Valve makes a strong point by comparing their "mystery boxes" to a sealed pack of collectible cards which people have been buying for decades, and yet nobody has ever raised a stink about it.

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Quoting: tfkI had something like this happen to my PS4 dualshock controller when I put it in the microwave to dry after cleaning.

You what? Please tell me you're joking.

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Mountain ManIn short, it retains the core design of Civ VII while adding a more traditional points-based victory system.

I guess it had not occurred to you that someone would be asking about this precisely because they don't know what the core design of Civ VII is like. Nobody ever talks about it, people only talk about the heresy aspects, so it's not obvious that there are other significant elements of core design.

I don't even know what he's asking any more. 🤣

Pretty much what Purple Library Guy tried to explain. I have no idea how this simple thing turned into an unsolvable enigma for you, and why. Or how to get it across in a way that makes you understand. If that's even possible. Again, never mind. I will try to find out what OTHER features that game actually got, myself. But yes, the reason why I asked is really that - nobody seemed to have talked much about any aspect of Civ VII, except that controversial one.

PS: You do realize that if you gender assume people on the internet, there is a 50% chance to get it wrong, yes?

Hey, my English teacher was old school, and she taught that when gender is unknown, you use masculine pronouns. 😆

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Quoting: Purple Library Guy

Quoting: Mountain ManIn short, it retains the core design of Civ VII while adding a more traditional points-based victory system.

I guess it had not occurred to you that someone would be asking about this precisely because they don't know what the core design of Civ VII is like. Nobody ever talks about it, people only talk about the heresy aspects, so it's not obvious that there are other significant elements of core design.

I don't even know what he's asking any more. 🤣

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Quoting: Kimyrielle

Quoting: Mountain Man

Quoting: KimyrielleBut hey, you can also always opt to just be rude about it.

Or I could have answered your question by pointing out the two most significant changes in the update: more freedom to play as the civilization you want, and the elimination of railroad-y legacy paths. In short, it retains the core design of Civ VII while adding a more traditional points-based victory system.

Which isn't really what my question asked, but hey. You know what? Nevermind.

Frankly, your question doesn't make any sense. Is Civ VII indistinguishable from Civ VI? Of course not, but neither is Civ VI indistinguishable from Civ V, and V is not indistinguishable from IV, and so on.

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

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Quoting: KimyrielleBut hey, you can also always opt to just be rude about it.

Or I could have answered your question by pointing out the two most significant changes in the update: more freedom to play as the civilization you want, and the elimination of railroad-y legacy paths. In short, it retains the core design of Civ VII while adding a more traditional points-based victory system.

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Quoting: KimyrielleThe obvious question is - since this (IMHO) horrible forced change of civs was the anchor-feature of the entire game... is Civ VII now indistinguishable from Civ VI?

What kind of nonsense question is that? If you want a Civ game that is indistinguishable from VI then just play VI.

The two most significant changes in this update are: 1) You can pick any civilization to play as from the start and elect to continue playing as that civilization across age transitions; and 2) No more legacy paths that force the player to complete the same objectives in the same order to win.

These two changes on their own open Civ VII up to a wide variety of new play styles and strategies.

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I played to the end of first age last night and really like the changes. It opens the game up to more varied play styles without losing Civ VII's unique core features.

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Steam Controller: Minor improvement to gyro micro stutter (ignore clone packets)

So it wasn't my imagination. There really is a slight stutter when using gyro to move the camera.

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I'm hoping we have customized power on/off sounds like the original Steam Controller.

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