Player stats, sales, and reception speculation thread

[IntelligentDisk]

We're seeing the first 2-week period over 60% positive. 309 positive, 187 negative, 496 total reviews. 62.3% positive.

 

[m_mus]

General sentiment on Reddit and verdict by YouTubers seems also quite positive for 1.3.0 and the free DLC.

 

[aieeegrunt]

General sentiment on Reddit and verdict by YouTubers seems also quite positive for 1.3.0 and the free DLC.

This may entice people to try it

 

[MutilationWave]

When I added the free dlc to steam it was at 88% positive.

 

[Askia Muhammad]

Who’s gonna complain about free DLC? I also fired up a game to try. I wouldn’t describe it as bad but I also haven’t had any desire to load my save so haven’t returned.

The civs and leaders look great - that really was never an issue

 

[queenpea]

Who’s gonna complain about free DLC? I also fired up a game to try. I wouldn’t describe it as bad but I also haven’t had any desire to load my save so haven’t returned.

The civs and leaders look great - that really was never an issue

Will be interesting to see if reviews change when it becomes paid dlc.

 

[IntelligentDisk]

Who’s gonna complain about free DLC? I also fired up a game to try. I wouldn’t describe it as bad but I also haven’t had any desire to load my save so haven’t returned.

The civs and leaders look great - that really was never an issue

Looks like its 78% positive on SteamDB - so 22% of reviewers.

Complaints include it only being free for a limited time, the state of Civ VII, experiencing errors, calling it low effort, calling the Pirates weak, obscure leader, saying resources should've been allocated "anywhere else".

 

[Gorbles]

I mean, its their job. No job is easy

And yet you want them to listen to you. "easy" doesn't really come into that. We all want to be listened to

 

[aelf]

Looks like its 78% positive on SteamDB - so 22% of reviewers.

Complaints include it only being free for a limited time, the state of Civ VII, experiencing errors, calling it low effort, calling the Pirates weak, obscure leader, saying resources should've been allocated "anywhere else".

Most of those 22% are a lost cause and will never be happy with the game. So I guess we know the proportion is at least ~20%.

 

[stealth_nsk]

Most of those 22% are a lost cause and will never be happy with the game. So I guess we know the proportion is at least ~20%.

I wouldn't say that. Pirate Republic is a very questionable choice of civilization and I totally understand that for many people "free" is not an absolute winner argument (you still have to pay for base game now, or pay extra later). So I totally could imagine people who don't like this DLC pack, but overall are content with the game.

 

[Leucarum]

Yeah, there's non-lost cause players who'd downvote... I'll honestly probably give it a thumbs down based on ehat we've seen so far. Tonga is fun but gimmicky, the pirates and teach just aren't for me. And I'm not especially hopeful given the previous round of leaks for the last round.

The patch would get a tentative thumbs up if I could...

 

[GeneralZift]

We're seeing the first 2-week period over 60% positive. 309 positive, 187 negative, 496 total reviews. 62.3% positive.

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Wait I've been out of the loop is this for the game or DLC?

 

[stealth_nsk]

Wait I've been out of the loop is this for the game or DLC?

That's for the game. DLC is rated even higher.

Still not enough to tickle recent reviews to "mostly positive", but the changes are strong.

 

[kent77]

Some of you guys are harsh graders! Anyone who has even half as many hours in-game as they’ve spent in dollars is surely voting “yes” with their time and attention, so why vote anything else when leaving a review? Nuance it in the review text, of course, but consider that a game that you willingly spend your time on is better value in terms of return on investment than just about any other form of entertainment.

 

[Evolena]

Some of you guys are harsh graders! Anyone who has even half as many hours in-game as they’ve spent in dollars is surely voting “yes” with their time and attention, so why vote anything else when leaving a review? Nuance it in the review text, of course, but consider that a game that you willingly spend your time on is better value in terms of return on investment than just about any other form of entertainment.

I wouldn't be so sure, if I filter for English reviews and playtime > 100 hours on the Steam store page, it's 58% positive on 3202 reviews.
And one negative on the recent ones has more than 400 hours played.

 

[Gori the Grey]

At least one dude (Kenshiro) has played it a lot to document its failings!

That time and attention represents dedication to the franchise even if not enjoyment of a particular game.

That's a rara avis, though, I should think.

 

[GeneralZift]

Some of you guys are harsh graders! Anyone who has even half as many hours in-game as they’ve spent in dollars is surely voting “yes” with their time and attention, so why vote anything else when leaving a review? Nuance it in the review text, of course, but consider that a game that you willingly spend your time on is better value in terms of return on investment than just about any other form of entertainment.

It's not really about grading. Is one question, do you recommend?
You can smoke cigarettes for your entire life and hit No.

 

[Leucarum]

Some of you guys are harsh graders! Anyone who has even half as many hours in-game as they’ve spent in dollars is surely voting “yes” with their time and attention, so why vote anything else when leaving a review? Nuance it in the review text, of course, but consider that a game that you willingly spend your time on is better value in terms of return on investment than just about any other form of entertainment.

The steam wording is "would you reccomend it to someone" which definitely makes a difference. I played the hell out of 7 but wouldn't reccomend it to others...

 

[kent77]

Addiction-type framings aside, I’m curious why anyone wouldn’t recommend a game that they have spent hours on. If someone enjoys it enough to spend all that time on it, why not imagine someone else similar might too? (Or is it a mistake to set aside pathological framings of why people spend time on a game like this?)

 

[Siptah]

Seems like we saw a new player high today. Hasn‘t been that many concurrent players in (almost?) half a year.