The internet's oldest still active Civ site is missing a subforum.

[BeBMan]

Did't play after Civ4. We also need a snip snip forum.

[Lorizael]

I skipped 5 and only started playing 6 about a year and a half ago, but I'm having fun with it despite some reservations. To warm your cold grognard hearts: they're more or less bringing back Civ2 caravans and We Love the King Day.

[Dinner]

Neither Civ 5 nor Civ 6 did much to fire my enthusiasm. I'm highly doubtful that Civ 7 will bring anything to the table that is going to interest me more than signing up for another Civ 4 PitBoss on RB. [/grognard]

I agree. Neither one of those really caught my interest.

[Ecthy]

Same, still playing Civ4 mostly. The latest video makes Civ 7 look like another update to Civ 6, but then what do I know.

[Proteus_MST]

Here a new video that is a little bit longer:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tc3_EO6Bj2M

Official Gameplay SHowcase

Gwendoline Christie makes the narrator in Civ VII.
Theme music is from Christopher Tin again
There are 3 ages and in each you can transform your Civ into a new one based on your experiences at the last age and a progression tree for each civ (for example Classic Age: Rome -> Age of Exploration: Vikings -> Modern Age: Germans )
Leaders also seem to be able to gain experience (and abilities due to it)

[Lorizael]

A number of Civ youtubers got early access at Firaxis HQ and have posted videos detailing what they saw along with some "b-reel" game footage they were given to share.

[N35t0r]

I liked 5 (after all the expansions) and 6, but not as much as 4. I don't play any of them now, pretty much only Old World.

[BeBMan]

Old World - how is it?

Considered buying it earlier this year, but then didn't, and now over summer I don't play anyway. But might be something for fall/winter.

Do I have to nurse lotsa characters, like in P'dox' Crusader Kings I/II? I did never really like that, preferred EU which didn't have the character stuff.

[Lorizael]

I think you represent like a dynasty in Old World, but maybe not quite as zoomed in as CK?

[Geronimo]

did any versions of civ ever use a spherical world with true spherical surface geometry at least as accurately as the original X-com had? It always seemed to me that a flat cylinder world was painfully underutilizing the technology.

[Dinner]

Interesting article.

https://www.gamesradar.com/games/strategy/civilization-7-director-teases-sudden-death-wins-that-will-keep-you-in-the-game-even-if-youre-way-behind-the-chance-to-get-that-victory-is-pretty-much-always-there/

[pchang]

I miss the ability to just buy enemy units and cities with diplomats if you had enough money in Civ 2. It was incredibly broken, but so fun to do.

[Solver]

I think you represent like a dynasty in Old World, but maybe not quite as zoomed in as CK?

Play Old World! Civ4 team plus Apolyton veterans designed that, can't go wrong with it. Yes, it's very different from CK, Old World isn't simulating hundreds or thousands of characters, it has a much smaller number and the characters exist in the first place to improve the 4X gameplay, not as the main foundation of the game.

[Lorizael]

Oh, I didn't know Poly people were involved!

[BeBMan]

Yeah, that's interesting, and the "dynasty-while-not-too-many guys" sounds like it's more what I pref. Will definately check it out later this yr. Thanks folks