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Cant wait to try this in 6 years when the full game is released for a reasonable price!
Literally, I see this, oh, 7 is releasing? I should start playing 6....
I'll still be playing 4 for the foreseeable future.
Tried 6, ended back up on 5. I prefer the simplicity of 5.
Yeah, it took me long enough to get used to the changes in 5, I like the game and am somewhat inclined to stick with it.
If you want something Civ 5-like on mobile, check out Unciv. Its an open source and using Civ 5 as a template. https://yairm210.itch.io/unciv
6 was free on epic games a few years back and it was recently on sale on steam for just a few dollars.
I picked it up on steam for the Linux version and it was pretty addicting. I never get games dlc and I don’t think I’m good enough at the base game to take advantage of the different things the dlc adds.
If you want to get good at civ games, you can check Marbozir on youtube. The guy is a genius at it and you quickly pick up the way in which you should think about the strategy and resources. And he's very entertaining to boot.
Sweet! Now just one more thing... no Denuvo plz and it is a Day 1 (not the pre-launch whatever) buy for me.
Steam page says Denuvo :(
Also $70 for the base game, ouch.
Well scratch that one of the list of interesing releases. Fuck Denuvo.
Fuck Denuvo
$90 here in maple syrup land + denuvo = yikes
$90? Fuck. Isn't the Canadian dollar fairly close the the US dollar?
Edit: Not really. $70 USD to CAD should be just over $100 CAD. Despite the number being bigger, it's actually cheaper in Canada. $90 CAD is $62 USD.
Does Denuvo work on Linux?
Denuvo supports Linux. Most of the time, the publisher does not enable this support, but if Civ VII is compatible with Steam Deck, then it's different in this case.
They might ship the game without Denuvo on Linux which has happened before.
Was wondering the same
£60 before adding all the DLC 😵💫
In fairness, it's always been one of those games that goes on sale a lot and is priced low when it does. Patience is a virtue.
The real question is if there was enough backlash to the spyware crap with Civ 6 that they learned their lesson or not.
This would be nice to hear if Linux versions of Civ games weren't always complete garbage
I just want to know if you can automate workers again, because I always get to a point with a worker where I'm like, "okay, I still need you but not for anything important right now, so you go off and do your thing and I'll come get you later" and just stopping them from doing anything seems pointless when they can build you a massive road or rail network without you having to worry about it. I stopped playing 6 when I realized I was going to have to either minimize my number of workers, have ridiculously long turns, or just create a bunch of spare workers and have them stay in one place until I need them and I really didn't like any of those options. I gave up on 6 pretty quickly specifically for that reason. It was just too much of a grind.
Civ 5 auto improve/auto road/auto railroad function was so useful that I miss as well.
I have gotten used to micro-managing my workers and sleeping them when not needed, and using two Military Engineers to build a railroad quickly. I am curious about how it will be for 7 since we've seen a steam train in the trailer.
Do we know who is making the Linux port? Is it Aspyr again?
How are you supposed to play Civ without a mouse and a keyboard?
It’s surprisingly easy and comfortable. Steam controller was a revolution on this regard, at least for me. It sounds wrong but feels just right.
Track pads, and the trigger buttons are LMB/RMB. I've set those controls up on my Deck for Civ6 and it's honestly very comfy to sit on the couch playing civ on the deck.
and keyboard commands can easily be mapped on either back buttons or onto a virtual menu on the other trackpad - with mode shifts you can define a huge amount of keys which are easily accessible
Steam deck verified, with Denuvo for extra flavour. Mmm...
Any confirmation of linux/windows crossplay?
If it's anything like 6, yes, but the Linux version won't get quick updates so effectively no, since players have to be on the same update.
There's no reason the Proton version won't work, though, I suppose.
Here's hoping the Linux native version fares better this time around...
Good to hear thanks. And proton has worked well for 6? (Steamdeck i assume is using proton not native linux?). We still play V, when they broke mac/windows crossplay I had to install bootcamp to continue playing with my friends. But the family iMac I did that on definitely won't run 7, so was looking into building a linux tower I could use instead and would strongly prefer not to deal with windows.
Yes, the VI Windows version via Proton is superiour to the native linux build. Steam Deck likely defaults to the native version, but that can be overridden with 4 clicks.
Civ 6 steam proton version works great in my experience.
Will it have AI worth playing with, no spyware, and stability though?
I'm not buying it. Civ 6 had play by cloud, and this crashes on Mac every time you end your turn.
Despite acknowlidging the bug, years and years later it's still broken.
I game on a PC exclusively because all games are optimized for the PC and everything else is an afterthought.
It makes sense tho.
Mac lacks 3rd party video card hardware support so why would developers try and develop for a system that the company doesn't care about gaming.
CIvs have had lots of Mac players, enough so that they keep releasing it on the platform.
In this case, the bug ruined cloud games for our friendgroup that rarely has time for an active session. I'm a PC gamer, but two of us are not.
If they release an advertize a feature, it should function for everyone who purchased the game.
Their lack of commubication and ultimately not fixing it (at first, they said within 6 months - now it's been nearly 8 years) is the reason me and our group votes with our wallets for what it's worth.
nice
God I hope it doesn't suck as bad as 6
Civ 5 was cool but they burned me with the Gold Deluxe edition which did not include commerce dlc and broken civs.
Fuck any game company that sells tens of DLC and packages them like so.