Re: So, What Games Are You Looking Forward To? (2025 Ed)

On Fri, 24 Jan 2025 12:09:06 +0000, JAB <noway@nochance.com> wrote:

On 23/01/2025 19:57, Mike S. wrote:

On Thu, 23 Jan 2025 12:00:46 -0500, Spalls Hurgenson
<spallshurgenson@gmail.com> wrote:
 

What about you? Any games in the list (or not in the list but you've
heard of elsewhere) that you're waiting for, eagerly or not? Is 2025
going to be one of the great years in gaming, you think, or a fairly
humdrum experience like was 2024?

 
I might have cared about Civ 7 but I haven't been keeping up with the
franchise. The last Civ I played extensively was Civ 3.
 
The only game coming out this year that I am looking forward to is an
indie old-school dungeon crawler I already mentioned in another
thread. That is it for me. The games I got from you are going to keep
me busy for the rest of the year I think.

>
Civ II/III I played a lot, Civ IV I liked but it just didn't have the
same engagement factor of just one more turn as the previous two before
you realised it was 1 o'clock in the morning. Civ V I really didn't get
into and never even managed to complete a full campaign. I doubt I'll
get Civ VII.

I'm sort of the same. The original Civilization: muah, just perfect.
Civilization 2: good, but a bit kitchen-sinky* and lacking that sleek
perfection of the original. Civilization 3: some good ideas, but
increasingly top-heavy. Civilization IV: a wonderful reimagining of
the game, and in the running for my favorite of the series.
Civilization 5: Civ4 but some new, not perfectly embraced ideas. And,
honestly, I don't even REMEMBER Civilization VI. It existed. I played
it. It was Civilization so overall I had fun. But nothing about it
stands out in any way that I recall.

And, quite honestly, I suspect Civilization VII will be the same as
its predecessor: a game that exists but doesn't really need to. I'd
love it re-invented the series the same way Civilization IV did, but I
don't expect it to.

But it's a Civilization game, so I /have/ to give it a chance. I'll
buy it and play it based on the franchise alone, and not out of any
earnest desire to have a new iteration in the series. I'll probably
even have fun with it. But I don't expect it to be memorable.
















* it's gonna happen. I'm gonna make this a commonly used phrase. I
know if I just keep at it, others will pick it up too. ;-)