to see these change.
Why are those things not an issue for immersion? What self-consistent framework of "immersion" allows for interstellar travel and culture victories, but can't have GDR?
That said I would prefer modern hardware or "better" versions of that. Less done to death and whatnot.
Most people that are defined by the geek or nerd descriptors (which especially includes video game players) are very pro "sci-fi" or very sci-fi friendly. Some of us, myself included, hate sci fi stuff. Zombies, goofy beam sabers and guns, rocket boots, giant death robots, etc.
Sci-fi as a whole is cheesy and tends to be used in a cheap/lazy manner. Take Batman for example. Have a tough problem to resolve? Ok, lemme make a antidote, device, or a spray can that can make it all go away or capture the bad guy.
There are so many zombie shows and movies that it makes me want to vomit. It's hard enough avoiding conversations with coworkers or friends that are extremely excited to tell you about the a latest episode, do I really have to see it in my favorite historical based game? Zombies can never talk, so it is a half written story by default. Sometimes no story at all.
I also do not want to see a crappy version of Hideo Kojima's Metal Gear be the last weapon my civilization can use to win a game either.
It's just lazy research, writing, etc.
We have hypersonics, AC 10, AC 130 Gunships, Naval based Railguns, fancy missile systems like the Russian S400/S500. None of that cool enough? Battle drones that are quiet and remotely controlled. We already have this stuff. Satellite tungsten rods or re-entry nukes?
I could go on and on, but they had a TON of things they could look at. They could have watched a few episodes of Future Weapons and did better than a cheesy giant robot.
Just because perhaps a slight majority of you guys like this stuff does not mean the rest of us are willing to overlook it just because it comes so late in the game. It does not even fit our human history. In 2019 we can easily see with zero difficulty that giant nuclear robots or Gundam battle mechs will not be part of any countries military whatesoever. Ballistic missile technology pretty much ruined that tired and played out concept from the early 1980s. I kinda give them a pass for it in the previous games, but by now? Come on man! Let it go already.
If either makes an impact in the game, something is wrong.
Yes. The game.
Seriously, if any component of the game, or mechanic, or unit, or whatever, does not make an impact in ANY game, at all, then the game is wrong.
Yes. The game.
Seriously, if any component of the game, or mechanic, or unit, or whatever, does not make an impact in ANY game, at all, then the game is wrong.
I mean, when was the last time you even built a stealth bomber?
For example, stopping tech research 60% through to wait for a boost, chopping while building ships in order to rush production of a district, or leaders being angry with me for not spreading my brand new religion which I have had no opportunity to spread outside my capital, are more immersion breaking to me.
This is all besides the point I'm making though.
If people are playing efficiently, they will never see it come into play.
If people are playing inefficiently, they probably won't see it come into play either.
There are many, many messages on here and reddit where people state they simply never finish games.
I mean, when was the last time you even built a stealth bomber? How long does a game last after you reach future tech?
The idea that it's going to ruin anyone's game, is frankly, a figment of people's imaginations because the way I see it people pretty much have to go out of their way for that.
Civ6 doesn't have stealth bombers, much to my dismay. Civ5's stealth bombers looked so much cooler than Civ6's jet bombers.![]()
That may not be true at all. They intentionally stretched out the game and added a new Future Era. They eliminated chop overflow exploit mechanics. You are not going to chop out a ton of heavy cavalry and scrub the entire map clean anymore.
You even have the new mechanic that requires a certain amount of strategic resource so that you can build or upgrade those units!
We are going to be forced to see the endgame or at least be forced to play probably up to 50 more turns more than usual.
What we do not know, is if you can completely ignore diplomacy and wipe the entire map out like Acken did playing CIV5 with China from turn one.
As soon as this game comes out, that is what I will be trying first. I want to see if I can handle pissing off the entire group of AIs and if they can even stop me flat out or bankrupt my war machine. THAT would help your argument if it will be possible to do this because I should be able to win before the Atomic Era at a minimum.