Firaxis Games have heard your cries, and so Civilization VII is getting an update at some point to let you play as one civ continuously through the Ages.
The game is unreasonably expensive, and bundled with malware (DRM). Both issues can be fixed by pirating it, but… frankly? I don’t think it’s even worth pirating it.
Check the Steam reviews. Bad interface, the ages system undermines the premise of the game, shallow diplomacy, AI is easy to manipulate, and apparently released in a broken/incomplete state. Whoever made this game doesn’t play the series, and it shows.
I played a quacked copy on the deck (patch 3 or 4 iirc) and I completely agree.
The silver lining is that this immense disappointment led to my discovery of Humankind and that game rips. It’s my go to on long trips now, replacing civ 6.
The game is unreasonably expensive, and bundled with malware (DRM). Both issues can be fixed by pirating it, but… frankly? I don’t think it’s even worth pirating it.
Check the Steam reviews. Bad interface, the ages system undermines the premise of the game, shallow diplomacy, AI is easy to manipulate, and apparently released in a broken/incomplete state. Whoever made this game doesn’t play the series, and it shows.
I played a quacked copy on the deck (patch 3 or 4 iirc) and I completely agree.
The silver lining is that this immense disappointment led to my discovery of Humankind and that game rips. It’s my go to on long trips now, replacing civ 6.