Sid Meier's Civilization VII

I can't in good conscience recommend this game with the horrible monetization, the game is riddled with all of these civs and leaders scattered throughout microtransactions. The sheer cost of getting everything is absurd when the game has no major expansions yet. Other reviews do a good job of pointing out all of these problems, so I'm going to talk a bit more about the game itself. It definitely needs a lot of work, as one would expect with a Civ game early on its life and before any major expansion. Since launch they have made some significant changes to the core game that I feel are improvements. The game is still split into three ages, the first age being a combination of the ancient and classical eras in past entries, and the exploration age being a combination of the medieval and renaissance. The modern age is just... I honestly think it's quite bad, for anyone that played Civ 5 before any DLCs it has that feel, too much history crammed into a single age. I stop playing my games during this age. Also, some of the goals in each age tend to blend together as you're effectively doing the same thing over and over (slotting relics into buildings, making culture/science buildings to get more slots in your empire to slot more relics). Religion exists but is fairly uninteresting. At the end of each age a crisis occurs, and it gives you one from a pool of like 5 or so each time, so it makes different playthroughs feel a bit more unique. I think this is one of the more clever additions in this game and I'm hoping they do more with it. It is now possible to pick any civ in any era, they are at their most powerful in their "Apex Age" which is when they get their unique units and buildings, but the other aspects of the civ can be used in any age. It's a little weird but I like what they're going for. I haven't fully explored this change yet. Additionally, rather than purely winning "mini victories" in earlier ages, you are hitting major goals that allow you to have powerful effects in your current era and carry some over to the next era. This is a change from launch, you can only carry 3 of these effects forward, and there are some stock ones like "start with 2 settlers." I like the direction this is taking the game, but I have to play more with it to have much of an opinion on it. The overall game balance is well, quite mediocre. They have made some solid rebalancing decisions so far so I expect more to come, but the newest expensive pack (that I regretfully spent money on and really shouldn't have), features a Civ that can obtain so much culture so quickly that you can outpace the AI on immortal with a modest amount of effort. It feels exactly like early Civ 6 did in that regard. They're constantly adding more civs and constantly having to rebalance, this game will likely have poor balance for years to come because they aren't exclusively adding civs with concentrated expansions anymore, it's a shame. Overall, I think Civ VII is going to end up standing out as a unique and enjoyable entry in the series. I already enjoy the earlier ages and have a good time with the game. But due to the way they are handling microtransactions with this entry I cannot recommend giving Firaxis money right now. Wait a few years, hopefully they get bored of nickle and diming players and release a big expansion or two, and then you can get a good bundle deal during a sale.

I have played Civilization more than any other game in my life, but Civ 7 was the biggest disappointment. Yes the graphics are good, but that's about it, that you have to change civs mid game entirely ruins the game, i don't know what this genre should be called but it's definately not a strategy and empire building game anymore.

Its not ALL bad but its severely underwhelming. What I liked: - Good & improved graphics make the game feel real at times. - Large range of decisions/story choices that can affect your civ. - Antiquity age is bomb. What I disliked: - At the beginning of an era all civ's start with the same technological & cultural advancement, which realistically doesn't make sense. - Changing the difficulty doesn't seem to make AI play better or worse, just gives them more or less bonuses. - Culture & Technology tree feel short...or is it just me? Feels kind of empty. - For some reason they didn't add a futuristic era, or "elongated" modern era, so the game can end long before the 2000's, no skyscrapers, robots, and trying to build a airforce takes basically the whole era. - Exploration & Modern age feel empty as ♥♥♥♥♥. I had so much fun in the Antiquity age and I'm always immediately let down afterwards. Sometimes I only play for Antiquity and then immediately quit after the era switched. - Becomes boring after around 2 full playthroughs. I mostly continued just to look at the graphics and roleplay. - Shouldn't have to pay for stuff that should've been in the game when it launched... Overall I wouldn't recommend buying it unless its on sale AND someone offers to buy it for you. I wouldn't use your own dinero.

日本の三世代続くルートが出来たらしいって事でプレイしたが正直微妙だった このシステムなら最低でも 三世代の素直な継承ルート 例えば古代日本（卑弥呼） → 中世・戦国日本（秀吉） → 近代日本（昭和天皇）とか 古代中国王朝系（始皇帝） → 中世中国王朝系（太宗） → 近現代中国（毛沢東）とか 古代ローマ→中世ヨーロッパ国家分岐→現代ヨーロッパ国家分岐 とか そういうのを基本的なルートを一通り用意した上で発売すべきだったと思う 現状では世代が変わって、国が変わってもなお初期指導者から変更出来ないし 素直な継承ルートはDLCまで買ってやっと追加だったり システムの完成度が低すぎる DLCまで出してこの完成度はちょっと…… 4、5、6とやったけど、どの作品より微妙だと思う

The game is okay but it's just not as good as VI. Its missing a lot of features/units and even a modern era. It just has better graphics.

the elements of this game is badly executed . form erasing the work you do in earlier stages to not being allowed to attack hostile forces...poorly done. all the emotional cutscenes do not make for good game play . i have played civilization since it was a board game. GREAT up till now. if you get this game you will get what you deserve.

If you wanted a new and different civ game genuinly try Humankind instead. This game is plagued with 1000 different boring mechanics that are just click button to earn special curency all just to get some random +1 yeild. So many features from older civ titles feel like they have just been striped down to clicks and all their gameplay nuance is removed No builders No strategic resourses No religious combat No map generation options No map editor and combat is like the same 3 units the whole game The rivers are cool though

WORST Civ . Every aspect of the game is worse . War is bad : you dont decide when you stop . Ages are terrible - they wipe all your progress , intervene with your plans for no reason . Science works weird . Every mechanic is annoying . The amount of mechanics is stuggering : so many confusing stuff is happening , so many alerts regarding things you never knew existed ! The game does everything to confuse and annoy you , and nothing to help . Graphics are cool . Loading times are too high , especially when age changes . Leaders are , in most cases, are some random NPCs without any historical impact . I never heard about almost any of them . I downvote this game , because I love the series , and devs must know , that they are wrong . They did huge mistake , they lost loyal fans . I hope , they will learn the lesson . But if you read this to decide to buy or not - do not buy . You will suffer.