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Sid Meier's Civilization VII | Review Thread (lemm.ee)

submitted 8 hours ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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Game Information

Game Title: Sid Meier's Civilization VII

Platforms:

PlayStation 5 (Feb 11, 2025)
PlayStation 4 (Feb 11, 2025)
Xbox Series X/S (Feb 11, 2025)
Xbox One (Feb 11, 2025)
Nintendo Switch (Feb 11, 2025)
PC (Feb 11, 2025)

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Review Aggregator:

OpenCritic - 83 average - 90% recommended - 10 reviews

Critic Reviews

Atarita - Alparslan Gürlek - Turkish - 82 / 100

Sid Meier's Civilization VII blends and modifies features from its predecessor. Although it is a bit barren in terms of innovations, it is a good game in terms of the strategic depth it brings to the series. I can say that it is positioned as an alternative to its predecessor, not a sequel.

Destructoid - Steven Mills - 9 / 10

I’m glad Firaxis is still finding ways to improve a genre it has mastered over the years, and as a result, Sid Meier’s Civilization 7 has the series in its best shape yet.

GAMES.CH - Olaf Bleich - German - 85%

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GRYOnline.pl - Adam Zechenter - Polish - 6 / 10

Civilization 7 is a very pretty and very chaoitc game. Brave but not thought out. It introduces changes that aren’t inherently bad, and they build an interesting foundation for a probably great game in the future. Unfortunately now we got an early access production for a premium access price.

GameSpot - Jason Rodriguez - 8 / 10

Sid Meier's Civilization VII remains as fun and engaging as ever, but too many drastic changes lead to glaring issues.

Gamer.no - Andreas Bjørnbekk - Unknown - 8 / 10

Civilization VII brings the series the revitalization it needs, with gorgeous new visuals, innovative city building and a new way to lead armies.

INVEN - Seungjin Kang - Korean - 8 / 10

Civilization VII refines its strategic depth through era transitions and civilization changes, though the most thrilling moments feel more spaced out. Despite these shifts, the game retains its signature "just one more turn" appeal—undeniably Civilization.

SECTOR.sk - Branislav Koh�t - Slovak - 8.5 / 10

Despite the fact that the Civilization series has been around for a while, it still manages to bring something new that at least slightly enriches and changes the gameplay. Here we have another quality piece of work that is worth playing.

Spaziogames - Italian - 8 / 10

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VGC - Jordan Middler - 5 / 5

Civilization VII is bold enough to add big changes to its formula, without getting rid of everything that has made the series iconic. Say goodbye to your free time, as from PC to handheld, every waking moment will be consumed by One More Turn.

XboxEra - Goldhawk - 8.6 / 10

The core elements of the game are there, they work and it’s fun to play. The incentives and dynamism that the new approach to Civilization switching with the legacy paths will keep the game fresh both across games and within them. Abandoning games after about 80 turns was a big issue for me in the last few titles. I’ve not had the notion to do that yet.

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[–] [email protected] 3 points 59 minutes ago

Civ V had mediocre-to-bad gameplay on release, but was transformed into something good by the Brave New World DLC. I have read that Civ VI was similarly improved (although perhaps with a bit less success) by way of DLC.

Judging by the initial reviews of this one, it looks like a pattern is developing. I guess I'll once again wait a few years until the "fix" DLC has been out for a while, and buy the combo pack on sale.

Unless they use Denuvo or some other anti-customer nonsense that I won't support.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Is it more understandable can civ 6? I'm a fan of goddamn stellaris and could competently play civ 5 but civ 6 is like being beaten half to death with a textbook on quantumn physics and then told to sit an exam. The tutorial prepares you for the game about as much as a stick of chewing gum prepares you for the beating.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 54 minutes ago

Which part was confusing? The only major difference iirc was the districts mechanic, wasn't it? Was that the issue?

[–] [email protected] 42 points 7 hours ago (4 children)

I don't trust any review website anymore. If I did I would have bought cities skylines 2 on release.

I'll wait for people to play and rate it

[–] [email protected] 10 points 6 hours ago (1 children)

Especially in a game like Civ. it's hard to know how people feel about it until a week or so later. I remember when Civ 6 was said to be the best game in the series on release, but after spending some time with it, it was lacking. Reviews like these are more of a first impressions.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Reviews like these are paid advertising.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 30 minutes ago

Why'd they pay for bad ones?

[–] [email protected] 4 points 6 hours ago* (last edited 6 hours ago) (1 children)

Unless my friends, who have put a lot of hours into both Civ 5 and 6, unanimously recommend 7 to me, I have no intention of getting it.

I'm both satisfied enough with what I already own, and not sold on the new one yet. Not to mention that it'll inevitably be a vehicle for more dlc and expansion pack sales

[–] [email protected] 9 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

They won't. For some reason you are only allowed to like a single civ game and you must hate every sequent game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

No one's said anything about hating it. For me, it's primarily a co-op game, and if they're not going to switch to it, it's better for me to save the cash, and put it towards something else

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 hour ago

I was just making a joke about civ fans always dislike every civ game except their favorite.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 7 hours ago

Agreed. The reviews are way too good for a Civ game on release. Would be the first in a while that doesn't need DLCs to be really good.

[–] [email protected] -3 points 7 hours ago (2 children)

Really? Because there are plenty of reviews that captured the state of that game at release, and they're generally better at articulating it than the guy who has 1000 hours in a game and calls it "literally unplayable" in a Steam review.

[–] [email protected] 5 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Individual Steam reviews may be trash but the average rating is valuable and usually pretty reliable. The biggest downside of the system is that it isn't quick to "respond" to updates but the separate "Recent" rating helps a lot.

The point you're responding to is that C:S 2 was praised by reviewers at launch despite it having TONS of issues and missing features. The Steam ratings were a way more accurate picture of the game.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

You can read into individual reviews rather than just looking at the aggregate. Plenty pointed out its problems.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 hours ago

You can use both :)

[–] [email protected] 0 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

It's more about how does the game function at release is there a performance issue that would prompt a hardware upgrade.

It's not a dig at the game I'm sure it's great but these websites are frequently paid for a good review.

Civ is known for having issues at release just because its such a giant game to program

[–] [email protected] 0 points 4 hours ago

I don't know which sites you think are getting paid for good reviews (this is a persistent myth), but find one or two that you trust.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 7 hours ago

Ign gave it a 7/10:

There's one historical movie scene that comes to mind for me when I think about Sid Meier's Civilization 7, and it's not a flashy arena fight in Gladiator or mission control cheering as we safely bring Apollo 13 back home. It's Leo DiCaprio as Howard Hughes in The Aviator, running his hand along an airplane fuselage and insisting that he doesn't want to see any rivets.

Ouch

[–] [email protected] 4 points 8 hours ago

Wow, this completely snuck up on me. How exciting!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

Anyone know if it will have cross platform play? My brother is going to get it on ps5, but I would rather get it for Mac… unless we will be unable to play together.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

They said it will. Hopefully it will work better than with civ6

[–] [email protected] 1 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

I never realized 6 had it, but I have not played multiplayer in probably 12 years.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 3 hours ago

It's kinda broken because you have to use the same build but 99% of the time they are not synced across platforms

[–] [email protected] 2 points 8 hours ago

I am still waiting to see if they kept the 'play by cloud' feature.