Official announcement: Hot off the presses. Next Civ game in development!!!!!!!

[TheCleanerDragon]

Navigable rivers need to make a comeback.

Which Civ had navigable rivers? I don't remember those being a thing.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

I want to do Viking raids up rivers. Right now those inland districts are safe from the predations of my longships.

I've thought about it a little. Make them work for connecting trade routes, make them faster movement for land units; ships that can enter deep ocean cannot enter rivers, and ships that are only for shallow water can go in rivers.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Which Civ had navigable rivers? I don't remember those being a thing.

Civ II had it, I can't remember if III did. They used to go through the center of a tile instead of along the edges.

 

[TreVor_ish]

Also, if we get another version of World Congress with question marks for Civs, I'm gonna start a riot...

 

[Bechhold]

Also, if we get another version of World Congress with question marks for Civs, I'm gonna start a riot...

They honestly should have just copied the Civ IV process. The Apostolic Palace, then eventually the UN.

 

[TheCleanerDragon]

Civ II had it, I can't remember if III did. They used to go through the center of a tile instead of along the edges.

I haven't played Civ II so that explains why I don't remember them existing.

They honestly should have just copied the Civ IV process. The Apostolic Palace, then eventually the UN.

That would be nice. But maybe with a UI for it more like Civ5 or 6.

 

[Hellenism Salesman]

Somewhere in my heart (very far away from my brain ), part of me wishes that "hot off the presses" wasn't just referring to the news of a new Civ iteration* but the game itself.

Welp. Now we know for sure that they're working on a Civ game!

...now we wait until they tell us something meaningful about it

*which better be 7 if not for the two passes eating up spin-off resources but for the exclamation marks

 

[reddishrecue]

Great news and not only that.. they just started building civ 7. It's kind of silly to me that it says it just started since there's been speculation since a few years ago and we had thought that was it for civilization as we know it.

 

[Zaarin]

Also, if we get another version of World Congress with question marks for Civs, I'm gonna start a riot...

TBH I'd be happiest if the World Congress doesn't return at all. Civ5's World Congress was annoying and Civ6's was worse.

 

[James_Champagne]

What's exciting to me at least is that this will be the first new Civ game where I can follow the developments as they happen. I didn't really get into the series until 2018, when I started playing V, then later VI (a few months after the Rise and Fall expansion was released). I remember when Gathering Storm was announced I enjoyed watching the new leader/civ videos every couple of weeks: I imagine it must be even more fun for the base game.

There are some things I hope carry over, like the districts, how when you discover a mountain or river or desert or whatever it's given a name appropriate to your civ, the timeline, stuff like that. Certainly there are some things I would like if they would bring back from older games, like V's demographics screen (luckily, someone made a mod for that for VI), or even add: I really wish that there was some kind of economic victory condition, and epidemics would be nice. Maybe some new leaders would be nice as well: I would LOVE to see Akhenaten for Egypt, for example.

I just wonder if the music will possibly be able to top VI (which I rank as one of my Top Ten favorite game soundtracks of all-time).

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

What's exciting to me at least is that this will be the first new Civ game where I can follow the developments as they happen. I didn't really get into the series until 2018, when I started playing V, then later VI (a few months after the Rise and Fall expansion was released). I remember when Gathering Storm was announced I enjoyed watching the new leader/civ videos every couple of weeks: I imagine it must be even more fun for the base game.

There are some things I hope carry over, like the districts, how when you discover a mountain or river or desert or whatever it's given a name appropriate to your civ, the timeline, stuff like that. Certainly there are some things I would like if they would bring back from older games, like V's demographics screen (luckily, someone made a mod for that for VI), or even add: I really wish that there was some kind of economic victory condition, and epidemics would be nice. Maybe some new leaders would be nice as well: I would LOVE to see Akhenaten for Egypt, for example.

I just wonder if the music will possibly be able to top VI (which I rank as one of my Top Ten favorite game soundtracks of all-time).

It's all fun and games till a blurry poster appears on a distant wall behind Pete Murray. Then all hell breaks loose and everyone starts yelling TAMAR OF GEORGIA.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

It's all fun and games till a blurry poster appears on a distant wall behind Pete Murray. Then all hell breaks loose and everyone starts yelling TAMAR OF GEORGIA.

is it too soon to hype up armenia?

 

[TheCleanerDragon]

What's exciting to me at least is that this will be the first new Civ game where I can follow the developments as they happen.

This is also the first Civ game that I'll be able follow while it's being developed. I've been a pretty much life-long Civ fan, but I was too young the follow the development of 5 or 6, so this is pretty exciting for me.

is it too soon to hype up Armenia?

Nonsense! It's never to early for speculation, that's what hype is built on.

 

[Starina]

is it too soon to hype up armenia?

It's high time!!!

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

I hope they introduce cultural variation in ship designs for Civ 7. And greater cultural and ethnic variation for land units.

 

[fy00sh]

I hope they introduce cultural variation in ship designs for Civ 7. And greater cultural and ethnic variation for land units.

this absolutely
also i think the thing im looking forward to most with civ7 prolly coming soon is being able to put a civ wishlist in my signature again
thing im looking forward to second most being how they might improve upon basically every victory type except domination. domination's good in civ6, i think the rest have room to grow

 

[tedhebert]

Like I said, I was surprised when that thread revealed I'm the weird RPG/adventure game player who happens to play Civ.

I'm an RPG player as well. I feel like there's a lot of crossover appeal for 4x and RPG games. You really want to stop and weigh your options carefully. Plan things out. Etc.

Same here, big RPG player ! I also play some first-person shooters if they have a good story and are not mainly/only multi-player

 

[RulerOfDaPeople]

Yay! Guess this means I should revise and refine my Civ7 Civs and Leader wish list. Seeing the replies to my original post, I see a desire to dig deeper in history to find the ancient ancestral civilizations to some of the nations/Civs I had on the list.

I also hope they use the loyalty mechanic, and combine it with the mechanics used in Civ 5 for ideologies, and create a civil war mechanic in the game. If only for a mode or scenario. Foreign civilizations observing the conflict would give their support to the side who shares their similar ideology.

 

[Aussie_Lurker]

My fondest hope is that they will be able to fully integrate some of the most fun aspects of the New Frontier Pass into the main game-like Barbarian Clans & Monopolies, Industries & Corporations. Indeed, when it comes to Barbarian Clans, I am hopeful that they will consider completely blurring the line between City-States & Barbarian Camps. Just have a variety of Independent Peoples who can range from hostile to friendly, depending on various factors.

 

[CPWimmer]

A bit of history for everyone:

Civ 3: Released in October 2001
Civ 4: 4 years after Civ 3 [Oct 2005]
Civ 5: 5 years after Civ 4 [Sep 2010]
Civ 6: 6 Years after Civ 5 [Oct 2016]

...OCTOBER 2023: 7 years after Civ 6

Just saying...