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DarkThoughts ,

I'm a bit torn. On one hand it seems like a step back from the Civ 6 cartoon garbage. On the other hand the ground textures still look like blurry paint vomit. It's kinda weird because the foliage and mountains / rocks seem to be in a higher resolution and much more detailed. I guess it might be WIP and a remnant from Civ 6.
The unit sizes also seem gargantuan? I guess that part would not be as hard to fix via mods but that was already a compatibility nightmare before, especially when the mod authors quit.

So, graphically it might be a buyable Civ game again, but...
Picking a new civ or mismatching leaders makes me worry though, because that sounds awfully familiar to another game that had a similar terrible feature. The Aztecs turning into France while being led by some Japanese dude just does not feel right.

The FOMO unlocks to bait you into signing up AND buying the cartoon shit are a hard pass for me though. Selling that as a "thank you" is nothing but insolent.

Etterra ,

Oh ffs what is it with people thinking it looks like a cartoon. As for scale, that’s every 4x game.

blanket ,

Wish it didn’t require a 2k account. don’t need another account to play a video game.

obinice ,
@obinice@lemmy.world avatar

Why would you need an account to play a single player, non cloud hosted game?

deegeese ,

Shitty publisher mandated launchers.

Link ,

They are getting rid of the launcher for Civ 6: pcgamer.com/…/2k-removes-its-pointless-launcher-f…

circuitfarmer ,
@circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org avatar

Didn’t they announce that there would not be a launcher? Also removed for Civ VI.

alilbee ,

It doesn’t. They mentioned there would be a unique skin for Napoleon if you signed up but it didn’t sound required.

blanket ,

The steam page literally says that it requires a 3rd party account for online play (just not required for offline play). so I’m not sure if that’s what you’re referencing.

mox ,

This looks like the live stream of the gameplay reveal, starting now:

www.twitch.tv/firaxisgames

mox , (edited )

Highlights as I remember them from the live stream:

  • Play progresses through 3 ages
  • Continue as a different civ when starting each new age
  • Map expands with each new age
  • Leader choice is separate from civ choice
  • Districts
  • Christopher Tin soundtrack
  • Gwendoline Christie narration
  • February 2025 release

Edit: Here’s the rerun:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc3_EO6Bj2M&t=5406s

Yorick ,

Also noted :

  • Navigable rivers
  • terrain has cliffs
  • armies seems to be condensed, with generals leading them. Fighting looks to be constant in some way? (or that’s just the render for the trailer)
  • cities seem to expand much more
  • the leaders looks to have some stats which can be improved
icerunner_origin ,

Civ 2 is still peak for me, although I did like Leonard Nimoy’s contribution to Civ IV.

Wogi ,

The best civ is always your first.

icerunner_origin ,

In that case it should be the original on the Amiga 500 😄, but I still prefer the improvements in Civ 2.

Ashtear ,

Didn’t even see the UI. Effectively an in-game cinematic trailer.

Hope there’s more forthcoming soon. Civ’s gotten to a point where I have to know if there’s enough to chew on in the vanilla game if I’m going to buy in early.

camr_on ,
@camr_on@lemmy.world avatar

There’s a 20 minute gameplay reveal today, this is just the trailer

Ashtear ,

Thank you! Looking forward to it.

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