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[โ€“] taiyang@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

It's what happens when you copy someone else's homework; the formula they tried to emulate with VII is Humankind, which actually is a good game, but they didn't really understand the secret sauce that made it good. They just stole mechanics and called it a day.

[โ€“] ushmel@piefed.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

Hahah this is why I got 100% turned off by Civ VII. I played humankind and it was not good. It was fun for a bit but got stupidly repetitive and they never ever managed to polish it to completion. The core game is amazing, the battles especially, but they never managed to balance it correctly and it just kept being boring by mid game.

Then Firaxis comes by and literally plagiarized the entire game. It's the exact same thing down to the core mechanics. I'm amazed they haven't gotten sued by the Humankind devs, but maybe they worked out a deal. The whole Civ VII thing just reeks of laziness.