layoffs at firaxis - /vst/

Anonymous09/04/25, 17:11No.2137104Layoffs at Firaxis

It's over. https://archive.is/tDVof

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Anon09/04/25, 17:13No.2137105

That's not enough. Execute them. Shut it off. Burn it down.

Anon09/04/25, 17:14No.2137106

That’s what you get for ruining Civ

Anon09/04/25, 17:15No.2137108

But /vst/ told me that Civ VII was good!

Anon09/04/25, 17:18No.2137111

why are they complaining? Now they can era-transition into a McDonald's worker earning a Bugandan salary. Isn't that what they always wanted? Isn't that their vision?

Anon09/04/25, 17:47No.2137124

>Latest news: >Frost Giant boss Tim Morten thinks >generative AI can help develop >their grand 'vision' It's a double-whammy of "who failed today".

Anon09/04/25, 18:02No.2137129

Good. Civ is dead. Bury it. Consider this financial advice.

Anon09/04/25, 19:06No.2137164

all i wanted was nuxcom 3

Anon09/04/25, 20:37No.2137219

deserved

Anon09/04/25, 20:50No.2137225

Nobody wanted civ swapping, everybody I knew didn't even bother to try it because the civ swapping

Anon09/04/25, 21:21No.2137238

There's only so many times you can remake the same thing before you fuck it up

Anon09/04/25, 21:26No.2137243

It really did end up being the Civ killer

Anon09/04/25, 21:59No.2137272

>they will never release a game like alpha centauri ever againit's over

Anon09/04/25, 22:09No.2137280

>Key XCOM devs leave I still think we get at one point XCOM3 and... >This OK, fuck it. I'm left with hysterical laughing.

Anon09/04/25, 23:35No.2137351

>We want the Humankind audience >Also we are going full woke

Anon09/05/25, 00:31No.2137369

Firaxis has always had pretty wild staff turnover, they have been really lucky with team leads and key creatives until now. It would be interesting to get some behind the scenes info on if and how their hiring and talent elevation practices changed from ~2016 to now.

Anon09/05/25, 01:22No.2137399

GO WOKE

Anon09/05/25, 01:40No.2137409

Do they still have anybody who worked on Civ 6, let alone 4 and 5 left?

Anon09/05/25, 02:42No.2137417

this is what happens when you made Marvel Midnight Suns a card battler

Anon09/05/25, 05:06No.2137451

Sadly I bet you everyone that actually made the calls that ruined VII are still there and likely got a raise even. So a possible VIII will just be worse ideas implemented by fewer and less skilled people.

Anon09/05/25, 06:25No.2137470

The last good Civilization was III and that was over 20 years ago. Their death was deserved and honestly, delayed by at least a decade.

Anon09/05/25, 06:34No.2137475

Maybe they will make Xcom3 now to try to fix their reputation

Anon09/05/25, 08:38No.2137525

Take Two interactive is several billions in the red, it was expected for them to do some layoffs. In fact, it's already an anomaly that they keep tens of thousands of employees.

Anon09/05/25, 09:58No.2137546

Dont understand what modern game devs are thinking.>have the perfect addictive formular >have years to make the perfect game >could do shit like a fantasy/alpha centauri mode and your fans would literally shit and piss themselves >can earn billions by just doing one of the 1000 civs of earth history dlcs every 2-3 month after release>instead shitty humankind sys >garbage launcher >game is buggy as hell >day 1 dlc >shitty eula

Anon09/05/25, 20:57No.2137962

how did Civ7 fail so bad

Anon09/05/25, 21:44No.2138001

Not a bad thing. Civ, or any 4X, does not need a bloated team. Strategy games should be produced by a slim, low-to-the-ground team. Sucks for any prospects of getting another XCOM though but that was already a dead dream.

Anon09/05/25, 22:29No.2138026

>writer and producer have only been with the company for only around 3 years, latter a former amazon employee >quality assurance tester who has been w/ the co since V uses they/them pronouns Uh-huh.

Anon09/05/25, 23:51No.2138068

finally

Anon09/06/25, 06:36No.2138255

Old Civ: Can your civilization stand the test of time? Nu Civ: I'M FRANCE NOW I'M CHINA HAHA MOM LOOK NOW I'M ZIMBABWE MOM ARE YOU LOOKING MOM WHY ARE YOU SO RACIST NOW I'M TRANSGENDER

Anon09/06/25, 06:41No.2138257

they need to sell the IPs and let the studio shut down every competent person that used to work there 10-15 years ago has been replaced by virtue signaling faggots there is no hope left for them

Anon09/06/25, 07:36No.2138277

It can't be........ARA HISTORY UNTOLD ACTUALLY WON!

Anon09/06/25, 07:48No.2138278

Why? Americans are mutt golems. They gave us this disgusting modernity and culcha

Anon09/06/25, 08:15No.2138287

this is outrageous indeed! wheres trans representation?

Anon09/06/25, 19:27No.2138616

They could've made civ switching optional (so you could play as the ancient Egyptians until the end) and more tied to cultural roots. And choose better leaders. That's all.

Anon09/06/25, 19:30No.2138620

>favorite X-COM game is Apocalypse >apparently it's Jake's favorite too >XCOM2 comes out and everything looks great >start getting hype for Apoc done right, or at least with less jank >get a bargain bin spinoff and capeshit which predictably fails and drags Jake under with it Fuck it, let it all burn..

Anon09/06/25, 20:50No.2138679

How to fix Civilization Switching: You absorb traits from another culture into yours as a reward for your game going well (high prestige but low actual benefit) You are absorbed into another culture as a Hail Mary when your game is going poorly (embarrassing but gives you a big boost).

Anon09/06/25, 21:04No.2138700

I've said it before, but here's how it should be implemented. >if you play as "France", you are always France; what changes is the version of France in history you are atm >in Ancient era, you are Gallic France (bonuses to undeveloped wilderness) >in Medieval Era, you choose between Norman France (militaristic but defensive, castle emphasis), Burgundian France (merchentile), or Bourbon France (cultural but with a religious emphasis); all three of them benefit from feudal economics and rapidly developing all the previously undeveloped land from the Gallic era >in the Modern era, you choose between Napoleonic France (shitting out massed infantry), Republican France (defensive, Maginot line tactics; like in the previous Norman era), or Royalist France (shitting out cultural works and wonders, maybe at the expense of everything else); all three get bonuses to artillery. >you're always France but the kind of France you wish to play as is up to your gameplay needs and overall build The argument is "what about Africa?", and the answer is "who cares?"

Anon09/06/25, 22:29No.2138814

But the shills told me Civ7 was a success?

Anon09/06/25, 22:33No.2138815

I genuinely blame 2K and Take-Two for Firaxis acting the way it is. It's very atypical, I believe they keep being hampered by corporate demands.

Anon09/07/25, 14:26No.2139219

Maybe if they put more women and black people into the game they can turn this ship around.

Anon09/09/25, 04:18No.2140613

Why did they continue to copy humankind after civ switching as a gameplay feature bombed?

Anon09/09/25, 07:34No.2140665

>all I wanted from Civ 7 was more content in oceans and still I am let down

Anon09/09/25, 17:00No.2140923

China will save 4x However in exchange you will have to put up with Chinese nationalist pandering in their games Do you accept?

Anon09/09/25, 17:44No.2140989

i'd be suprised if paradox doesn't take the oppurtunity and do their own 4x civ game now

Anon09/09/25, 20:19No.2141167

I'm surprised Firaxis didn't try to copy HOI4 given it's popularity.

Anon09/09/25, 21:04No.2141207

Reminder fucking Civ Rev had every civilization get a unique bonus each era even if the civ didn't historically exist during that era. Much better than civilization switching

Anon09/09/25, 22:03No.2141258

There is honestly no way to save Civ 7. Everything that everybody hates about it is too baked into the game. If they are going to have to remove civ switching and how ages work they might as well make a new game at this point

Anon09/10/25, 03:59No.2141421

Will Firaxis still blindly copy Amplitude studios?

Anon09/10/25, 05:30No.2141469

You can only remake the same game over and over for so long.But it's likely the art department and they are formalizing the move to AI. Dark years for autheurfags.

Anon09/10/25, 12:09No.2141582

Good. Failure needs to be punished.

Anon09/11/25, 22:05No.2142768

Video games are dead and leftoids and soulless corporations killed it

Anon09/11/25, 22:56No.2142796

Good. All these talented Devs have just shed the corpo mantle and can now go make indie games. I'm sure they'll put they'll be able to put their talents to use there.

Anon09/14/25, 07:00No.2144629

Okay, I hope we can finally all admit civ 7 was just plain dogshit and not yet another entry that would be "fixed with a few DLCs". No real DLC for 7 are coming. No big fixes. The staff is gone, the studio dead.

Anon09/14/25, 17:01No.2144926

>LET'S COPY THE EXACT SAME FEATURE THAT MADE OUR POTENTIAL MAIN RIVAL FLOP MISERABLY IT WILL BE A GREAT IDEA Tf were they thinking?

Anon09/14/25, 18:24No.2144997

Scipio AFRICANUS, chud

Anon09/14/25, 18:24No.2144998

just using and losing them not the end

Anon09/14/25, 19:26No.2145034

Is there any way this game can be salvaged? Civ 5's launch was very subpar but they made it right with the expansions.

Anon09/15/25, 02:05No.2145262

5babbs are fascinating

Anon09/15/25, 06:07No.2145311

I love five for buckbreaking a whole generation and making them let it live rent-free in their minds for the rest of their butthurt lives. Truly a grand achievement to stand the test of time.

Anon09/15/25, 06:47No.2145325

Every mainline Civ game except VII is good.

Anon09/15/25, 10:37No.2145422

>make a shit game >nobody buys it >get fired >THIS IS A TRAGEDY!!! MY HEART IS CLOSE TO EVERYONE AFFECTED :(((((( why are redditoids like this

Anon09/15/25, 17:51No.2145694

I hate how they kept increasing production costs of everything from civ v onwards. 6 especially feels terrible with this.

Anon09/16/25, 11:17No.2146273

My favorite civs are 3 and 5. I respect your opinion if you like another one more but if you think either are bad you are wrong

Anon09/16/25, 12:51No.2146321

>Y-yknow, people get laid off all the time, it has nothing to do with the game's perfomance, it's just capitalism at it again!

Anon09/16/25, 14:58No.2146429

Civ 5 was the darkest point of the series as everything went down after that and the bottom so far being civ 7.

Anon09/16/25, 20:11No.2146701

In hindsight does Civ 3 survive the test of time?

Anon09/18/25, 20:56No.2148473

after the patches and expansion BE was fun for a game or two. I think the affinity system was neat, seeing your units warp over time was cool and i wish there were other sci fi 4x games that did something like this. That being said I feel bad for the people who bought it at release full price.

Anon09/19/25, 12:53No.2148914

Now that the dust have settled, how can we know if they just laid off a bunch of workers because corporate wanted more profits and let the bare minimum to maintain the game. I don't think this is related to how the game is doing on the market

Anon09/25/25, 14:01No.2153506

Having a EULA on requires them spying on my computer killed Civ for me. Was about to buy Civ 6 from Steam until I read the Eula and decided to just pirate it instead.

Anon09/26/25, 14:43No.2154599

>anon seething about the best game in the series again

Anon09/26/25, 16:45No.2154756

Hey, just found a mod for Civ 6 in the workshop that adds unit morale to battles and sieges. This looks promising

Anon09/29/25, 06:03No.2157321

I actually don't mind a few of the VI changes. I like the navigable rivers, I like the city - town set up because it fits in well with my roleplaying autism of diving my empire up into states with state capitals and other towns in the same state. I like the concept of the culture swap but I hate the execution but my autism lets me start as Roman and just use the British cities with Roman name origins at the start eg Londinium, York and then change to Norman then Britain. But the horrible map generation just kills it for me.

Anon10/05/25, 23:06No.2163793

so no terror from the deep?

Anon10/06/25, 05:54No.2163945

Civ4 faggots are the most insufferabke fags imaginable. I've never seen anyone so actively seethe over other people playing the "wrong" civ game. Like, civ4 still exists and is completely playable so it's not like civ4+x killed their super special favorite and bestest game ever. People playing civ games other than civ4 doesn't objectively affect them in any way, yet they act like it's the greatest offence imaginable and will go on crusades in every thread which doesn't venerate their one true civ. No other civfags are like this.I cannot imagine the sheer amount of buckbreaking that must have happened to great such everlasting and boundless butthurt.

Anon10/06/25, 06:37No.2163968

>I'M not insufferable for shilling civ4 every thread, YOU'RE insifferable for failing to recognize its superiority

Anon10/06/25, 07:11No.2163981

>i'm not shilling civ4, that's pure projection >here's why civ4 is better than civ5, btw

Anon10/06/25, 08:21No.2164015

I really don't get civ 6. It feels like they took elements from 5 and 4 , substituted happiness and chopped up everything you do into small micro intensive systems that don't work very well together. Am i missing something?

Anon10/07/25, 17:56No.2165389

All I want at this point is a Call To Power 3 to become a thing even if in all but name only, is it really too much to ask for?

Anon10/13/25, 23:51No.2171356

Midnight suns was a good game

Anon10/16/25, 13:20No.2173696

well they screwed the pooch by going woke on XCom: Chimera Squad and Civ 7. XCom is about fighting ayys, not being inclusive/cucking out toward them. Civ 7 post-ironically tried to make civilizations meaningless by changing your civ each age (thus you muddling your attachment to the particular civ you chose and making history seem essentially arbitrary). not to mention other unenumerated awful/ly/unfun design decisions. they destroyed some great franchises...

Anon10/17/25, 00:33No.2174354

Still can't believe they but Harriet fucking Niggerman in the game, it's like a 4chan meme

Anon10/19/25, 06:09No.2177120

BULL