Civilization 7 has had a little bit of a blended reception following its arrival in early entry kind forward of full launch on Februrary 11. There are a good few issues that folk have instantly begun calling for adjustments to, and Firaxis has now stated it is heard a few of these considerations, and might 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 range from individual to individual and be one thing you’ve got simply received 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 submit, that is precisely why developer Firaxis is doing.
“Over the previous few 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 customary and at all times try to create one of the best sport potential. Civ wouldn’t have come this far with out you, and your opinions matter enormously to us.”
In reponse to that suggestions, it is recognized “three key areas” it’s going to be prioritising engaged on within the speedy future: bettering the UI, “implementing community-requested options”, and delivering “High quality-of-Life Updates”. These QoL bits might be coming with Patch 1.1.0, which the studio plans to deploy in March.
UI sensible, Firaxis wrote that it is “already wanting into embody 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 variety of map varieties. These “might be included in upcoming patches as free updates”.
In the meantime, the developer added: “Work is already nicely underway on Patch 1.1.0, which incorporates fixes and changes that have been already on our radar. This record contains quality-of-life UI changes, ongoing AI stability and enchancment, changes to diplomacy and crises, plus extra bug fixes.”
So, there you go. Fret not, individuals who’re making an attempt to s**thouse their approach to a tradition victory by encouraging everybody else to wipe one another out whilst you erect seven million amphitheatres.