Sid Meier's Civilization VII

I've been playing Civilization since Civ 1 with probably a lot more than 5,000 hours throughout the series. Civ 7 is broken, conceptually broken. They felt threatened by Humankind, and lost the plot (literally) by trying to copy it. In a way that clearly shows the people involved did not agreed or truly believed in it. The game shows it, you can feel that disagreement, and the Test of Time is the final proof. A huge disappointment. Go play Humankind instead, or Civ 6.

Genuinely bad, finally the death of the Civ series. Changes in gameplay are not improvements, just shows how genuinely out of touch Civ has become in terms of what people actually want. It's a confused mess that looks like some newly graduated junior dev's wet dream of profiling themselves by being "disruptive", not understanding that a bad idea is a bad idea even if it's "new" (not really). Just a complete loss of identity and direction, trying half-heartedly to be Crusader Kings while failing to see what people loved about the Civ games. Genuinely upset I gave this trash a chance instead of just refunding it anyway. Not a mistake I'll make again with this series.

pathetic

Bad game. They've really tarnished this franchise with this release.

Worst Civ game ever, Wish I had never bought it. Absolute rubbish

I spent 130$ on the "founders edition." What a huge rip off. I've supported and enjoyed Civ since Civ 4. I put 700 hours into Civ 6 before first expansion even dropped. People say Civ 7 launched as a beta. I disagree, it launched as an alpha. Test of time update brings the game to about an open beta level for me. Meanwhile I paid so much extra money for minimal content added on top of a lackluster game. They have now introduced Brush and Blade Collection. A $30 DLC collection of civs, when the core game still needs so much improvement. There are so many other amazing games these days this will be my final Civ game. I will always have an older civ game to go back to when I want to experience One More Turn and remember what this company used to be.

Eine Partie gespielt und knapp 30 Stunden Spielzeit. Mein Fazit: leider ernüchternd. Ich habe wirklich lange gewartet, mir das Spiel zu holen. Ich hatte gehofft, dass nach all den Patches endlich der Spielspaß zurückkehrt. Leider hat sich das für mich nicht bestätigt. Das Spiel wirkt auf mich einfach zu überladen, zu langsam und an vielen Stellen unnötig kompliziert. Regierungsformen kann man beispielsweise nur beim Zeitalterwechsel ändern – das fühlt sich für mich künstlich eingeschränkt an. Kriege machen mir ebenfalls kaum Spaß, und im Endgame läuft es gefühlt nur noch darauf hinaus, Atomwaffen ohne nennenswerte Konsequenzen einzusetzen. Auch die Stadtstaaten nerven mich inzwischen eher, als dass sie das Spiel bereichern. In jedem Zeitalter beginnt man wieder von vorne und muss sie erneut zu Verbündeten machen. Die Zeitalterwechsel selbst gefallen mir überhaupt nicht. Vielleicht kann man sie irgendwann deaktivieren – ich habe bereits gesucht, aber bisher keine Möglichkeit gefunden. Den Wiederspielwert sehe ich ehrlich gesagt momentan überhaupt nicht. Optisch ist das Spiel wirklich gelungen, daran gibt es für mich nichts auszusetzen. Da ich hier eine Empfehlung aussprechen muss, fällt sie leider gegen dieses Spiel aus. Stattdessen würde ich weiterhin Civilization VI empfehlen. Tut mir leid. Wirklich. Es tut fast weh, das zu schreiben.

Been playing Civ since the 90's. Superfan of the whole series of games. Civilization VII is awful. Completely out of balance. The mechanics are frustrating. Not fun or enjoyable at all. Probably one of the most annoying games I've ever played and I came into this one already a huge advocate of the franchise. This game would require a giant overhaul and all Firaxis has done is push out more useless, overpriced DLC's. Total money grab and not worth the time. Really sorry to write a negative review, but you guys used to be more interested in listening to the fans and building a great game. Not sure what happened...