Firaxis has had its fingers full since Civilization 7 dropped, as it has been busy attempting to repair and alter parts of the sport that earned it a fairly combined response out of the gate. That mission’s set to proceed through some patches subsequent month, so you may have to attend a bit longer to leap into Civ 7’s first in-game particular occasion.
This was introduced through a “check-in” put up Firaxis has put out, which sees the studio define a few of the stuff the following two updates – 1.1.0 and 1.1.1 – will likely be bringing once they arrive in March. In the meantime, the necessity to give attention to these updates has meant the primary in-game occasion that’d been pencilled in for March 4 – Pure Surprise Battle – has been pushed again to “a later replace”.
So, what’s on the best way in these patches? Properly, the primary one – Replace 1.1.0 – is about to drop on March 4. It will be the purpose when cross-play between PC and Console and can give everybody a free new pure surprise within the type of the Bermuda Triangle, everybody’s favorite mysterious little bit of water.
Other than that, you possibly can count on “further UI changes, polish, and addressing of reported points”, “refinements to the military unpacking motion” and a tweak meaning “Naval items will be capable to disperse coastal impartial powers”. Plus, there will be “vital modifications to the fashionable age’s cultural legacy path and victory” meaning “AI leaders may even be higher at finishing a cultural victory”, and you may achieve the choice to transform holy cities in the course of the exploration age.
Lastly, that replace’ll convey with it the primary little bit of the Crossroads of the World Assortment DLC, so when you’ve purchased that, or both the Deluxe or Founders editions of the sport, look out for that supplying you with issues like new chief Ada Lovelace and the Nice Britain (Fashionable Age) civ, the latter of which I assume is the important thing to constructing probably the most miserable nation attainable.
After that, pencilled in for March 25 is Replace 1.1.1, which’ll embrace “further UI enhancements and refinements” which are “only one a part of a a lot bigger plan that goals to enhance the UI over the following a number of months”. It will additionally give everybody Mount Everest, enhance AI how the scouts and settles, and provide the capacity to offer your cities and commanders customized names like ‘Devil’s Armpit’ and ‘Devil’. It will arrive with the second a part of that Crossroads of the World Assortment DLC.
Past this, the studio additionally outlined a bunch of basic stuff it is seeking to do going forwards, together with including in new maps and sources, mod instruments and steam Workshop help, and a another flip button so you possibly can play on into the longer term as soon as the fashionable age is finished.
In case you’re nonetheless on the fence about attempting Civ 7, ensure that to take a look at our overview of it, which dissects all of the stuff it does in a different way to its predecessors.
