Firaxis is getting ready to launch Civilization 7, the latest entry in one of the longest running computer game franchises.

It's going to suck.

And you know it's going to suck because they're pushing the news out through glowing reviews in publications like The Guardian, Ars Technica, and The Verge.

theguardian.com/games/article/2024/aug/20/civilization-7-history-firaxis-games-civilization-6

One of the core features of the series has always been founding a civilisation in the Bronze Age and going on until you were wiped out or won the game (by achieving world peace one way or another, or in some editions by colonising another planet).

Since that is too complicated for "modern audiences", and runs too slow on a mere 24 core 6GHz PC, the new version will reset your civilisation at forced intervals.