u/MoreIronyLessWrinkly

I’d say please answer honestly, but I’m on Reddit. I can’t see II as anything other than the worst, a blip that shouldn’t exist and doesn’t fit with the other movies.

Edit: Thanks for all of the responses! I watched the movies back to back over a couple of weeks every couple of years, and I have seen every one of them during their theatrical release (because I’m getting old). These responses have given me something to consider when I rewatch it again.

I haven’t played VII in a year. I wasn’t anti-VII the way others were, but I decided to play IV (my all time favorite) when work got mentally taxing for a couple months, and I’ve played IV so much that it’s relaxing.

After I played IV, I realized something I was missing when I played VII: The end game feels rushed, and waging war during the Modern era doesn’t feel rewarding (even the victory screen made me feel like I was Hitler being lectured by the devs). It was frustrating to have air power and not really use it.

The problem is that modern war has always been my favorite period for war in Civ, even back when a phalanx had a shot against a tank. I even enjoyed it in IV despite the AI not understanding how to use or counter carriers and aircraft. After that realization about VII, I enjoyed VII a lot less. I haven’t bought ToT yet, and before I do, was hoping to get feedback about it.

I was a kid when Cheers was current, and I've lived in the southeastern US my entire life, so maybe my perception is different. Throughout the series, various characters refer to it as a lower-quality bar. I know it is not upscale, but the average bar today doesn't have all that woodwork. I'm curious as to whether any people here who were adults at the time would have considered it "crummy", which is a term that's been used several times.