Civilization 7 has had a little bit of a blended reception following its arrival in early entry type forward of full launch on Februrary 11. There are a good few issues that folk have instantly begun calling for modifications to, and Firaxis has now mentioned it is heard a few of these considerations, and will probably be doing stuff to attempt to rectify them.
Whereas how a lot you typically like what Civ 7 does in a different way to its precdecessors will most likely fluctuate from individual to individual and be one thing you’ve got simply obtained to stay with, the likes of the sport’s UI have been attracting criticism from Steam customers that may be tweaked on the fly.
So, as outlined in a contemporary weblog put up, that is precisely why developer Firaxis is doing.
“Over the previous couple of days, the crew has been poring over your suggestions, together with our most up-to-date Steam Evaluations through the Early Entry interval,” the studio wrote, “As stewards of the Civilization franchise, we maintain ourselves to a excessive normal and all the time try to create the very best recreation attainable. Civ wouldn’t have come this far with out you, and your opinions matter tremendously to us.”
In reponse to that suggestions, it is recognized “three key areas” it will be prioritising engaged on within the quick future: bettering the UI, “implementing community-requested options”, and delivering “High quality-of-Life Updates”. These QoL bits will probably be coming with Patch 1.1.0, which the studio plans to deploy in March.
UI sensible, Firaxis wrote that it is “already trying into embrace making UI interactions extra intuitive, bettering map readability, fixing areas of polish like formatting, and extra”.
The community-requested options are issues like letting you customise metropolis and faith names, including groups to multiplayer video games, and providing a greater diversity of map varieties. These “will probably be included in upcoming patches as free updates”.
In the meantime, the developer added: “Work is already properly underway on Patch 1.1.0, which incorporates fixes and changes that had been already on our radar. This listing contains quality-of-life UI changes, ongoing AI stability and enchancment, changes to diplomacy and crises, plus further bug fixes.”
So, there you go. Fret not, individuals who’re attempting to s**thouse their method to a tradition victory by encouraging everybody else to wipe one another out whilst you erect seven million amphitheatres.