Civ 7 is just a Western colonist cosplaying as other civs
Really weirds me out that no matter who you play as, Spices and Sugar etc. are considered exotic.
Even if you play as a civ that historically would start near sugar or spice, for example Indonesia, you are forced to experience the world as if that were just not true. What happened to historically accurate civ start biases?
Makes the whole experience feel like you are a western colonist who has put on the costume of another culture.
The choice to make distant lands mechanics allow other civs to start there but not human players makes the whole experience lopsided and feels way less like you are on even footing with other civs in an open world map, and more like you as a human have a special role in this world of AIs who get special spawns and are entirely excluded from certain win conditions.
Really bad game design
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Civ ain't close to that
But I'm sure OP is the type of person who would b-word about EU4 trade steering cuz it "favors the vile euro" even though that game is just trying to simulate colonization (kinda) historically accurately
Also what does realism have to do with a civ map where England spawns next to bananas? The whole situation is obviously a game.
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