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Wish it didn't require a 2k account. don't need another account to play a video game.
It doesn't. They mentioned there would be a unique skin for Napoleon if you signed up but it didn't sound required.
Ah, so that's why your leader now appears when you are communicating with a different civ. They had to add this for bullshit skins monetization.
Edit: I wonder if this will be moddable: I now wanna see Master Chief teabagging Cleopatra when I declare war
It's the same as civ 6. Having a 2k account gave an extra leader for Rome, all leaders have unique abilities, it's not just cosmetic.
It is probably moddable as custom leaders were possible in civ 6
The steam page literally says that it requires a 3rd party account for online play (just not required for offline play). so I'm not sure if that's what you're referencing.
It's probably to make cross-platform easier (since it's releasing same day on all platforms)
Uh-oh. That's the sort of thing that would lead me not to buy it.
Ah, there's the catch and confusion. Not required for single player but required for multi, I guess? Not sure how others play Civ but that's not gonna affect me. I've only ever played these games solo besides a very rare duo game.
Why would you need an account to play a single player, non cloud hosted game?
Shitty publisher mandated launchers.
Didn't they announce that there would not be a launcher? Also removed for Civ VI.
They are getting rid of the launcher for Civ 6: https://www.pcgamer.com/games/strategy/2k-removes-its-pointless-launcher-from-civilization-6-while-also-announcing-that-civilization-7-players-will-never-have-to-suffer-launching-the-game-twice-for-no-reason/
Good, I wonder if they removed it for Xcom 2 yet. I haven't played that since they sideloaded that crap into my steam install.