The Civilization sequence has been with us so lengthy that it may possibly generally really feel like a part of the furnishings. A recreation comes out, is performed for years, one other follows, repeat till the warmth demise of the universe. But it surely has truly been a really very long time because the final recreation!
Right here’s a timeline of the principle releases within the sequence:
Civilization (1991)
Civilization II (1996)
Civilization III (2001)
Civilization IV (2005)
Civilization V (2010)
Civilization VI (2016)
As you may see, that is presently the longest stretch we’ve had between video games in Civilization historical past, at seven years and counting. It’s a drought that has been pronounced lately; whereas Firaxis have been doing stuff like releasing chief packs as DLC, Civ VI itself has develop into a drained previous factor, and has discovered its place atop the 4X technique pile challenged by all the pieces from Stellaris to Humankind.
Maybe sensing this, the sequence’ Twitter account posted this over the weekend:
The rational a part of me is aware of this was the case. It could have been the case, to a point, not lengthy after Civ VI shipped all these years in the past. That’s simply how these long-running sequence go, as quickly as one recreation is finished, even after they get/want long-running assist like Civ VI has acquired, there’s someone writing down notes for what comes subsequent.
The emotional a part of me, in the meantime, is ecstatic. Like lots of you I’ve been a fan of this sequence for all times, and like lots of you (or so the vibes appear) I’ve grown more and more despairing of Civ VI, a recreation that originally appeared to strive some genuinely fascinating issues to set it aside from its predecessors, however which has in the end fallen prey to an obsession with its district-improvement meta, that has come on the expense of extra vital stuff like enemy AI and fight.
I do know this isn’t a correct announcement. There’s not even a Civilization VII brand to slap on that tweet. But it surely does a minimum of publicly herald that Civ VI’s days are lastly coming to an in depth, and that it’s hopefully not too lengthy earlier than we see one thing that exhibits us how the sequence plans to sort out its fourth decade of existence.
UPDATE: Good tweet: