Re: Civ VII: OMG they're selling horse armor

On Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:38:36 -0600, Zaghadka <zaghadka@hotmail.com>
wrote:

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1 alternate scout skin
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I can't think of anything more pointless than cosmetic skins in Civ. Are
they aiming this thing at MP so you can impress your friends? MP in Civ
is like play-by-mail. I doubt they can fix that.
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...I'm beginning to think I'll stick with IV, V and VI.

Yeah, Civ7 is off to a very rocky start. The general opinion seems to
be that while many of its new ideas are conceptually interesting, the
actual implementation is often poor, and the sheer volume of the
changes made the game not feel like a Civilization game.

Its getting hammered in its Steam reviews... and its not even
officially released yet. If its most ardent fans --the ones who love
the franchise enough to payto get pre-release copies-- aren't happy,
that doesn't bode well for when it officially releases. Meanwhile,
Take Two (publishers) seems to have its head in the sand regarding the
whole issue. It's just those pesky legacy players who are whining,
they say. Because Civilization is such a mass-market product that you
can just ignore those fans in favor of the 'casuals', right?

But we get MTX and cosmetics with this release, so that'll make it
okay. ;-)