The ambitious global Sid Meier’s Civilization VII strategy from developers from the Firaxis Games studio on the eve of the already quick release received the first grades from Western journalists.
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About 70 Sid Meier’s Civilization VII with a rating of 80 % (only a PC version was estimated). On the Opencritic picture is similar – 82 % in 43 reviews (the game is recommended by 85 % of critics).
Civilization VII has become the lowest license plate of the series in history. Since 2005, the main releases received at the Metacritic rating lower and lower: in Civilization IV it reached 94 %, Civilization V content was content 90 %, and Civilization VI – 88 %.
Due to the new system of eras, the history of nations in Civilization VII breaks after the Second World War
The reviewers praised the still impending gameplay, improvement of diplomatic and military systems, a new system of eras (now there are only three of them, and each has its own set of civilizations), a pleasant visual style and soundtrack.
In disadvantages, the project recorded an insufficiently informative interface, excessive simplification of many gameplay elements, a lack of content that DLC compensate (plans already), and the inability to disable the new system of eras.
On the release in the game, as many as two Napoleons (revolutionary, emperor), but not a single gandy
Critics agreed that the Sid Meier’s Civilization VII turned out to be a good game that offers several new ideas and simplifies the old ones or cuts out for the sake of future DLC.
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII will go on sale on February 11 for Steam (PC, Mac, Linux), Epic Games Store (PC), PS4, PS5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X and S, as well as Nintendo Switch. The new game will be the first in the series that will be released simultaneously on consoles.