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[-] blanket@lemmy.one 21 points 2 months ago

Wish it didn't require a 2k account. don't need another account to play a video game.

[-] alilbee@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago

It doesn't. They mentioned there would be a unique skin for Napoleon if you signed up but it didn't sound required.

[-] blanket@lemmy.one 16 points 2 months ago

The steam page literally says that it requires a 3rd party account for online play (just not required for offline play). so I'm not sure if that's what you're referencing.

[-] alilbee@lemmy.world 11 points 2 months ago

Ah, there's the catch and confusion. Not required for single player but required for multi, I guess? Not sure how others play Civ but that's not gonna affect me. I've only ever played these games solo besides a very rare duo game.

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It's probably to make cross-platform easier (since it's releasing same day on all platforms)

[-] mox@lemmy.sdf.org 1 points 2 months ago

Uh-oh. That's the sort of thing that would lead me not to buy it.

[-] HeavyRaptor@lemmy.zip 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Ah, so that's why your leader now appears when you are communicating with a different civ. They had to add this for bullshit skins monetization.

Edit: I wonder if this will be moddable: I now wanna see Master Chief teabagging Cleopatra when I declare war

[-] arudesalad@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 months ago

It's the same as civ 6. Having a 2k account gave an extra leader for Rome, all leaders have unique abilities, it's not just cosmetic.

It is probably moddable as custom leaders were possible in civ 6

[-] obinice@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

Why would you need an account to play a single player, non cloud hosted game?

[-] deegeese@sopuli.xyz 11 points 2 months ago

Shitty publisher mandated launchers.

[-] Link@rentadrunk.org 11 points 2 months ago
[-] CarbonatedPastaSauce@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

Good, I wonder if they removed it for Xcom 2 yet. I haven't played that since they sideloaded that crap into my steam install.

[-] circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org 5 points 2 months ago

Didn't they announce that there would not be a launcher? Also removed for Civ VI.

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