Take-Two boss says “heritage” civilized audience will eventually appear in civilization 7’s “mixed” steam user comments

Civilization 7 Out, and while the game has already started with Steam's “hybrid” user evaluation rating, the owner of parent company Take-Two believes that hard-working fans of the series will eventually like it.

Firaxis' 4X strategy sequel is currently available to pay more for advanced access, often a stubborn fan of civilization. They will certainly make their voice famous in Steam user reviews, highlighting user interface issues, lack of map diversity and the feel of game launching, and without many of the features fans are expecting.

Firaxis has Responded to this feedbackpromising improvements to the UI, adding teams to multiplayer games so people can play together, and more map types, etc.

Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick admitted in an interview with IGN before releasing his third-quarter financial results that Civilization 7 received negative comments from news and players, Namechecking Eurogamer's 2/5 commentsbut insists that the “traditional civic audience” will grow and call the early performances of Civilization 7 “very encouraging.”

“Metacritic’s comments are at 81, which is really solid,” Zelnick said. “We have over 20 news comments and scored over 90. We also have some negative outliers, including 40 of Eurogamer.

“We think that as people play longer, mood improves because with every release of new CIVs, the team pushes the envelope, and our traditional Civ audience is a little nervous about what they first see, Then they realized, wow, it was actually incredible, they dived into it.

“So we feel very, very good about it. We know we have a few issues. For example, the UI is a little problem. We will solve this problem. So I won't say that early access versions are perfect in every way. I think It's very, very encouraging, and I think the areas we are focusing on are areas we can and will address, and as you said, we pay great attention to them.”

The hardcore CIV players mentioned by Zelnick are a little nervous about the CIV 7 at launch, and this is not a reference to the dramatic changes that Firaxis makes about the game.

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. Apparently, Zelnick believes Civ fans will become liking it over time.

In the shorter semesters, Firaxis has work to do, especially on Steam. The game's Steam User Evaluation Rating is critical to success on the Valve platform. This not only shows how the player group thinks about the game, but also affects the visibility of the steam itself.

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