Sid Meier's Civilization needs to keep reinventing itself to stay relevant

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Civilization 7 is bringing a lot of big and controversial changes—that's good.

Civilization 7than I was expecting. And for me, that was definitely a good thing. Leaders and civs have been divorced from each other on the startup screen—you can have Ben Franklin lead Egypt or Cleopatra lead Rome. You pick a new civ for each of its three historical ages, similar to Humankind. Each civ has its own perk tree. Districts have been significantly reworked from Civ 7. It's a lot. Maybe the biggest departure from one mainline Civ game to the next in the franchise's history.

A big part of why it doesn't bother me is the fact that the older Civs remain so accessible and so playable to this day. Different parts of them have held up better than others, but I think you could sit down as a total newcomer to the series today and play Civ 4, Civ 5, or Civ 6 and have a really good experience. Those games aren't going anywhere. I have friends who still mostly play Civ 4, and see the era of one military unit per tile as high heresy.

Prior to this entry, every main series Civ game had a different game director. Civ 7 is being helmed by Civ 6's Ed Beach, which initially rubbed me the wrong way."But it's tradition!" I'd shout."We need a fresh perspective!" But what I think this opportunity has turned into is, for the first time ever, seeing someone who finished an entire Civilization game getting to take a step back and think about what they would have done differently.

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