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PETER HOSKIN reviews Sid Meier's Civilization VII: Civilization marches on - but sometimes, as in the case of Civ VII, 'progress' makes you pine for the past...


The launch of a new title (pictured) in the 34-year-old Civilization series is always quite something. It's an event. A monument on the landscape of gaming. But it's also a kind of diminution.

Sid Meier’s Civilization VII ( PlayStation, Xbox, Switch, PC, £59.99) There are even some winning innovations, including the way in which history is now split up into three distinct ages, forcing you to adopt a new culture at the passing of each. The upshot is that Civ-alike games such as 2021’s Humankind and last year’s Ara: History Untold now seem less like pretenders to the throne, and more like monarchs in waiting.

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