Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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  1. Klewer
    Aug 3, 2023
    7
    It's a pretty good entry in to the series. It does feel a little repetitive, and I found after getting 30 odd hours of fun from it games felt a bit of a chore. It's pretty consistent with the series except a few changes, so fans of previous games will likely enjoy.
  2. zcat5
    Jun 26, 2023
    5
    An enjoyable turn based strategy game. This game lacks depth, and plays like a board game.
  3. Ratingss
    Mar 25, 2023
    5
    These games arent as complex as they pretend to be, the historic stuff is extremely shallow, but its weirdly addictive, time flies by playing this.
    Unit movement is slow, the AI turn takes forever and it mostly does nothing, in the apocalypse mode your whole territory will be destroyed by meteors while almost nothing happens to the AI territories. The secret societies adds OP vampires    These games arent as complex as they pretend to be, the historic stuff is extremely shallow, but its weirdly addictive, time flies by playing this.
    Unit movement is slow, the AI turn takes forever and it mostly does nothing, in the apocalypse mode your whole territory will be destroyed by meteors while almost nothing happens to the AI territories. The secret societies adds OP vampires that are just as broken as the legendary units, combat is not satisfying, just about which unit hasnt the highest number.    … Expand
  4. SebastiedJuan
    Sep 13, 2021
    5
    This game is the way they destruct a great series. Civ3 and Civ4 are history masterpieces, and Civ5 was a great great game, only a little more simplified/user friendly version of Civ 4 with less struttures but still be a great game where u have a great heat. In Civ 6 u don't have this. Game pace is boring, slow, and A.I. is broken, unexistent.
  5. dr-kenobi
    Sep 7, 2022
    7
    Еволюційна цивілка, але все одно не змогла перевершити 5-у. Можливо колись з 7-ю вийде краще
  6. PetyaBiszeps
    Aug 25, 2022
    6
    That's first CIV i'm playing in and it's interesting and immersive enough. It has it's own problems, bad optimization, some weird menu bugs. Also i have to admit, that my experience was interesting at the start until 60-70% of game, after you get tanks, airplanes and other stuff it's getting boring, maybe it's just me, i don't really know. But overall i would rate it something between 6-7That's first CIV i'm playing in and it's interesting and immersive enough. It has it's own problems, bad optimization, some weird menu bugs. Also i have to admit, that my experience was interesting at the start until 60-70% of game, after you get tanks, airplanes and other stuff it's getting boring, maybe it's just me, i don't really know. But overall i would rate it something between 6-7 and if i could i would rate it 6.5, but if i have to pick between 6 and 7 i will go with 6. It's okay but it COULD be better.… Expand
  7. 4ya5h1
    Aug 24, 2022
    7
    at first sight this game is good, great and interesting but when you spend some time, and get used to it civilization become a little one-sided. i played through few days long time lot of hours in a row, finished few full games and it became boring. then after few days break i played lot of time again and it was good again then again boring
  8. Rnoviok
    Dec 4, 2021
    7
    a good continuation of the series, but I'm sticking with number five .
  9. HaloFever
    Oct 13, 2021
    6
    At least it is a Civilization game. When Civ 6 was released, I was skeptical of the ugly cartoonish art style and the district system. After playing on iPad and now on PC (technically Mac), I am still skeptical. Though not as bad as Civ 3, Civ 6 has some of the worst changes in the series.

    The game kind of looks like Civilization, but instead of playing as some kind of world history,    At least it is a Civilization game. When Civ 6 was released, I was skeptical of the ugly cartoonish art style and the district system. After playing on iPad and now on PC (technically Mac), I am still skeptical. Though not as bad as Civ 3, Civ 6 has some of the worst changes in the series.

    The game kind of looks like Civilization, but instead of playing as some kind of world history, global conflict simulator, the game plays like a board game that has a too few many rules. Instead of government, you have card that you play. Government is essentially meaningless. Choices are meaningless. What matters is using cards and board piece placement to maximize bonuses and then hitting end turn until you gain enough points in whatever to win.

    The district system is interesting and not in a good way. Instead of building improvements in a city, improvements are spread across the map. This means that wonders of the world like the Great Library will take up 100 square miles of land. (Maybe they need the space for parking.) It also means that if you want to build a library to increase science, you first have to build a campus and then a library. You can't just choose library and have the campus auto-built with it. (The delayed gratification if found throughout the game. Build a Missionary or a Rock Band and then waste its first turn giving it a promotion.) Need a quick boost to happiness? First you have to build an entertainment district before building an arena. How do the citizens feel about this? They have to drive 100s of miles to get from their neighborhood to the factory district. The whole district system is mocked by the game itself when builders have the options of making seaside resorts and solar farms without the need for a district.

    2K Games undercut the districts (and wonders) with the changes to how cities gain points for victory. Civ V went too far in the direction of fewer cities built big (tall gameplay). Civ VI goes to far the other way with no limit on the number of cities (wide gameplay). Every game benefits from investing in settlers to found more cities. Why build a district when you can build a whole new city? Why build an industrial zone when you can have more mines? The developers are hell bent on cost benefit so no mechanic is broken. But when every mechanic is nerfed, none of the mechanics matter.

    Civ 6 also kills many quality of life changes enjoyed in previous Civ games. A player cannot automate a city, so a world winning wide empire leads to toiling in tedious torment. Even in Civ V, which championed small empires, you could take over the entire world and set up all the captured cities as puppet governments. The a.i. would prioritize gold in every captured city and that was fine because gold is useful. Civ 6 doesn't even have an option to set the city to auto-generate projects like making more science.

    War is not great but it does include many of the strategic advancements from Civ 5. The barbarians in the early game are a nightmare. They always have the best weapons and generate 3 or 4 units at a time. It's like the early rushes from Aztecs in Civ 5, only now every game has a rush. Because builders must be rebuilt after every 3 uses, pillaging is a real pain in the ass. Units are so broken out by era that by the time you build an army to deal with a threat, it becomes obsolete. Meanwhile, the barbarians you marched toward for the last 20 turns are spawning the latest gunpowder units. Just so fun for players. And because 2K Games didn't know it wanted for strategic gameplay, armies are back.

    Did I mention the terrible selection of leaders? I like that addition of new and interesting leaders. I don't like the removal of old favorites like Caesar, Napoleon, and Lincoln. And please stop releasing games in a sad state only to sell the players more content with DLC packs. This is why I always wait so long to buy games. (Full disclosure: my son bought Civ 6 with all the DLC. I've been playing it through the Steam family sharing feature. )

    There are good additions. The district system means a player can plop down Golden Gate Bridge between two landmasses or dig a canal through a continent. Spies are more useful than Civ 5. Religious combat is its own thing (maybe too much its own thing). All-in-all, Civ 6 is the kind of Civ release that really makes you think "When is the next one?"    … Expand
  10. Woolee
    Oct 4, 2021
    7
    You don’t want to spend your night in front of the computer? You have a wife and kids? You cherish your friendshi
  11. andreadavided
    Sep 26, 2021
    7
    The game is good. It's fun to play and engaging. You still want to do one more turn and go to bed too late. That being said it's not evolved one iota from the previous versions.

    Combat is still lame and technology only goes to nukes and computers. We have better tech even today but it's lumped into "Future tech" and you can't see it or research it. That's a let down hence my grade of 7.    The game is good. It's fun to play and engaging. You still want to do one more turn and go to bed too late. That being said it's not evolved one iota from the previous versions.

    Combat is still lame and technology only goes to nukes and computers. We have better tech even today but it's lumped into "Future tech" and you can't see it or research it. That's a let down hence my grade of 7.

    One very big problem: launching the game is harder than starting an old car engine. It takes 5 minutes. Buttons are unresponsive and there's no dialogue or visible timer. The DRM soft must be heavy and ****    … Expand
  12. S3XU4LH34L1NG
    Sep 12, 2021
    7
    Im not the biggest fan of the genre tbf, but this hooked me for 30 hr give or take. I guess its pretty overwhelming at the start but gets easiert after a couple of games. Mind you this game has about 50 % of the content hidden in DLC.
    Overall a solid game with decent depth, but it gets old pretty fast once you figure out how it works. Bigger maps are very annoying because not all win    Im not the biggest fan of the genre tbf, but this hooked me for 30 hr give or take. I guess its pretty overwhelming at the start but gets easiert after a couple of games. Mind you this game has about 50 % of the content hidden in DLC.
    Overall a solid game with decent depth, but it gets old pretty fast once you figure out how it works. Bigger maps are very annoying because not all win conditions and factions scale equally.    … Expand
  13. KTheSlayer
    Jun 18, 2021
    6
    Much more casual and nice-looking in the first time, but very low in replaying potential
  14. Vacuolum
    Mar 14, 2021
    7
    A very good game, but the bots epicly dumb and if u wanna play multiplayer u need to find lots of other trustable player or everyone will just leave the game by turn 10. The game have lots of desync and connection issue as well.
  15. buddookan
    Feb 12, 2021
    6
    Mega nieczytelna, bzdurne zasady, AI tragiczne, nudna i mnóstwo błędów. Najgorsza od czasów jedynki.
  16. PowerGamer
    Jan 17, 2021
    7
    I've played the CIV games since they came out may decades ago.
    Got this most recent incarnation for free off of the Epic store.
    The game was pretty fun for a while on the first try, and stopped when I beat it once. Didn't feel like it was worth playing anymore. Kind of a let down. It needs some quality of life elements added to the UI. Why repeat some of the same dialog options over    I've played the CIV games since they came out may decades ago.
    Got this most recent incarnation for free off of the Epic store.

    The game was pretty fun for a while on the first try, and stopped when I beat it once. Didn't feel like it was worth playing anymore.

    Kind of a let down. It needs some quality of life elements added to the UI. Why repeat some of the same dialog options over and over again when they didn't matter for instance. Such dialogs could have a "don't show me again" checkbox.

    The worst of it is the balance and progression between the various units.
    For instance jet planes are a nearly unstoppable defence. The mobile SAM units are almost worthless. The only way to combat them is to bring your own planes.
    And the balance in the progression is off. The game is likely to be over from a cultural victory way before you get to have fun towards the space age.

    Maybe this is just a problem with computer games in general, but the AI seems pretty much the same one from CIV3.

    I really like the battles and the tech upgrades so I wish they would focus more on them. Now you are just considered a "war monger" if you fight for more than several turns.

    Instead of suggesting a future tech, why not just one? There could be futuristic laser weapons, hover tanks, antimatter bombs, etc.

    Somewhere I feel there is a great CIV game waiting to happen, but mostly the game appears to have had a graphics upgrade but the gameplay has stagnated.    … Expand
  17. rafabrand
    Jan 5, 2021
    5
    They tried to change a lot of things. I agree that a new game is done to keep people playing. But this one is the worst civ that I played. I haven t tryed rise and fall yet.
  18. prussii
    Jan 1, 2021
    7
    DISCLAIMER: This is the first and only CIV game I've played.
    CIV VI does good job to introduce basics new players to the series, although some systems like the diplomacy stay unclear. Also the AI diplomacy seem illogical. The game is still very addictive and it is the primary example of a 'one more turn' game. The gameplay is very fun and satisfying. Cool game for LAN party with friends.    DISCLAIMER: This is the first and only CIV game I've played.
    CIV VI does good job to introduce basics new players to the series, although some systems like the diplomacy stay unclear. Also the AI diplomacy seem illogical. The game is still very addictive and it is the primary example of a 'one more turn' game. The gameplay is very fun and satisfying. Cool game for LAN party with friends. Playing with AI gets a bit boring after couple of games.    … Expand
  19. Pirocr07
    Dec 31, 2020
    6
    The game is enjoyable but the main thing with it is the AI and the difficulties in the game. There is a big change between “Prince” and “King”, not even going to mention how hard is to play in difficulties like “Inmortal”. Basically the AI is super dumb in all difficulties but it gets advantages from the beginning and in combat, which makes it very difficult to win a game in higherThe game is enjoyable but the main thing with it is the AI and the difficulties in the game. There is a big change between “Prince” and “King”, not even going to mention how hard is to play in difficulties like “Inmortal”. Basically the AI is super dumb in all difficulties but it gets advantages from the beginning and in combat, which makes it very difficult to win a game in higher difficulties, I feel like it is possible to do it with certain civilizations and it certain scenarios only. Science is super overvalued, the amenities system is a little bit complicated and the royalty system is a little bit annoying too (this last thing is optional). Apart from that is a good game, obviously if you are on pc you can make some changes and “fix” the difficulty problem taking away some of those crazy advantages but then you will probably end up playing like in prince difficulty. There are plenty of civilizations and there are multiple ways to win, some easier than others but still, it gives more options for you.… Expand
  20. eraybeycik
    Dec 24, 2020
    7
    Oyun güzel ama belli bir seviyeden sonra kazanamıyorsunuz. Sadece zevk almak için değil de gerçekten ülke yönetmek için oynuyoruz gibi.
  21. ErayTellezi
    Nov 17, 2020
    7
    Bence fena değil ancak oyun yapısı gereği inanılmaz vakit alıyor. Bu kadar süre için verdiği keyif değer mi bilmiyorum.
  22. RockerKR
    Nov 17, 2020
    7
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  23. Jack5switch
    Nov 10, 2020
    7
    Sid Meier's Civilization VI is an alternative to the traditional gameplay of the fifth instalment. It expands the original strategy with new skill trees, units, resources and diplomacy. It is also the prettier game between it and Civilization V, with fully integrated multiplayer and modding support.
  24. realkinko
    Aug 18, 2020
    7
    There's many things that annoy me with Civ VI, one of them being laughably bad AI - and I really mean laughably bad. I can't count the number of times I've laughed at AI opponents for acting really weird (like being my best friend one turn, only to be a sworn enemy a couple of turns later).

    Another thing that, at least for me, is completely unique with Civ VI is the fact that winning    There's many things that annoy me with Civ VI, one of them being laughably bad AI - and I really mean laughably bad. I can't count the number of times I've laughed at AI opponents for acting really weird (like being my best friend one turn, only to be a sworn enemy a couple of turns later).

    Another thing that, at least for me, is completely unique with Civ VI is the fact that winning isn't fun - and what I mean by that is that it doesn't really matter. You don't care if you win or lose, because you know you could win every game if you just went for the science victory (which is just about the only reasonable way to win a game it seems). You don't play to win, you play just for the fun experience of expanding your territory and exploring the world.

    Overall it's a good game. It's a fun game to play with friends if you're looking for a more relaxed experience.    … Expand
  25. Oshiri_Maeda
    Aug 7, 2020
    6
    Great game, very pleasant to start your own empire. But God, it is so tedious later in the game, every turn takes sooo long, and there is no action. Just building stuff and waiting for it to be built
  26. murtazasamiwala
    Aug 6, 2020
    7
    I enjoyed the game a lot for a while, but the battles/games tend to be too long, and after a few weeks I felt kind of done with it. The civilazations and units seem very well designed, but I did not feel like replaying too many times.
  27. tmsmith3
    Aug 3, 2020
    6
    Each component of the game seems to have no effect or of little consequence to all of the other components. Still very fun, and the dlc is worth it
  28. m3t4cr1t1c
    Jul 23, 2020
    5
    Few play Civ on God lvl. I am one of them. 43 years old, played Civ since "...and Earth was without form and void".
    I won't waste my time writing to many lines about this ""new"" civ game. I will just compare it with FIFA. In FIFA they spend 99 percent of their energy for graphics improvements. This Civ dev does the same. This game could be THE GAME. All humans could play it, it could    Few play Civ on God lvl. I am one of them. 43 years old, played Civ since "...and Earth was without form and void".
    I won't waste my time writing to many lines about this ""new"" civ game. I will just compare it with FIFA. In FIFA they spend 99 percent of their energy for graphics improvements. This Civ dev does the same. This game could be THE GAME. All humans could play it, it could become incredibly immersive, complex, beautiful and flexible . Instead... they upgrade graphics with every new one. Very few strategic changes comparative with hundreds that can be made. Watch reality... and watch this game. Civ is not Civ...it's just a joke. Years ago weak processors could have been an excuse. Today - NO. Bad dev.    … Expand
  29. Lex_x
    Jul 19, 2020
    7
    Игра довольно хороша, но всё же слишком похожа на 5 часть. Я не уверен, что готов считать эту игру полноценной частью серии, ибо она довольно вторична. Да отличия есть и они заметны, но их не так много как хотелось бы. Я бы предположил, что разработчикам стоило подождать с выходом игры 1-2 года и добавить больше интересных и новых механик, НАПРИМЕР НОРМАЛЬНУЮ ДИПЛОМАТИЮ! По факту этоИгра довольно хороша, но всё же слишком похожа на 5 часть. Я не уверен, что готов считать эту игру полноценной частью серии, ибо она довольно вторична. Да отличия есть и они заметны, но их не так много как хотелось бы. Я бы предположил, что разработчикам стоило подождать с выходом игры 1-2 года и добавить больше интересных и новых механик, НАПРИМЕР НОРМАЛЬНУЮ ДИПЛОМАТИЮ! По факту это просто дополненная 5 часть, не плохая, но и не отличная.… Expand
  30. GioGiorno
    Jun 28, 2020
    7
    Divertido com bastante conteúdo e várias maneiras de finalizar. Só achei um pouco monótono e demorado pra finalizar, talvez por causa dos turnos serem "lentos".
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#10 Best PC Game of 2016
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#9 Most Discussed PC Game of 2016
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#20 Most Shared PC Game of 2016

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88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 79 out of 84
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 84
  3. Negative: 1 out of 84
  1. CD-Action
    Jan 12, 2017
    90
    You don’t want to spend your night in front of the computer? You have a wife and kids? You cherish your friendships and enjoy parties? Beware of this game. It’s that good. [13/2016, p.44]
  2. The Overpowered Noobs
    Jan 11, 2017
    90
    It's a more playful, fun feel to the franchise, perhaps, but all that's wrapped around a deeply nuanced game. If you've ever enjoyed playing a multi-layered, immersive and strategic board game with a bunch of funny characters, get in here.
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  3. Games Master UK
    Jan 1, 2017
    74
    Firaxis has made some significant, exciting changes, but has also obscured vital information. [Christmas 2016, p.70]
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