Civ Streams: The Modern Age | Civilization VII Developer Livestream

[@anonviewerciv]

Starts with the opening cinematic, for those who missed it. 🗡 3:05 Devs are here. 🫂 7:07 Harriet Tubman. 👳‍♀ 10:25 31 Civs, 26 Leaders at launch. 📊 14:04 Starting the Modern Age. ⚙▶ 17:50 Modern Tech Tree. 🌫🔀🚀 Factory Resources. 🏭➡🍫(22:50, 56:22) 31:19 Espionage actions. 🕴🔪 35:40 Benjamin Franklin. 📕👴🦅 41:18 Modern Civic Trees and Ideologies. 🗳🪖⚒ 46:46 Modern Age buildings and tiles. 🧱🥫📡(1:00:30) 51:07 Railroads. 🛤🚋🚉 Modern warfare. 🛩💥🪖(1:03:54) 1:09:16 Carrier operations. 🛳⤴🛩 1:15:36 Army advance. ⬅🪖🚚 1:19:40 Legacy Paths, like the way to nukes. 🪙☢(1:24:37) 1:29:32 Civ7 theme live perfomance. 🎻

[@civilization]

Just a heads up we'll be trimming the "Starting Soon" screen from the video shortly. Sorry for the inconvenience but VERY appreciative of this. 🙏

[@anonviewerciv]

@@civilization That's fine, I will adjust accordingly. 👋 Appreciate the pin, but I don't think I'll be able to edit my comment if the video gets adjusted later. 📌❌🔧

[@civilization]

@@anonviewerciv Unpinned for now. Hope that helps! 👍

[@anonviewerciv]

@@civilization Alright, will be waiting for the video trimming. ⏲✂

[@civilization]

@@anonviewerciv You ROCK. 🫶

[@Hifuutorian]

Victory Paths culminate in a final project in the Modern Age. The Culture Victory's project is the World's Fair. The Science Victory is the first man in space. The Military Victory is Operation Ivy. The Economic Victory is establishing the World Bank. I feel like those are all good jumping off points for the teased Information Age expansion after those projects too! I also like how all of the victories have their own 'special moments' upon completion now, like the Space Race always has.

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

Why should we pay for an age featured in previous games for free

[@Hifuutorian]

@@CPPRODUCTIONS1001 Because the Age structure is entirely different and each one is basically its 'own game' complete with *way* more features in each individual one compared to previous titles? That's like asking "Why should we pay for a civilization featured in other games for free?" They did something (In this case, a LOT of somethings) different this time.

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

@Hifuutorian I will have to see when the reviews come in. I'm just not feeling this game. It's all so complicated, long winded yet dumbed down

[@apogeecreativitee7596]

I’m sad the game currently ends as far as the space race, but I do hope the information age is added eventually. Tubman is a wonderful inclusion, I appreciate the spotlight on proper American history.

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

Probably a $30 expansion

[@alexnderrrthewoke4479]

​@CPPRODUCTIONS1001 its not probably a deff

[@themore-you-know]

"proper American history" in your mind is "my victim historical fiction in which the Whites did all of the wrongs, that Natives weren't genociding themselves in round circles for thousands of years prior, and in which Black empires did not hunt down and enslave the millions of other Blacks that were sold to buyers (both Arab and White), and in which Haitians did not turn around and do a massive massacre themselves as soon as they got the opportunity". Is that your "proper American history" ?

[@ichifish]

UI team, please look at 50:18. It shows a mouseover of a Civic on the Civics Tree. At that time, the player is doing ONE thing: reading about Natural History. But 80% of the screen is not related to Natural History, and the Natural History text and icons are crammed into a teeny-tiny little box. I'm watching this close up at 2160 on a brand new Macbook, and I have to squint to see the text.

[@jsbach1750]

Yep. Grey Goo

[@marcinbaczek1814]

I feel like central/eastern European Civs were hugly neglected during the reveal period. I hope they will be shown some love before premiere. I am really looking for Kazimir the Grate or Tadeusz Mazowiecki for Poland.

[@TheZennock]

Stream starts at 32:55 !

[@pat_le_frosch-u4y]

Thank you😊

[@TheZennock]

​@pat_le_frosch-u4y Aye, you're welcome!

[@altshiftf]

Looks interesting and exciting! However, the UI feels a bit rough, almost like a developer preview - it could use some polish to feel more complete and "civ-like" before release.

[@scottfreiberg4]

Congrats to carl and respect that firaxis gives him maternity leave

[@duckbread6496]

Big respect to Karl for still coming through even while on leave, shows his love for this game and reassures me it's in the best hands it could be. Keep up the great work Firaxis! :)

[@briantaylor915]

Totally! When my kids were born, I would also have jumped at a day off from paternity leave to go to work, especially if my job was this one.

[@rockinrammstein6978]

Getting the live stream reward is wild. The streams happen once a month for 1 hour. Congrats to whoever gets the banners!

[@ISTREBITL]

Why there are no farms anywhere? I am so used to have improvements on every tile in late game, so this blank spaces everywhere look like my civ completely underdeveloped.

[@Hifuutorian]

There are.

[@pickles7734]

There are many blank hexes and it also is driving me crazy

[@markos50100]

You can't own tiles inside the border without some improvement as improvements culture bomb surrounding tiles.

[@pickles7734]

@@markos50100 going to be an adjustment for me 😂

[@benh7692]

Just two words : When germany?

[@indigopotatoe]

1:06:20 did that prospector just hit the mf griddy?!?!

[@henrybustos6974]

For the love of the modern age, edit out the starting soon!

[@tektek7862]

No information age is such a let down, the WW2 era has been done 100000 times in plenty of games while the cold war and current era is always missing, this endgame doesn't look exciting.

[@darkunion4]

So the game ends around 1960? Or am I missing something?

[@brandonmoser4247]

You’re absolutely right, with Information Age being either added as a free update (lmao that’ll never happen), or much more likely will be a paid DLC.

[@darkunion4]

God I hope not that feels like we will purposely getting 3/4 a games and will be forced to buy the last 1/4. I don’t like that slippery slope.

[@salinatsai4799]

FYI the actual show starts at 32:54

[@JoelDZ]

Crazy to have a tech tree without computers

[@technologypoet]

So not to be looking ahead to DLC already…, but I would love a 4th age, “Future Age” that was like Alpha Centauri meets Civ VII

[@catnipfatty4193]

Stream actually starts at 29:50

[@nimmr]

What’s up with the tiny tech and civics trees?

[@allpartofthemasterplan]

Although i love over 90% of what im seeing in civ 7 there needs to be much more depth in victory conditions. The best thing about civ 6 was i could win a culture victory in about 5 different ways. This had the replayability that kept me coming back for more. I would like to see the same level of thought put into the other victory types. There is more to a science victory than launching a rocket, what about biological breakthroughs as an alternative route to victory. Economic could consider corporations, stock markets, trade deals, currency, resource accumulation. I feel its very simplistic but will be keen to learn more.

[@NB-yu4lj]

UI looks great, we don’t need extra clutter

[@toastertubbo]

Ayo, sneak Thailand reveal? Ashoka's banner having an elephant and Thai cities like Chon Buri and Chachoengsao? FYI for peeps saying he's the Mughals, Xerxes is already the Mughals

[@vivone7671]

Siamese confirmed in modern age

[@Foxygrandpa1912]

Karl Marx, Stalin, Lenin or Mao should be added as having communists would be interesting. I would’ve picked president Andrew Jackson or Franklin Pierce as interesting presidential leaders or maybe John D Rockefeller or JP Morgan if we’re going for more cultural and Financial leaders. I think at least one axis powers leader should be added to the game since the modern age will have mechanics relating to picking fascism and emulating ww2. I would love some sort of pirate leader as well, be it a Barbary pirate or a Caribbean pirate / privateer such as Captain Henry Morgan.

[@Connor_98]

At 56:16 is it me or does it look the the map has a clear area in the middle where it has divided the two sides? both the left landmass and the half hidden smalled landmass has very straight edges facing each other making the ocean run down it like a line, while the other sides of the lands have more natural formations. Im just worried that we will see where the maps generate the newer areas leaving marks like that visable

[@sadaasdafa8635]

I have to say, the military units look GORGEOUS for the American faction. I really hope all modern factions will have unique models across the board - for example genuine British vehicles for the British faction (rather than giving them reskinned US equipment and models).

[@GoneeMaster]

why does industrialization follow from military science and not from steam engines?

[@Pajalfonso]

Loved the music in the opening cinematic. Hoping the ingame music is as good!

[@CPPRODUCTIONS1001]

I am going to wait for the reviews for this. It looks so confusing yet simplistic at the same time and I still don't know how I feel about the age system.

[@wahetkaaskroket7911]

We need Germany and Russia

[@ДріМко]

Вам? Тобі! Німеччина - так. Московія - ні.

[@obe726]

Thank you so much for not having loot boxes or micro transactions

[@phyrafin]

UI will be changed? It looks really bad.

[@bakaneko5191]

It can definitely be refined, but I much prefer this more serious and darker UI to the overly colorful and "cartoonish" UI of Civ 6.

[@The_TinesJathian]

@@bakaneko5191I agree

[@Sondrebol]

@@bakaneko5191completely disagree tbh. Civ 6s colorfull UI made it so much easier to distuinguish what was culture, what was science, what was money, etc. just because of the color scheme. In civ 7 everything just looks the same, it looks bland. After a while that probably won't matter but at least for the first couple games, i feel that's going to be annoying.

[@shadowefeX]

​@@bakaneko5191 both are undesirable. Even if civ 6's ui was cartoonish, I wouldn't call it objectively bad like the civ 7's ui is

[@ichifish]

@phyrafin. 100% this. Look at 50:18. It shows a mouseover of a Civic on the Civics Tree. At that time, the player is doing ONE thing: reading about Natural History. But 80% of the screen is not related to Natural History, and the Natural History text and icons are crammed into a teeny-tiny little box. I'm watching this close up at 2160 on a brand new Macbook, and I have to squint to see the text.

[@misar7]

Skip and wait for the full package

[@galvendorondo]

No information age is a dealbreaker. I'll wait to buy this when they release it as an expansion priced absurdly high.

[@GonadsOfGodrey]

Can we get someone other than Liz 1 and Vic for Britain please.

[@BuildinWings]

Fine, Oliver Cromwell it is.

[@moonkeele]

@@BuildinWings YES

[@AbrahamLincoln-p16]

Churchill or Elizabeth II would epic ngl

[@davidsprenkle2641]

Maybe a poet or novelist or scientist? Would be cool

[@steves9333]

Maggy Thatcher 😂

[@evenr1.812]

Which game are you guys playing? : civ5 or Civ V6

[@WIGeek72]

So... odd question, but is the female voice in the trailer the same voice actor that did the voice of the Sea Emperor in Subnautica? Sounds similar to me...

[@КАЧ-о3ш]

The problem with Civ 6 is that you have to manage 12+ cities just to achieve decent stats. The build order is typically yellow, blue, orange, and red districts, so you end up with 12 identical cities. Now I see a 22-city limit here. Why would I want to build twice as many cities? Where’s the fun in that? A casual player will never remember what they’re building in each specific city! In the end, we won’t have 12 but 22 identical cities in Civ 7. Congratulations-now the game is twice as big but with zero strategy. Just spam cities.

[@CoachGunns]

No Modern Fighter jets ? or modern units ??????

[@irollastoney.899]

This just confirms it. We'll never get a Civilization that's gonna top Civ 5.

[@technologypoet]

Civ 4 exists though 😉

[@ShinkuRosetta]

Crusader Kings 3 is better. You can marry your sister.

[@zenwhirlpool]

City center stacking was not peak civ gameplay

[@stikflair]

I’m confused… how is it Harriet AND Egypt???

[@Hifuutorian]

Leaders are separate from civilizations in this game.

[@stikflair]

@ that I know. What’s confusing is the changing Civs part. If I pick Napoleon as a leader, does the empire change with the ages or does the leader change with the ages as well? (Meaning my leader will go from Napoleon to another leader)

[@harele]

@@stikflair there are three ages. Every civilization is specific to an age. You change civs as you move across the ages. In this case, it was egypt > Songhai > American.

[@kersago]

@@stikflair Your leader is fixed, what changes is the civilization at the beginning of each age

[@Hifuutorian]

@@stikflair You are with Napoleon for the whole game if you choose him, but you change civilizations with each Age.

[@munch9778]

Add karl marx ❤❤

[@phrozen17]

Why that guy was a douche

[@thomaswest4033]

Lenin would be cool too

[@DocteurPanda]

Putting Karl Marx behind a nation would be against everything he stood for lol..

[@vivone7671]

11:07 Usa Mexico Qing Siam Mughal india Freach? Confirmed!?

[@lucasdesa840]

Please add Lenin

[@ДріМко]

No!

[@ash6899]

wasnt expecting this leader. not a fan but not against it. but wow seems like she sis really OP

[@ShadowReaper-pu2hx]

The tech tree and resource icons look so bad. 🤮 Why can’t you make some basic changes for the UI?

[@ataberkuzun9582]

Don't add the ottoman empire add Turkey as a modern civ with Atatürk as it's leader please

[@fcuk_x]

Add treacherous Erdogan.

[@davidsprenkle2641]

That would be cool :)

[@artistraccoon9925]

yesss

[@CarlosMartinez-ou9gt]

First return Hagia Sophia to its rightful place as a church

[@lil_slv7052]

Siamese empire is confirmed

[@Rafael-s4q8x]

Add Brazil Soon

[@ichifish]

Of all the things Civ players have asked for over the ages(I've been playing since Civ 2), replacing the traditional leaders (heads of government) with new ones (random choices) wasn't one of them. I really want to be excited about Civ 7, but decisions like this and the apparent firing of the UI team makes me worried.

[@pickles7734]

Same. This is the first civ I’m considering not buying

[@apogeecreativitee7596]

These choices aren’t random though? They’re important historical figures. Ghandi’s never been a real leader and he’s been included since day 1. Are we upset because Harriet Tubmann, Confucius, Ben Franklin, and Ibn Battuta are included? All of them had tangible and massive portions of history changed because of them. They are all important and all as worthy as inclusion as Ghandi is. Or should Ghandi just have been the only non-leader leader

[@ichifish]

​@@apogeecreativitee7596 For me. yes, they are all too random. Nuclear Gandhi is a legacy meme and otherwise I wouldn't include him, either. Sure, maybe you can rationalize Benjamin Franklin and a few other pseudo-government leaders, but why bother? There is nothing about Harriet Tubman that gets you to "expansionist, militaristic leader of the US." She's an American hero and I teach her in my American Studies class, but she's not an appropriate avatar. I would argue the same thing if Andrew Jackson was included as a pacifist.

[@pickles7734]

@@apogeecreativitee7596Gandhi liberated India and entirely revolutionized the subcontinent. Ask any Indian, he is the father of India. He is most important figure in India. He should absolutely be a civ leader

[@ewsdneax61eaxe10]

cant wait for this game😟😟😟

[@pickles7734]

Tubman as the LEADER for US? She should be a great person or something like that. She wasn’t president or a general. Is Civ team getting a little silly?

[@davidsprenkle2641]

"Leaders" aren't just political or military leaders in Civ 7. They can be influential people (great people) like Confucius or Machiavelli.

[@weizenw]

@@davidsprenkle2641 Tubman wasn't as notable as either one of those though. Nobody knows who she was. Everyone has heard of Confucius.

[@CyNaCl]

Neither is Benjamin Franklin or Machiavelli are presidents or generals.

[@The_TinesJathian]

In civ 7 leaders are separate from civs which means they’re opening the category up to people beyond just heads of state, like confucius or harriet tubman

[@erinanglin1001]

@@weizenw”nobody knows who she was” just say you didn’t pay attention in a single US history class.

[@TNM001]

No current age? didn't expect that...feels like regression. you are going to shoehorn that in later? or will it feel like there is missing something now? i'm puzzled. you never did this before?!

[@DocteurPanda]

Honestly I love the return to the more serious look of Civilization 5. Civilization 6 had better maps but godamn those characters were atrocious : Alexander the Great for example and many others were humongous abominations.

[@jonnybravo420]

Nice DEI leader /s

[@clintcook8691]

why tf is Tugman a leader?

[@GazingTrandoshan]

Weird comment when Ben is right there

[@Foxygrandpa1912]

@@GazingTrandoshanBenjamin Franklin is more historically important than Harriet Tubman.

[@thejet4244]

Because woke...

[@edalesi]

49:40 hope we have USSR and comrade Stalin in Civ 7. Militaristic, Cultural and Scientific power

[@brandonmoser4247]

What an utter disappointment that Cold War and onward will be locked behind a paywall. The modern games industry is so awful

[@Vitalona-i9c]

I really appreciate your efforts! I have a safepal wallet and only I have the phrase: (proof inner hobby bounce blouse able donate virtual luggage cart morning ticket). What's the best way to send my amount money to Binance?

[@davioliva7088]

So you can have a communist monarchy 🤔

[@julianojulio1778]

All are equal to kings

[@zekleinhammer]

North Korea

[@pickles7734]

Washington DC was rebranded from Timbuktu What?

[@JohnDoe-xd9tw]

A game for the modern simpletons

[@InkDropFalls]

looks like a complete mess ....pyramids in every city ...when look at map none these look like cites ......just cluster of buildings make no sense

[@T25de]

Seems a bit woke

[@LNER985]

@@T25de No it doesn't.

[@thomaswest4033]

Gamers when history exists: 🤯🤯🤯

[@ash6899]

how?

[@laritest]

You are woke!

[@markos50100]

Imagine complaining about inclusion in a historical game. The literal only way you can call this game woke is if they started misrepresenting characters as LGBT. Which it doesn't.

[@bricelevai8520]

Egypt->Shonghai->USA Greek->Normans->USA this feels very Humankindish and nonsensical. Except for Greece sort of maybe perhaps… for the democracy and classical values that inspired the country

[@PatGunn]

Don't buy if it has denuvo

[@LNER985]

You're a disgrace to gamers.

[@LNER985]

@Tiavals You're no Civ fan.

[@PatGunn]

@@LNER985 I just don't want the denuvo crud on my computer. I've been playing Civ far longer than you have.

[@ラーメンのボス]

Make sure and don’t put any homosexual propaganda in the game. It’s a civilization and historical game after all.

[@CallmeKach]

New plan! How about making a remastered version of Civ 5 instead of this abomination?

[@EdenVI]

woke bullshit hahahahahhahahahahaha

[@apogeecreativitee7596]

Sorry that a black woman freed slaves a couple hundred years ago and that hurts your feelings. I do hope you’ll recover

[@LNER985]

@@EdenVI Troll.

[@bakaneko5191]

Define "woke." Being part of the history of the USA does not necessarily make something or someone "woke." People often misuse this word to describe almost anything and everything, frequently without understanding its true meaning. At this point, many who use the term seem clueless, immature, jealous, or even bitter. The truth, inconvenient as it may be for some, is not inherently "woke." Can we say you're "woke" simply because you promote workout? Obviously not. So take a moment, think critically, and remember: muscle alone doesn't make the mind.

[@ash6899]

how is this woke? i know you wont answer because you people never will unless its "isnt it obvious" of "open your eyes"

[@bricelevai8520]

@@bakaneko5191I mean let’s just face it… Harriet is not historically on the same playing field as Cyrus, Napoleon, Amina, Ashoka, Isabella, Confucius etc who all transcended centuries and became founders of nations, conquerors of others, philosophical pioneers etc… so I can see what they mean by “woke” For what they’re trying to do, I would have picked MLK, who is THE symbol of the fight for equality in the US. With that said, I 100% agree it’s very petty and immature to make a big deal out of it. It’s not

[@OzenDust]

Waiting stream about Medieval Age and Antiquity

[@OPTSXFilosoofis]

Yeah this game is dead on arrival