Yes, I know the game is expensive.
Yes, I know we shouldn't pre-order.
But it's Civ. And I've been playing since Civ 1. And I can't wait. Early access starts this Friday. Base Game releases 12 Feb, 2025.
Here are the editions:
See Steam page for edition comparisons.
First post, hope I got it right.
Legend, thanks for posting.
2K knows their audience, releasing this 3 days before Valentines Day.
Seriously though, can't wait.
Can anyone confirm they got a genuine Steam key from this? (I've never heard of 2game before)
I can confirm 2Game is a legitimate storefront. I purchased Black Myth Wukong and Metaphor Refantazio from there, among some lesser known titles.
6 was ok but not great so these prices are not compelling, even for a life long fan
Hum… do I reallyyy need another time sink to eat away at my soul even when trying to sleep? I just got back into factorio ffs
Hope you for some time on your hands, OP! If you’ve been playing since Civ 1, then you probably, like me, have kids now, which means lack of time for Civ. But TV sucks these days so….
I learned how much of a time sink these are with Civ III, been meaning to try V.
Early reviews suggest Civ 7 is not that great
Firstly its sitting on 81/100 on MC for PC which is a very good score. Secondly reviews for a civ game are meaningless, they have been making this game for 30+ years and every game fans will put in 1000+ hours.
81 is not good enough for a Civ game. I believe it's the lowest score in the series.
I put so many hours into Civ 5 looking for the fun of Civ2-4 + Alpha Centauri before realizing I wasn't finding it, and the optimization was terrible, running worse than Crisis despite the game literally doing nothing while it was a player's turn. Then the expansions sort of restored features from the previous games which had been stripped, which I bought, but it felt like they were nickel and diming me just for the full game.
Civ 6 received for free still didn't even feel worth playing for more than 5 minutes with the cartoony style.
They're joking at this price. As a former huge fan of the franchise who played it obsessively, they lost my willingness to even pay normal full game price years ago. Almost $200 for what I assume is the full game, in an era when great games are available for $5-$25 regularly, if not free.
Yeah I dont understand the rush to buy a game that is feature incomplete.
Doesn't anyone remember cities skylines 2? Don't pay stupid prices.
I actually really like Civ 6, particularly post expansions. I thought I preferred Civ 5, but when I went back to give it another go it just seemed…bland?
I'll pick this up for sure, but will wait until the price had gone down at least 80% and some expansions are out.
Though if It was Xcom 3, I'd be shoving my money at then
will wait for epic games freebie in 2028
I can't believe the UI and font made it into the final release. When I saw the early previews I assumed that was just in beta and they hadn't focused on it, but seeing these final reviews with that top nav bar and various fonts/icons was shocking. If that's their idea of minimalist it's a pretty big step backwards and probably enough on its own to hold me back playing it.
None of the Steam store screenshots show the UI which is… interesting.
Unfortunately it’s gotten poor reviews
It’s been dumbed down and simplified
I’d wait till it’s cheap
Damn. I've been very un-ozbargain and already ordered at full price.
My civ route was CTP, CTP2 then Civ3 onwards. Really looking forward to less micro management.
I wouldn't really consider a Civ game complete until the expansions are released. Worth waiting for the bundle to come out in a few years. Plenty of time to play your favourite civ and save a few bucks in the process.
How long have people here been playing civ for? I started at Civ 3.
Preordering games incentivizes them to put in less effort and going by past track record.. civ 5 and 6 didnt get good until the large dlcs came out.
Early access is a con. It's really delayed access for people who don't spend the extra $30.
Civ 1 was the first game that ever kept me up all night…been playing the series off and on, not even sure which versions I enjoyed/not. Played a bit of civ6 thanks to Epic’s freebie, never brought any expansions. And that’s how much I’m willing to pay for this, $0. Understand I’ll have a bit of a wait XD
I'm going to wait for an expansion or two this time around.
I ended up spending over $200 on Civ VI and its expansions/DLC. It didn't really feel satisfying until after the second expansion (after which I actually started putting some real hours in to the game). But by that time, it had dropped to a fraction of its launch price.
At $100 for the base game, I'd expect the combined costs with expansions/DLC would be more like $300+ this time around. And then in a few years' time, you'll probably be able to get the whole thing as a "complete" bundle for $30. I'll wait for that.
![[PC, Mac, Steam] Civilization VII Early Access - Deluxe $129.31, Founders $161.64 @ 2game](https://files.ozbargain.com.au/n/80/891880.jpg?h=be05b355)
Thanks have been looking for a good price on this, will order!
Excited.