Civilization VII Devs Detail First Batch Of Updates And Fixes Ahead Of Launch – Nintendo Life
GuestGuestLogin | Sign UpNintendo LifeGuestLogin or Sign Up”The team has been poring over your feedback”Following Civilization VII’s advanced access launch, the team at Firaxis Games has acknowledged player feedback by identifying three key areas it will be focusing on in the immediate future – with a “development roadmap” to be shared as soon as possible.Players can expect the following to be addressed, including a patch update in March as well as improvements to multiplayer:1. Prioritizing UI Improvements: Our top priority is improving the UI. We need some time to digest all of your feedback, but some areas that we’re already looking into include making UI interactions more intuitive, improving map readability, fixing areas of polish like formatting, and more. We’re committed to getting this right, and will share more details as soon as we can.2. Implementing Community-Requested Features: Several key features that we’ve seen you ask for will be included in upcoming patches as free updates, and we’ll continue to work with the community to improve and add to the game. We’re still working on exact timing, but can share the following items are being prioritized:- Adding Teams to multiplayer games so you can play cooperatively
– Allowing full player counts in multiplayer in all three Ages through refinements to our Distant Lands system.
– Allowing you to pick your starting and ending Age to allow for single or double Age games
– Providing a wider variety of map types
– Enabling city and religion names to be customized
– Adding in hotseat multiplayer3. Rolling Out Quality-of-Life Updates in Patch 1.1.0 (Deploying in March): Work is already well underway on Patch 1.1.0, which includes fixes and adjustments that were already on our radar. This list includes quality-of-life UI adjustments, ongoing AI balance and improvement, adjustments to diplomacy and crises, plus additional bug fixes.In the same update on the official game website, the team mentions how it intends to support Civilization VII for “years to come” and player feedback remains critical to help the team grow and build the future of the latest entry and series.According to reviews of the PC version so far, Civilization VII is a mostly positive experience so far. The development team has also commented on the Switch 2, mentioning it loves what Nintendo is seemingly doing with the controllers.New entry launches this monthBut remain tight-lipped otherwiseCivilization VII is out this month on SwitchWill you be checking out this game when it lands on 11th February for Switch? Let us know in the comments.[source civilization.2k.com, via civilization.2k.com]About Liam DoolanLiam is a news writer and reviewer for Nintendo Life and Pure Xbox. He’s been writing about games for more than 15 years and is a lifelong fan of Mario and Master Chief.Comments 23Pretty cool upcoming improvements and additions, happy for those who are going to play Civilization VII (potentially me included at some point)!Trailer looks interestingHow did they manage tho have it working this good on the switch!
Pff, love it.Been playing it mostly on PS5 but I did grab the Switch version too because I suck with money.The Switch version overall plays well, just a little blurrier and a little slower, not in terms of framrate but just how things load and move with the turns. Also, you can only play small or tiny maps on Switch.If a spearman can still destroy a tank I will not be buying!The patch should remove CivVII and install Civ II and IV, then it will be perfect@LFOD that’s the best part of Civilization tho@Princess_Lilly I like your taste.@LFODIt’s not possible anymore, because all civs have to be in the same age now. I think there is a lot of selection bias going on here. The early access reviews are MUCH worse then the professional reviews, and I think a pretty obvious reason for that is that if you liked Civ 6 enough that you were willing to pay an insane amount of money to play Civ 7 a few days early …. you’re likely going to be ultra critical in general and especially of any changes.Personally I’m happy that Civ 7 took some big swings, and I’m looking forward to it. It seems the one consistent problem is the UI, and that shouldn’t be a hard fix. ARA went from having a completely unusable UI to a really good one in about a month after launch.The only thing from previous entries that needed a serious overhaul was the AI. It was way too passive. You don’t up the difficulty just by distributing resources in the AI’s favor. You need to make it smarter, not have more resources.Sadly I have no faith that they will ever get that right.@HeadPirate the main problem I have in terms of the UI is it is so hard for me to see the reticle for the spot I’m currently on.I’ve been playing it since Friday as my physical shipped early (I’m not paying for those early access versions) and while it’s an impressive port so far there seem to be quite a few similarities to 6 I’m not liking, most notably in the tech tree. It’s not the same but it does feel far too familiar to 6. I do like the ideas of towns and am looking forward to what else they’ve changed up. I’ve not really read anything about the game so I’m not sure what else new is coming up in game@DadJKPSounds frustrating. I really hope they get it fixed ASAP.@Princess_Lilly What about Civ II 3 times with a dash of Civ I@Xenoblade-Fan I’ll allow it…Yeah I heard that this game isn’t all that great on Steam, good to know.”According to reviews of the PC version so far, Civilization VII is a mostly positive experience so far. “NO it isn’t that is why they have all these patches planned..@Princess_Lilly and colonization!@romanista Yeah I saw the Steam page…”Mixed” isn’t the same as “mostly positive” lol@Joeynator3000 @romanista It’s got an 81 on Metacritic with 76 reviews. I think I’ll take that a bit more seriously than a bunch of review bombing “fans” with hyper specific preferences and an axe to grind.I’m still playing Civ VLittle slow on the uptick. This statement was released on Feb 6. Kinda old news at this point.The game has been getting a lot of hate on the Steam reviews due to UI issues along with many other things and rightfully so however I’ve been playing early access since day 1 and I’m finding it enjoyable. Civ 6 had issues right at launch but with patches and DLC it turned out being a pretty solid entry. Same with Civ 5 if I remember correctly. I’m looking forward to watching this game grow and improve granted some of these things could have been included right out of the gate. The statement was released in response to all the bad flak the game has been getting. If you buy early just keep in mind it’s going to take some time to iron out all the kinks otherwise just enjoy it for what it is. Still, Firaxis and 2K should be ashamed charging what they did for the early access.Longtime fan of Civ here that’s got 51 hours in the game so far here. I just want to dissuade people from picking up the game at launch, they have a lot of work to do to get the game up to snuff. There’s a fun core gameplay loop in there, but it is by far the least polished entry in the series at launch. I do have confidence that Firaxis will get it there though.@cedarhyped for me the euro gamer 2/5 was quite damning.. but I didn’t want to argue about what would be good mark (didn’t play it yet), but just that it seems logical the developers responded to the critique (which is a good thing), so the sentence about a ‘positive experience’ seemed a bit illogical, to say the least… Show CommentsLeave A CommentHold on there, you need to login to post a comment…Nintendo Reconfirms Release Windows For Major Upcoming Switch Games… and the Switch 2!Nintendo Talks About Future Switch Support Ahead Of Switch 2 Launch”We would like to continue releasing new titles”Metroidvania ‘Chronicles Of The Wolf’ Takes A Few Cues From Castlevania IIAh-woooooo!”Nintendo Is Probably The Easiest To Scam” – Devs Discuss The Current State Of The eShopThe rise of “eSlop”PlatinumGames Wipes Several Games From Its Website’s PortfolioIncluding Star Fox Zero and ‘Project G.G.’Game ProfileTitle:Sid Meier’s Civilization VIISystem:Nintendo SwitchAlso Available For:PS4, PS5Publisher:Take-Two InteractiveDeveloper:Firaxis GamesGenre:Simulation, StrategyPlayers:1 (6 Online)Release Date:Nintendo SwitchSeries:Sid Meier, CivilizationAlso Known As:Civ 7Official Site:nintendo.comWhere to buy:Buy on Amazon
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