Firaxis Games had a few reveals to share during a livestream dedicated to the upcoming 4X game Sid Meier’s Civilization VII.
First of all, we get the reveal of a new civilization for the Antiquity era, and it’s Greece. On top of the reveal of its existence, we learn a lot about it from the official website.
Below the screenshot, you can read all the data provided by Firaxis.
Unique Ability
Demokratia: Increased Influence per turn on the Palace.
Attributes:
- Cultural
- Diplomatic
Civic Trees
Ekklesia
- Tier 1: Unlocks the Odeon Unique Building. Unlocks ‘Xenia’ Tradition.
- Tradition – Xenia: Increased Influence towards initiating and progressing the Befriend Independent Action.
- Tier 2: Increased Culture per turn for active Endeavors, Sanctions, and Projects you started or supported.
Agoge
- Tier 1: Unlocks the Parthenon Unique Building. Unlocks ‘Strategoi’ Tradition.
- Tradition – Strategoi: Commanders gain increased Experience.
- Tier 2: Hoplites gain increased Combat Strength for each City-State you are Suzerain of.
Symmachia
- Tier 1: Adds Culture for each City-State you are Suzerain of. Increased Settlement Limit.
- Tier 2: Unlocks the ‘Delian League’ Tradition, ‘Peloponnesian League’ Tradition, and Oracle Wonder.
- Tradition – Delian League: Increased Influence towards initiating Endeavors.
- Tradition – Peloponnesian League: Increased Influence towards initiating Sanctions.
Unique Infrastructure
Acropolis: Unique Quarter. Increased Gold on the Parthenon Unique Building for each City-State you are Suzerain of.
Parthenon: Unique Building. Culture base. Gains Influence if placed on Rough Terrain.
Odeon Building: Unique Building. Happiness base. Culture adjacency for Quarters.
Unique Civilian Unit
Logios: Unique Scholar Unit. Can only be built in Cities with an Acropolis, and the specific Logios received is random. Each Logios can only be received once. Cost increases per Logios built.
Possible Logios Units:
- Arete of Cyrene: Activated on an Acropolis to grant Influence.
- Aristotle: Activated on an Academy to add Culture to the Building.
- Aspasia: Activated on a Library to add Happiness to the Building.
- Hypatia : Activated on a Library to add Science to the Building.
- Plato: Activated on an Acropolis to give this City Culture per turn equal to a percentage of its Influence yield.
- Pythagoras: Activated on an Acropolis to immediately trigger a Celebration.
- Sappho: Activated on a Constructible with a Great Work Slot to grant a Codex called ‘Hymn to Aphrodite’ that grants Culture.
- Socrates: Activated on a Palace or City Hall to add Influence to the Building.
- Thales of Miletus: Activated on an Acropolis to give this City Science per turn equal to a percentage of its Influence yield.
- Xenophon: Activated on an Acropolis to grant a set number of Hoplite Unique Military Units with increased Combat Strength.
Unique Military Unit
Hoplite: Unique Infantry Unit. Has increased Combat Strength if adjacent to another Hoplite Unit.
Associated Wonder
Oracle: Adds Culture. When gaining rewards from a Narrative Event, gain additional Culture per Age. Must be placed on a Rough Terrain tile.
Starting Biases:
- Grasslanda
- Rough
Yet, that’s not all, because we also get the first look at one of the leaders available in the game, Hatshepsut.
Here’s what we know about her.
Unique Ability
God’s Wife of Amun: Adds Culture for every imported Resource. Increased Production towards the construction of Buildings and Wonders in Cities adjacent to Navigable Rivers.
Attributes:
- Cultural
- Economic
Agendas:
Wonders of Iteru: Decrease Relationship by a Small Amount if you have more Wonders than Hatshepsut. Increase Relationship by a Medium Amount if you have less Wonders.
Starting Biases:
- Navigable Rivers
- Desert
If you want to watch a large chunk of gameplay, you can enjoy the full Livestream on the game’s official YouTube channel, focusing on the Antiquity Age.
Sid Meier’s Civilization VII is coming on February 11, 2025, for PS5, PS4, PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, and Nintendo Switch.
If you’d like to see more, you can enjoy the original gameplay trailer and another extensive livestream from PAX West.
