Civilization VII is mostly fine on the Steam Deck, which is great news
There are few things more daunting than attempting to win a game of Civilization by way of cultural victory⦠except maybe trying to play a complex strategy game on the Steam Deck. And while Iâm still struggling on the culture victory aspect, I can say, playing Civilization VII on my Steam Deck was far less difficult than I imagined.Â
In my review of Civilization VII, my biggest complaint was not really understanding some of the gameâs more complex systems. The controls are a function of that misunderstanding. In playing a game as information-dense as Civilization, every function is mapped to a button, and there are a lot of functions. I tried my best to memorize it all but was grateful for the Deckâs touch-screen functionality, which let me forgo buttons in certain instances.
However, there were times when I occasionally encountered a bug where Iâd click on a selection and nothing happened. It was never anything mission-critical. Sometimes the game didnât want to register when I wanted to put a unit to sleep or ignored my attempts to establish a trade route I knew I met the criteria for. These complaints blend with my initial problems with the gameâs legibility. M …