2023年2月17日

《文明》是最古老、最具標誌性的回合製策略遊戲傳奇。這似乎令人難以置信，但自1991年9月Sid Meier的第一款《文明》問世並由MicroProse發行以來，已經過去了30多年。30多年來，該係列一直在積累經驗(盡管偶爾也會遇到挫折)，並鞏固了自己在市場上的絕對領導者地位。回合製策略並非適合所有人。麵對實時策略的敏捷性和節奏，其中反應敏捷性比計劃更重要，在回合製遊戲中，就像在國際象棋中一樣，我們必須根據我們假設對手將采取的行動的預測來計劃行動。與《帝國時代》等其他傳奇遊戲相比，這將帶給我們更輕鬆的體驗。然而，如果緩慢的節奏對你來說不是問題，那麼你可能是享受長達數小時的遊戲回合安排的俱樂部的一員。我在一開始就說過，我們有很多理由這麼認為，因為《文明VI》是目前為止最新的一款遊戲，發行於2016年10月21日，所以它很快就有7年的曆史了。確實，在這段時間裏，它已經收到了幾個擴展包和其他附加內容，這延長了它在市場上的壽命，但即使如此，我們必須回到這個傳奇故事的第一部分，才能找到時間上相差如此之遠的版本(盡管我澄清一下，為了執行這個指標，我將Sid Meier的《半人馬座阿爾法星》和Sid Meier的《超越地球》都包括在傳奇故事的完整列表中)。也就是說，算上這兩款遊戲，完整的傳奇故事是這樣的:《文明》:1991年9月《文明6》:2016年10月所以，正如你所看到的，在第一部和第二部之間隻有大約7年的時間跨度，從那以後最大的間隔是5年。 And as I said, the expansions do allow the life of the games to be extended, but even so, some of us already took it for granted, for some time, that the studio should have started working on Civilization VII. The good news is that, finally, it is no longer an assumption, but a confirmed fact. The company has published a statement in which he reports on internal movements, more specifically on the promotion of Heather Hazen as the new head of the study. This movement is important, of course, but what is most interesting is found in one of Hazen’s statements that we can find in said text: «I’m thrilled to have this opportunity to carry on the studio’s storied legacy, beginning with the announcement that Firaxis is in development on the next iteration of the legendary Civilization franchise,” says Hazen. «I’m lucky to be working with some of the best developers in our industry, and we have plans to take the Civilization franchise to exciting new heights for our millions of players around the world. Indeed, he takes advantage of the communication of his appointment to make the first official announcement that Firaxis is already developing Civilization VII, the new iteration of the saga. There are no more details about it, nor dates nor any advance of what we can find in it, but it is interesting that the first title that he has referred to in his statements has been Civilization VII, even ahead of its recent and quite successful Marvel’s Midnight Suns or the also referent XCOM, which are also mentioned in said text. Very good news, therefore, for all those who have (we have) stolen hours from studies, sleep and in some cases even from work singing the well-known “Come on, just a couple of more shifts”. Will we stumble again with the next installment of the saga? Everyone has their own personal answer to that question, but in my case I have it terribly clear, and no, it won’t be two turns, it will be at least five.