Hotseat will not be available in Civ VII — A plea to FXS_Sar and Game Devs (POLL)

[Olle Wernersson]

Hotseat was unknown to me until I read this post earlier today. We decided to give it a try and ended up playing for an hour just now, which we enjoyed. It might be something we continue doing from time to time until Civilization VII arrives.

 

[Barbarian King]

No hotseat is disappointing news. I probably wouldn't have use for it now, but it's how I got into Civ (playing hotseat at a friend's house) and how I mostly played Civ growing up (with friends and family). Hopefully they patch it in so people can still enjoy such games in the future.

 

[Alexander the Alright]

I've had the same history with the series as the OP, except I don't think I've ever played hotseat. Still, I think not having it is stupid.

Some people obviously like it, it's a natural thing to have, and there's no reason not to have it.

The implementation of it ought to be close to trivial: save game, edit save file to change which player is playable, load save file - just add a screen off the main game menu to set it up. You could probably even write a script that does it manually even if it's not in the game, as long as the save file isn't encrypted. Hell, I wrote my own 4X game for fun a few years back (in python of all stupid decisions I've made), never finished it, but I still had a hot-seat game mode in it. It's that easy to do.

Agreed. I would love to see a convincing argument from a dev to defend the reasons for the removal.

 

[Professor Phobo]

Almost certainly it's just the numbers indicate the people who use that feature are such a minority that the development time necessary to include the feature (for launch at least) isn't something they wanted to do.

Sort of like how split screen multiplayer has largely died out on consoles. That being said, they should include hotseat, that would be nice.

 

[lymond]

Moderator Action: Please note that two Hotseat-related threads were merged per agreement of both OPs. The poll from Vandlys thread was included. The OP post here has modtext as well regarding the change. Cheers - lymond

 

[aieeegrunt]

Almost certainly it's just the numbers indicate the people who use that feature are such a minority that the development time necessary to include the feature (for launch at least) isn't something they wanted to do.

Sort of like how split screen multiplayer has largely died out on consoles. That being said, they should include hotseat, that would be nice.

There was a massive, massive backlash to this being removed from Halo Infinite, to the point where Gearbox made it a marketing feature that Borderlands still has it.

 

[Alexander the Alright]

There was a massive, massive backlash to this being removed from Halo Infinite, to the point where Gearbox made it a marketing feature that Borderlands still has it.

Would love that kind of action on Civ VII. Giddyup. We ride at dawn.

 

[Professor Phobo]

There was a massive, massive backlash to this being removed from Halo Infinite, to the point where Gearbox made it a marketing feature that Borderlands still has it.

That's good. I fondly recall playing Halo CE with my brother back in the day.

 

[aieeegrunt]

Would love that kind of action on Civ VII. Giddyup. We ride at dawn.

I have fond memories of the xbox one launch at E3, where the backlash was so severe that the xbox team literally had to redo their entire business plan on the spot, with Sony taking hilarious pot shots from the sidelines.

 

[Alexander the Alright]

I have fond memories of the xbox one launch at E3, where the backlash was so severe that the xbox team literally had to redo their entire business plan on the spot, with Sony taking hilarious pot shots from the sidelines.

I don’t need to hurt Sid or Firaxis. I just want the community’s voice and response to bring a change.

 

[Patrick the Sort of Okay]

Extremely surprised that hotseat isn't a feature. About half my multiplayer games I play hot seat. Hopefully they hear community feedback and add it post launch if it's not feasible to do at launch.

 

[aieeegrunt]

I don’t need to hurt Sid or Firaxis. I just want the community’s voice and response to bring a change.

Nobody said anything about hurting anyone. If constructive criticism is hurtfull we have bigger problems

 

[Wyvern_Parade]

I never use hot seat, but I hope it makes it into the game for those who do. And I can definitely see it being added in later if it's not available at launch.

 

[Mr Jon of Cheam]

I also never used hot seat but it seems like an easy and harmless addition, I don't understand why they would remove it. I hope this changes.

 

[tedhebert]

I'd like to see an "I've never ever played multiplayer civ" in there

That being said, I DO understand how hotseat works and why it's brilliant, and do hope that the mode lovers do get it at launch

 

[Alexander the Alright]

Nobody said anything about hurting anyone. If constructive criticism is hurtfull we have bigger problems

I'd like to see an "I've never ever played multiplayer civ" in there

That being said, I DO understand how hotseat works and why it's brilliant, and do hope that the mode lovers do get it at launch

I didn’t make the poll otherwise I might have. I’ve never actually played a multiplayer game OTHER than hot seat before. I don’t know how people have time for online games with each other or can coordinate enough with strangers to maintain a game with multiple sessions.

 

[J_Kovic]

I'm very sad as this is a deal breaker for me. I was very excited for CIV 7 as it would offer something new to play with my fiance, but with no Hot Seat that will be impossible and I have no reason to buy Civ 7. I'll buy it after it gets Hot seat, or maybe never if it never comes.

 

[Ordnael]

Only played CIV VI multyplayer once, and it was hot seat on the Nintendo Switch with the missus.

 

[AntSou]

How can there be no hotseat if there will be firetuner for modding? (or equivalent)

Hotseat is how I was able to enjoy the game in the last few years, as I was no longer sufficiently engaged by the AI. I would have been considerably more vocal about the state of mechanics like Monopolies and Corporations if it weren't for hotseat.

But I have been playing hotseat both multiplayer and solo since HoMM3. It gets to a point where I just enjoy being in control of everything.

It's true sandbox.

(In fact, hotseat is so dear to me I forced it into HoI4 because I was tired of getting to Moscow effortlessly. So I played both sides simultaneously. It worked, mostly.)

 

[palacze]

this is an article from aug 28 th on that topic.
Anybody can confirm?

Civilization 7 Confirms Important Multiplayer Feature

Sid Meier's Civilization 7 confirms the inlcusion of a very important multiplayer feature that fans have been constantly asking about.

gamerant.com