Comment on Sid Meier's Civilization VII | Review Thread
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day agoReally? Because there are plenty of reviews that captured the state of that game at release, and they’re generally better at articulating it than the guy who has 1000 hours in a game and calls it “literally unplayable” in a Steam review.
It’s more about how does the game function at release is there a performance issue that would prompt a hardware upgrade.
It’s not a dig at the game I’m sure it’s great but these websites are frequently paid for a good review.
Civ is known for having issues at release just because its such a giant game to program
I don’t know which sites you think are getting paid for good reviews (this is a persistent myth), but find one or two that you trust.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
Individual Steam reviews may be trash but the average rating is valuable and usually pretty reliable. The biggest downside of the system is that it isn’t quick to “respond” to updates but the separate “Recent” rating helps a lot.
The point you’re responding to is that C:S 2 was praised by reviewers at launch despite it having TONS of issues and missing features. The Steam ratings were a way more accurate picture of the game.
ampersandrew@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can read into individual reviews rather than just looking at the aggregate. Plenty pointed out its problems.
glimse@lemmy.world 1 day ago
You can use both :)