Huge palaces appear on the map in Sid Meier’s Civilization VII. We see beautiful gardens, soldiers patrolling, and the pharaoh Hatshepsut walking up the palace steps guarded by huge statues of Anubis.

Firaxis tried something new with Civilization 7's Ages system, and although the studio's willingness to experiment with its decades-old grand strategy series is commendable, the evolution hasn't been ...