Firaxis are bringing one of the "most requested" features to Civilization 7 - the chance to bypass the Age system and play as one Civ all the way through.
The Age system is the only thing that has made me curious to try the game at all, so it’s very strange to see them backing away from it. The main reason I haven’t played a Civ game since 4 is because I haven’t felt like there was a strong reason to buy a new game instead of just playing another round of 4. The Age thing is at least different enough to be interesting.
By the way, Unciv is an open-source reimplementation of Civ5, well, except that it has 2D pixel art graphics.
I’m not deep enough into Civ5 to be able to judge e.g. the quality of the AI or whatever (I remember it being somewhat disappointing to me in both games), but yeah, in terms of actual gameplay mechanics, it’s pretty comparable.
And the low-res graphics are actually kind of cool, since you can just leave it running in the background, or also play it on your phone without the battery draining too much.
The Age system is the only thing that has made me curious to try the game at all, so it’s very strange to see them backing away from it. The main reason I haven’t played a Civ game since 4 is because I haven’t felt like there was a strong reason to buy a new game instead of just playing another round of 4. The Age thing is at least different enough to be interesting.
By the way, Unciv is an open-source reimplementation of Civ5, well, except that it has 2D pixel art graphics.
I’m not deep enough into Civ5 to be able to judge e.g. the quality of the AI or whatever (I remember it being somewhat disappointing to me in both games), but yeah, in terms of actual gameplay mechanics, it’s pretty comparable.
And the low-res graphics are actually kind of cool, since you can just leave it running in the background, or also play it on your phone without the battery draining too much.