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[–] warm@kbin.earth 103 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Cant wait to try this in 6 years when the full game is released for a reasonable price!

[–] HexadecimalSky@lemmy.world 50 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Literally, I see this, oh, 7 is releasing? I should start playing 6....

[–] hakase@lemm.ee 18 points 2 months ago

I'll still be playing 4 for the foreseeable future.

[–] warm@kbin.earth 11 points 2 months ago (7 children)

Tried 6, ended back up on 5. I prefer the simplicity of 5.

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[–] neon_nova@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 2 months ago (1 children)

6 was free on epic games a few years back and it was recently on sale on steam for just a few dollars.

I picked it up on steam for the Linux version and it was pretty addicting. I never get games dlc and I don’t think I’m good enough at the base game to take advantage of the different things the dlc adds.

[–] Pringles@lemm.ee 8 points 2 months ago

If you want to get good at civ games, you can check Marbozir on youtube. The guy is a genius at it and you quickly pick up the way in which you should think about the strategy and resources. And he's very entertaining to boot.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 43 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Sweet! Now just one more thing... no Denuvo plz and it is a Day 1 (not the pre-launch whatever) buy for me.

[–] Deconceptualist@lemm.ee 54 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Steam page says Denuvo :(

Also $70 for the base game, ouch.

[–] normonator@lemmy.ml 41 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Well scratch that one of the list of interesing releases. Fuck Denuvo.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 8 points 2 months ago

Fuck Denuvo

[–] UntouchedWagons@lemmy.ca 29 points 2 months ago (2 children)

$90 here in maple syrup land + denuvo = yikes

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[–] Kbobabob@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Does Denuvo work on Linux?

[–] kilgore_trout@feddit.it 15 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Denuvo supports Linux. Most of the time, the publisher does not enable this support, but if Civ VII is compatible with Steam Deck, then it's different in this case.

[–] vividspecter@lemm.ee 12 points 2 months ago

They might ship the game without Denuvo on Linux which has happened before.

[–] UprisingVoltage@feddit.it 5 points 2 months ago

Was wondering the same

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 36 points 2 months ago (1 children)

£60 before adding all the DLC 😵‍💫

In fairness, it's always been one of those games that goes on sale a lot and is priced low when it does. Patience is a virtue.

[–] dh3lix@lemmy.world 13 points 2 months ago (1 children)
[–] warmaster@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)
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[–] Narauko@lemmy.world 14 points 2 months ago

The real question is if there was enough backlash to the spyware crap with Civ 6 that they learned their lesson or not.

[–] Commiunism@beehaw.org 13 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

This would be nice to hear if Linux versions of Civ games weren't always complete garbage

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[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 10 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago) (1 children)

I just want to know if you can automate workers again, because I always get to a point with a worker where I'm like, "okay, I still need you but not for anything important right now, so you go off and do your thing and I'll come get you later" and just stopping them from doing anything seems pointless when they can build you a massive road or rail network without you having to worry about it. I stopped playing 6 when I realized I was going to have to either minimize my number of workers, have ridiculously long turns, or just create a bunch of spare workers and have them stay in one place until I need them and I really didn't like any of those options. I gave up on 6 pretty quickly specifically for that reason. It was just too much of a grind.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 7 points 2 months ago

Civ 5 auto improve/auto road/auto railroad function was so useful that I miss as well.

I have gotten used to micro-managing my workers and sleeping them when not needed, and using two Military Engineers to build a railroad quickly. I am curious about how it will be for 7 since we've seen a steam train in the trailer.

[–] Link@rentadrunk.org 7 points 2 months ago

Do we know who is making the Linux port? Is it Aspyr again?

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Any confirmation of linux/windows crossplay?

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world 8 points 2 months ago (1 children)

If it's anything like 6, yes, but the Linux version won't get quick updates so effectively no, since players have to be on the same update.

There's no reason the Proton version won't work, though, I suppose.

Here's hoping the Linux native version fares better this time around...

[–] v_krishna@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 months ago (2 children)

Good to hear thanks. And proton has worked well for 6? (Steamdeck i assume is using proton not native linux?). We still play V, when they broke mac/windows crossplay I had to install bootcamp to continue playing with my friends. But the family iMac I did that on definitely won't run 7, so was looking into building a linux tower I could use instead and would strongly prefer not to deal with windows.

[–] faith@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Yes, the VI Windows version via Proton is superiour to the native linux build. Steam Deck likely defaults to the native version, but that can be overridden with 4 clicks.

[–] Rentlar@lemmy.ca 2 points 2 months ago

Civ 6 steam proton version works great in my experience.

[–] kerrigan778@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Will it have AI worth playing with, no spyware, and stability though?

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[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 5 points 2 months ago

Steam deck verified, with Denuvo for extra flavour. Mmm...

[–] Geometrinen_Gepardi@sopuli.xyz 5 points 2 months ago (6 children)

How are you supposed to play Civ without a mouse and a keyboard?

[–] orgrinrt@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago (4 children)

It’s surprisingly easy and comfortable. Steam controller was a revolution on this regard, at least for me. It sounds wrong but feels just right.

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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 5 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Track pads, and the trigger buttons are LMB/RMB. I've set those controls up on my Deck for Civ6 and it's honestly very comfy to sit on the couch playing civ on the deck.

and keyboard commands can easily be mapped on either back buttons or onto a virtual menu on the other trackpad - with mode shifts you can define a huge amount of keys which are easily accessible

[–] MolecularCactus1324@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I played on switch and it was fine.

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[–] red@sopuli.xyz 4 points 2 months ago (6 children)

I'm not buying it. Civ 6 had play by cloud, and this crashes on Mac every time you end your turn.

Despite acknowlidging the bug, years and years later it's still broken.

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[–] OmegaLemmy@discuss.online 3 points 2 months ago
[–] Wes4Humanity@lemm.ee 2 points 2 months ago

God I hope it doesn't suck as bad as 6

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