Aristos
Lightseeker
But yes, the console generation and their needs affect PC gaming. It's not a new development, though.
I know it's not new, I just had hopes that it would not affect the civ series, but it did... Rev was the warning.
There is some hope though... Paradox does not seem ready to surrender their vision... they have problems with their initial releases, yes, but most of those problems can be tracked down to keeping their games complex and deep, which is core to their vision (as it was core to Sid's vision before). There is no need to make a hardcore game shallow when trying to "streamline" the UI, and Paradox has proven that in their last releases.
Soren had that vision. The new guy, well, he doesn't. Plain and simple. Or maybe he was pressed by the marketing "gurus", we will probably never know...