Civilization 7 is controversial to allow you to mix and match history, not everyone likes it, but Firaxis says it's just moving in historical accuracy

Civilization 7 The most important gameplay with some of the long-term running strategies series. The main character among them is the ability to mix leaders with CIVS that are not related to real-world history for the first time.

In previous CIV games, civilization itself was associated with a specific leader (usually a well-known head of state) in order to make it historically significant. For example, Elizabeth I led the English language. Gandhi led the Indians, and so on.

But Civilization 7, however, allows players to mix and match some crazy combinations of history, and while some say they are enjoying the possibility of gameplay unlocked by the system, others lament their view of attacks on historical accuracy, It is the quality of civilization, which is a quality franchise known for.

The full movement in Civilization 7 is the experience of all three eras: ancient, exploration and modern. After age ends, all players (and any AI opponents) experience age transition at the same time. During the age transition, three things happened: you choose a new civilization from the new era to represent your empire, choose the legacy to be preserved in the new era, and the development of the game world. Civilized games have never had such a system.

In an interview with IGN, Ed Beach, the chief designer of Civilization 7, explained Firaxis’s ideas here and defended the gameplay changes in the gameplay related to historical accuracy.

“I think what we actually did is move it to another place,” Haichi said.

“So if you look at previous CIV games, you'll have historical anomalies, like the United States in 4,000 BC, or Sweden and Canada in 4,000 BC. These things actually make no sense. They're just a recognized part of the citizen Canon .

“But now, if you're going to go to the United States, you're going to start somewhere else. You're going to start in Rome and then go to the Normans and then go to the United States. I just made a Harriet Tubman ) game where I tried to commemorate her African heritage, so I played Aksum and then played Songhai and came to the United States. So these are all effective ways in history. You can set them up , so that leaders make sense for it, and arguably, this approach is more solid than before.”

The Beach acknowledges that the possibility of Civilization 7 creating a combination for players “seems we’re more destructive than before” but insists that its freshness to video game history is “healthy.”

“You can combine our game with Civ 7 and mix history in a way that is more confusing than ever before,” Haichi said. “So you can ride Confucius, you can have him lead Spain, too Xerxes can be taken out from Persia and let him lead the Mayan civilization.

“Absolutely, some crazy combinations seem to break history more than before, but we solved some problems. So when we move it, I want to see it. This is a new way for players to experience and think about history, I'm going to do it. Think this fresh sight is healthy.”

Generally speaking, Changes in Civilization 7 divide the franchise’s fan base, although the game’s “mixed” user review ratings are related to Firaxis’ under-launched launches, which Firaxis is working to address. The Beach told IGN that he never intended to cause anger in the civilized community on purpose, but insisted that more players were actually fulfilling the Civilized Game 7 wishes than previous titles in the series.

“It's really not something that my personality or DNA deliberately shakes people,” Haichi said.

“Some people will definitely do this, but that's not where I usually come from. I think we really just want to accomplish two things. First, we need to really think about the CIV formula, what works and what doesn't work . This is not only a CIV formula, but also a 4X strategy formula in general. The exponential explosion of objects in the world forces the player's decision. In most 4x games, the linearity continues linearly from the beginning of the game and in Explode outward in every direction. But it's really hard to complete a 4x strategy game because the ending of the game is so tedious, it's usually a problem. So, this is really the first thing we're going to solve.

“Now, the second point I want to say is that every time we do a new version of civilization, we can’t accept the same gameplay as before, please apply fresh paint, sharpen unit models and The look and saying of the game world, hey, we're done. We really want every version of civilization to have signature elements that people have to do with. So if the game is divided into big chapters, each chapter has a climax result , and then you hold your breath and reset and go to the next stage, if we feel like this will be an improved formula for the entire 4x strategy, we want to do that. It also provides signature elements for Civ7.”

Executive producer Dennis Shirk said Firaxis did not want to take the Madden team's approach and released an “Iterative Release” with Civilization 7. “We have a lot of players playing it. Ed and his team…every time we make a version of the game, everything goes on the table. We put everything into one team for a new experience . This is not the thing we have to formulate our strategy in the next few iterations, what we want to do from version to version. Everything is on the table.”

Perhaps in the shorter deadline, Firaxis will struggle to address CIV 7's “hybrid” user review ratings, which stems from various community complaints surrounding the user interface, the lack of maps, and the feeling that the game has started No fans are already looking forward to many keys Function.

In an interview with IGN before the release of its third-quarter financial results, Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick admits Civilization 7 has received negative comments from news and playersbut insists that the “traditional civic audience” will grow and call the early performances of Civilization 7 “very encouraging.” Oh, if you want to know, Gandhi has hope.

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