Napoleon is back, baby. This time, in video game form, resurrected for a sixth time, he’s reappearing in Civilization 7 as an ambitious, confident leader who’s ready to conquer the world, even if he makes loads of enemies along the way. In a video trailer, Napoleon speaks in Corsican-accented French, translated by Inverse, “To do everything we’re capable of is to be a man. To accomplish everything we’d like to do, is to be a god.”
Since the first game in 1991, Napoleon has been sprinkled throughout the series, often appearing as the leader of France, or as a major general that’s more of a non-playable character. Still, developer Firaxis took care not to oversaturate its games with Napoleon, sometimes switching in Catherine de Medici or Joan of Arc instead. Even though Civ 7 largely keeps much of the game play the same as the previous renditions, there are a few key differences and even Napoleon himself is not exactly the same.
