Now that Civ VII flopped and does not seem to be salvageable, what will be next for the Civilization series?

>>716510225 (OP)
Civilization Revolution III

Alpha Centauri 2

>>716510503
more likely to get Beyond Earth 2

>>716510225 (OP)
Can a nigga get a quick QRD on why Civilization 7 flopped?

>>716510503
Beyond Earth was already Alpha Centauri 2

>>716510639
quick QRD is redundant

>>716510717
I'll thank you to not besmirch SMAC like that.

>>716510639
>Other 4x studio made a Civ ripoff called Humankind, that nobody asked for
>It obviously flopped
>Civ 7 decided to rip off that ripoff's main gimmick (which throws one of the most fundamental concepts of the series out of it btw)

>>716510639
it sucks
and not in the way 5 and 6 did on release where they were intentionally barebones so they could sell expansions, it's just straight up terrible to the core

>>716510225 (OP)
I just want XCom fucking 3 fuck sake...

>>716510639
Harriet Tubman is ruler of America.

>>716510639
-Disastrous copying of Humankind's civ swapping system where you change civilization you play as in each era. It was unpopular in Humankind and I got no idea what the fuck Firaxis was thinking in copying it.
-7 separated leaders from Civilizations, you can now mix and match. It really robs the game of it's identity, and again showcases how out of touch Firaxis is with their playerbase. They really misread people liking the leaders as players preferring them over civilizations they represent.
-Balancing the game into unfunny extent where every game plays the same and map generation offers no surprises or interesting situations - though I think they have finally somewhat alleviated this recently.
-Severe lack of gameplay options and pretty bad map generation in general where the game generates really boring more or less square shaped continents.
-Really buggy and unfinished launch. Lack of basic QoL features. I think they just recently added elementary shit like auto-explore for scouts and ships.
-Era system now soft resets the game every era in name of balance and snowballing prevention, stemming from Firaxis trying to figure out a way to increase completion % of games since they thought people dropping campaigns when they know they have lost or when they have already won so much rest is going to be boring is a 4X design flaw they just had to address.
-Related to latter, a system where you have to grind leader customization by playing complete games to unlock

>>716511867
>no presidents
also what even is this system

>>716512061
It also doesnt look very good.

>>716512238
Leaders are not tied to civs anymore, because you swap civs anyways.

>>716512238
Harriet Tubgirl literally fucking WHO??

>>716514421
The national icon of the United States of America.

>>716511690
I fucking hate (love) xcom 2. I always (never) get the best rolls when engaging (sucking off) the xenos and their (sexy) vipers

>>716510225 (OP)
post lewd jadwigas

>>716512789
Yeah, that too. 7 has by far the weakest art direction in the series. Plenty of people dislike the aesthetics of Civ 6, but at least it was a distinguished art direction.

>>716517838
Fuck off from her
Jadwiga is pure and created for BLC
Big lithuania cock

>>716512061
Where can I find more from this artist? Triedr33 and gelbooru, got minimum.

>>716518254
https://cannibaloranges.tumblr.com/

>>716517838
Dress stays on.

>>716510225 (OP)
Play UnCiv

https://yairm210.github.io/Unciv/

>>716510225 (OP)
Civilization IV-2

>>716514998
This can't be real

Sexo with Kavitha Thakur

>>716520528
The current year's audience would just whine about doomstacks despite them still being the best way to play single player Civ. Though Old World actually having good AI removes any excuses Firaxis has for their 1UPT AI still being so retarded.

Why not swap leaders instead of countries? If any aspect of the series was a weird sticking point it's the civs being ruled by some 2000 year old immortal god-king.
Start with a mythical ancient ruler and then switch to one of ~three possible subsequent rulers with different bonuses whenever the era changes, so you might want to switch to a famous historical general or politician or businessman depending on what your objectives are.

i don't see how IV can be topped

>>716517758
in english four eyes!

>>716520528
>>716521219
>last Civilization game with Stalin and Mao
>decline starts after their removal
Coincidence?

>>716510959
not only did they decide to rip off humankind but they actually made a worse system somehow

Were the rumours true?

Just swap leaders to gods and have the ability to change gods once. Maybe add some moxed units/techs that only happen on certain god switch combos. Ez shit

>>716521945
She does a poor job in denying the allegations.

>>716512061
>-Disastrous copying of Humankind's civ swapping system where you change civilization you play as in each era. It was unpopular in Humankind and I got no idea what the fuck Firaxis was thinking in copying it.
They were probably designing and developing this game when Humankind was still getting hype and good press. They were afraid that if they didn't compete, they'd get left behind. Because of how long it takes to make a game (although god knows why this is the case for Civ), devs are always 2-3 years behind the fans. If the fans wanted something 3 years ago, you give it to them now, at the point where they no longer want it.

That's why long dev cycles make no sense and why the industry needs to move back to smaller titles. Again, though, Civ should qualify as a small title, so it makes you wonder what they're doing in that office all day.

>>716523170
Civilization was never yearly though. The games always came out around 3-4 years apart.
For good reason, if they were yearly, people would have caught on very quickly that they are buying the exact same game every year, and Civilization normalfags are smarter than Madden players and would notice.

>>716523395
>For good reason, if they were yearly, people would have caught on very quickly that they are buying the exact same game every year
Civ games have been quite vastly different. 1>2 and 3>4 are the only ones I would call just a direct an improvement over previous one, and 3 does still have it's own dedicated fanbase too.

>>716514421
The real literally who is Lafayette

>>716523170
>so it makes you wonder what they're doing in that office all day
Let me give you more to wonder.

>>716523672
how many of those do you think are indian

>>716523672
What reaction am I supposed to have to this? It's a big game that launched on 3 different PC operative system and 5 different consoles at the same time. You expect all that to be done on a handful of people?

>>716523819
So was Civ 6 but they did it with ~700 people.

>>716523815
Feel free to look over the credits and write all the names down

>>716523949
You stuff your filthy lies back down your throat, Civ 6 was launched for PC Windows first and the gradually ported to other operative system and consoles. There was a good 2 years between the launch of the game and the first console port

>>716514421
She pooped diarrhea over her own face can you do that

>>716523672
I checked the credits and only like 1/3 of those 2500 are actually people working on the game in any way and the rest are all marketing and other 2k staff

Civ should never have left pc to begin with.

>>716524480
civ revolutions was actually good though

>>716510225 (OP)
>implying DEI/woke has gone away

>>716510392
>Civilization VIII is our last hope
>no, there is another

>>716524749
DEI and woke were the least of Civ VII's troubles.

>>716524901
DEI and woke has always been part of Civilization

>>716510225 (OP)
they will release 34 dlcs and in 3-4 years you faggots will be making threads saying shit like "IT'S GOOD NOW"

>>716525064
Probably not, this time the core game seems to be inherently fucked.

Any word on Endless Legend 2?

>>716523395
Honestly that's just untrue since 4. They change things up for each entries to the point it divide the fans over which of the game are better.

>>716525583
So what do you suggest then, change nothing?

>>716525581
Got delayed to September, demo is still coming out in August.

Hopes for Civ 8: zero

>>716526321
"Colonizing" of non-white women.