New Civ 7 logo found via Steam

[Askia Muhammad]

The logo was found here: https://steamdb.info/app/1295660/info/#assets

Looks really interesting! Any thoughts on the meaning?

This looks incredible

 

[Gori the Grey]

I wonder if the background marble were green or pink, if that wouldn't make the focal figure pop more effectively.

(Or maybe one of your Great Musicians is Procol Harum.)

 

[Nikolai II]

This looks incredible

It does, doesn't it?

 

[Lord Lakely]

It's a very pretty logo and my hard drive is crying for what it implies about the quality (and spec requirements) for the graphics.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

It's a very pretty logo and my hard drive is crying for what it implies about the quality (and spec requirements) for the graphics.

I'm hoping that the specs are going to be forgiving, we're not in an economical state where people can afford upgrades, if they wanna sell, they gotta keep it down. If they're using Unreal then we probably well be fine.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

By the way, if we are talking about assets on Steam, there's also the desktop icon:

 

[pokiehl]

That reminds me, the new "C" logo we're discussing in this thread and the original banner logo they revealed actually give me very different vibes.

 

[Leucarum]

We're speculating if the hexagons inside are different in meaning than those outside... There's 7 hexes in total, so given that it's civ7 would it make sense for them all to be representing something similar rather than 2 distinct categories?

 

[Gori the Grey]

Not too much human interest in the cover art: leaders, great people, your own population, units.

Not disparaging. Just noticing.

 

[pokiehl]

We're speculating if the hexagons inside are different in meaning than those outside... There's 7 hexes in total, so given that it's civ7 would it make sense for them all to be representing something similar rather than 2 distinct categories?

But the two sets are visually distinct. Again, this was a carefully crafted image and I don’t think inconsistency or asymmetry were the intent.

The outer ones are larger. The inner ones are smaller and surrounded by T-shaped brackets that make them look more like badges (like for victory types for example).

 

[bbbt]

It's a very pretty logo and my hard drive is crying for what it implies about the quality (and spec requirements) for the graphics.

Isn't it also launching on the Switch? It must have some sort of lower graphics mode...

 

[pokiehl]

One more observation: I am pretty sure the Science-y icon at 2 o'clock is a microscope, not a telescope or a beaker/flask.

 

[Gori the Grey]

It's a low-res graphic, or small, I should just say. When I magnify it, it's hard to see things. I could barely make out the tragedy comedy masks that Eagle saw. It looked like a double-helix to me. And for a while I was seeing your microscope as an inkwell with a feather-pen behind it.

 

[Core Imposter]

I wonder if there might be just one victory condition per age.

 

[pokiehl]

It's a low-res graphic. When I magnify it, it's hard to see things. I could barely make out the tragedy comedy masks that Eagle saw. It looked like a double-helix to me. And for a while I was seeing your microscope as an inkwell with a feather-pen behind it.

This is low-res to you? It’s no sweat to the forensic investigators we have here. Have you missed the recent threads where some of our users have have thoroughly deciphered nothing but blurry squares?

 

[Waykot]

We're speculating if the hexagons inside are different in meaning than those outside... There's 7 hexes in total, so given that it's civ7 would it make sense for them all to be representing something similar rather than 2 distinct categories?

I was waiting my validation to post exactly this. You beat me to it !

While I was looking at the logo, trying to find references in it, I was surprised not to see 7 or VII written. That's where it struck me that districts were actually the number.

 

[Leucarum]

But the two sets are visually distinct. Again, this was a carefully crafted image and I don’t think inconsistency or asymmetry were the intent.

The outer ones are larger. The inner ones are smaller and surrounded by T-shaped brackets that make them look more like badges (like for victory types for example).

Yup. Just playing devil's advocate. I am not sure what would make sense as a set of 7 things either. Unless Firaxis are making the first 7X game...

 

[Leucarum]

I was waiting my validation to post exactly this. You beat me to it !

While I was looking at the logo, trying to find references in it, I was surprised not to see 7 or VII written. That's where it struck me that districts were actually the number.

Interesting... I am skeptical-ish that it's districts since that was a marquee feature of civ6... That said, all of them make sense as districts except that 2 of them (hammer and chisel, and cogs) look like they'd most likely represent a production district in that case... If that were true then a district for tile improvements and one for production? Probably not.

We'd be lacking a holy site symbol too. And although it's been pointed out that the cadeuceus could be commerce, it's hardly the most obvious symbol for a commercial hub...

 

[pokiehl]

Maybe my focus on representing “completeness” is misguided. Even if we do assume all the inner ones are victory conditions, we’re definitely missing “score” victory.

 

[Leucarum]

It's a low-res graphic, or small, I should just say. When I magnify it, it's hard to see things. I could barely make out the tragedy comedy masks that Eagle saw. It looked like a double-helix to me. And for a while I was seeing your microscope as an inkwell with a feather-pen behind it.

I could also see it being an inkwell/pen.

In that case on the district suggestions it could be holy site, and the cogs science, leaving the chisel/hammer as production. But I'm skeptical still...

With victory types, we don't know if those are carried over. Who knows, this might be like humankind where there is only score victory and the hexes are the things that give you points. I mean I'd eat my hat if it's that but... Wild speculation is fun