"Civilization 7" received a big update this week, but the praise rate still hasn't gone up

2025-10-09 20:57:06|Myriagame |source：minecraft skins

"Civilization 7" received a major update this week. Version 1.2.5 brings a series of adjustments and improvements, including map adjustments, user interface (UI) optimization, and expansion of city-state strategic options.In addition, this update also "corrected" Napoleon's name.

The main goal of the 1.2.5 update is map generation, and Firaxis responds to player complaints that the terrain in the game is predictable and boring.To fix this, Firaxis says they "created a new map generation algorithm from scratch" and also added two additional map types."Continents and Islands" becomes the new default map for single-player, combining continents and islands of various sizes, while "Pangaea and Islands" sets the main combat area on a large geographical pattern with several independent terrains scattered around it.

As for UI improvements, they are mainly focused on settlement development.These changes provide more detailed information to the production menu, add clearer indications of the output of building placement, improve the visual language of "growth events" to help players make decisions when selecting improvements or experts, and completely reformat the tooltips of buildable items.Firaxis says the changes will help players decide "what to build, where to put it, and how to grow their empire."In other words, how to play the game Civilization.

In other aspects, the 1.2.5 update also adds two types of city-states - diplomatic city-states and expansion city-states - and ruling these city-states will provide players with new options.Firaxis also implemented broader "strategic balance adjustments", changing most percentage stacking bonuses to numerical bonuses to curb power expansion, adding a cost-increasing mechanism for buildings, and adjusting the money economy to make managing finances more challenging.

Finally, Napoleon's image was enhanced.Apparently, the French general failed to live up to expectations among Civilization fans, so Firaxis beefed up his revolutionary and emperor-like abilities.The former will gain bonuses when provoking other leaders to attack them, while the latter will gain bonuses when punishing other leaders.

Although this is a major update, it does not seem to significantly improve the reputation of "Civilization 7" in the minds of players.In fact, the recent positive rating of "Civilization 7" on Steam is even lower than the overall rating - 43% vs. 49%.This doesn't seem to have much to do with the update itself - the point is that many players fundamentally don't like the era transition concept of "Civilization 7", that is, players switch camps at the end of each era.

What impact this will have on the long-term prospects of Civilization 7 is unclear.Take-Two CEO Strauss Zelnick said in August that sales of "Civilization 7" were in line with expectations and that the "Civilization" series "has always been slow to take off."Despite this, Firaxis laid off employees last month.

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