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Still the longest not-live-service game I've ever played, although Pathfinder: Kingmaker gave it a run for its money recently.

Had the same thought. Plus, according to some of these reviews, there's no information age units, so that gives them a possible fourth era to work with in upcoming DLC.

Civ7 does indeed use Denuvo. Concerning for a game like this with far more CPU usage than your typical game.

For me, Civ6 at launch felt like a couple steps forward and a couple steps back. I really appreciated the increased transparency with diplomacy, but the AI was aggressively bad in mid and late-game, something they never ended up getting right.

Just like they wouldn't the last time...and the time before that...and the time before that...

It's not a thing at outlets like these. Paid promo from influencers and independent reviews are not the same thing.

I ended up getting sucked into a CRPG big time last month, so the only thing JRPG I finished in January was Final Fantasy VII Remake Intermission. It was okay. I also bounced hard off Live A Live. Way too weird for me, I think.

I've got a date with Trails through Daybreak 2 on the 14th.

Kinda oppo here, I did not like most of Remake (not for the reasons most seem to complain about), but I am having a great time with Rebirth so far this month.

Mostly surprised at how well it's running. Silky smooth, and I have an aging mid-tier PC.

A direct sequel isn't going to happen for many reasons. More likely to be something in a similar vibe.

FC 24 did well even after they lost the FIFA license. Something else going on here.

Thanks for the direct link with timestamp, I just checked it out. I continue to be interested in this game, though it's arriving sooner than I thought it would. First half of the year is absolutely stacked with releases for me.

Still thoroughly sucked into Pathfinder: Kingmaker. At least I've stopped poking around in side areas now, just focusing on advancing the main story. Also doing companion quests. This might be the longest not-live-service game I've ever played? I think I still have at least two more full chapters to go.

Like a lot of PC reviewers now, they've separated out their technical coverage; here's PC Gamer's tech review. But yes, even a couple sentences on it would have been nice.

In short, expect better performance from Nvidia GPUs, possibly until third parties get XeSS/FSR up and running; don't expect full support for hardware enthusiasts, and don't try it on the Deck unless you're okay with the absolute lowest settings.

Their tech review might be more relevant to some folks here, here's a link to that.