Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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  1. Kolst15
    Sep 7, 2020
    4
    While the never-ending climb to be the game that's played on multiple platforms is seldom a very good goal to shoot for, it seems like that was the main priority with Sid Meier's Civilization VI. While I rarely will consign a game of such magnitude with a mixed to negative review, this specific title has me hovering over the 4 score. The AI is frequently nonsensical with commonlyWhile the never-ending climb to be the game that's played on multiple platforms is seldom a very good goal to shoot for, it seems like that was the main priority with Sid Meier's Civilization VI. While I rarely will consign a game of such magnitude with a mixed to negative review, this specific title has me hovering over the 4 score. The AI is frequently nonsensical with commonly ridiculous decisions that throw your game for loops often, which can similarly be enjoyable when juxtaposed with an option to not have a random attack placed on you. The animations are disappointingly ugly. The predecessor went for a look far more realistic to real world images, while these seem like random jpg shots assembled to vaguely recreate a Disney animated character's emotions. While I am nevertheless aware that this is far more of a personal grievance, its still something that should be addressed. I realize I haven't given this game much credit, but I will give it this, its entirely easy to sink 3 hours into this game, it has a classic Civ feel for the most part, and withholds re-playablilty for future games. I'm really of the mindset at the moment that in order to not stray away from the mobile and console releases of the game, they just dumbed down features for the PC edition, which, as such, does not present me with a very enjoyable game. It leaves features, interactions, and situations often half-baked and uninteresting. Which, in my opinion, is half of the game.… Expand
  2. Bloodnes
    Aug 22, 2020
    9
    Отличная игра, затягивает и долго не отпускает от экрана. В игре приятное звуковое сопровождение, графика радует глаз, все ярко, красочно и сочно. Однако, в игре есть некоторые пробелы в геймплеи. Поиграв около месяца, я пришел к выводу, что древо развития науки необходимо качать только в одной последовательности, только в таком случае получается победить на уровне сложности божество. ВОтличная игра, затягивает и долго не отпускает от экрана. В игре приятное звуковое сопровождение, графика радует глаз, все ярко, красочно и сочно. Однако, в игре есть некоторые пробелы в геймплеи. Поиграв около месяца, я пришел к выводу, что древо развития науки необходимо качать только в одной последовательности, только в таком случае получается победить на уровне сложности божество. В итоге переигрывать утомляет, так как прокачка сводится всегда к одному. После развития цивилизации ты начинаешь атаковать соперника и тут начинается самое интересное, если Вы играете на большой карте, ваш марш бросок может затянуться на недельную игру. И это не зависит от мощности соперника, а время тратится на передвижение войска на 1-2 клетки и довольно долгое ожидание хода противника. Надоедает вплоть до нажатия кнопки alt+f4. Я перечислил то, чем игра меня не устроила и как по мне становится неиграбельной после 4-5 побед на компьютером. Возможно в онлайне дела куда веселей, но с ai играть утомляет. В целом моя оценка 9/10 аналогов игры нет и поиграть стоит всем!… Expand
  3. 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
  4. 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
  5. 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.
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. Ita_JM
    Jul 20, 2020
    0
    I was really into total war Warhammer 2. Because of that, I decided to try others strategy games like civilization. But this game is not for me. The IA doesn't make sense and the progression is boring.
  9. 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
  10. Shtern
    Jul 11, 2020
    8
    Если вам неуда девать свое время или скажем, вы хотите что бы ваша жизнь закончилась в мгновение ока, то эта игра для вас.
  11. Aziz2427b
    Jul 4, 2020
    3
    ai makes no sense they go from liking you to declaring war against you for no reason and most wars are boring and mean nothing but you can't trade with them It takes a very long time to finish the game which is not good because the game is boring
  12. 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".
  13. Hellgates666
    Jun 25, 2020
    9
    I believe Civ VI accomplishes everything it's predecessor did. It's engaging, it's beautifully crafted, it's innovative, and it sucks you in for hours on end. The introduction of districts was a brilliant choice, and the strategies/play styles are as diverse as ever. Another masterpiece within it's genre.
  14. yavick
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    différent du 5 mais tout aussi bon . fun de finir des game avec la culture et la science mes dur de faire des victoires en mode guerre et gagner en tuant votre adversaire, car plus facile davoir 8-10 villes sur le long-terme. le mode rapide et la religion a plus d importance dans les précédant CIV. c'est un très bon jeux dans l'emsemble
  15. Nerevarinho
    Jun 20, 2020
    3
    I loved Civ 5, so i have to compare. Civ 6 has bad music, no full touchscreen support, bad remote play optimization, repetitive gamestart dialogs, thin dialogs on reached technologies, and much more such bad stuff. Play Civ 5.
  16. DarkFireUmad
    Jun 20, 2020
    8
    Pues la verdad es que es muy triste que literalmente una semana después de comprarlo lo pongan gratis en la tienda de epic pero bueno, mala suerte.
    El juego está guay, creo que es de lo mejorcito que hay actualmente de estrategia por turnos, pero no creo que sea su target, tengo un estilo de juego muy similar independientemente de la civilización y para mí jugar una partida es jugarlas    Pues la verdad es que es muy triste que literalmente una semana después de comprarlo lo pongan gratis en la tienda de epic pero bueno, mala suerte.
    El juego está guay, creo que es de lo mejorcito que hay actualmente de estrategia por turnos, pero no creo que sea su target, tengo un estilo de juego muy similar independientemente de la civilización y para mí jugar una partida es jugarlas todas, por eso es un juego que a mí me ha aburrido a las 30 horas de juego.    … Expand
  17. ladosek
    Jun 16, 2020
    9
    really nice game it the begineng I was a little bit worried about the cartoon graphics of the characters but after some time i got used to it . Really nice game 9/10 but if you are looking for the nice strategy i will recomend civ 5 or hearts of iron 4
  18. HarrySatschel
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    Garbage game. Plays horribly. Don't waste your time or money. It's a real shame because this series used to be really great, but it's just slid too far downhill.
  19. deadpet
    Jun 3, 2020
    1
    When you played a game for nearly 30 years, you expect some improvement in many things where Civilizations games always had flaws. I mean AI of course, but diplomacy, trading and this things they call barbarians for example. But this is just worst than ever. Diplomacy is just nations trading luxury goods like kids exchange collectibles they have twice, trade is just some caravan tradingWhen you played a game for nearly 30 years, you expect some improvement in many things where Civilizations games always had flaws. I mean AI of course, but diplomacy, trading and this things they call barbarians for example. But this is just worst than ever. Diplomacy is just nations trading luxury goods like kids exchange collectibles they have twice, trade is just some caravan trading things which dont exist in the game.
    Worst and last, barbarians. Someone can tell to me what are they in the real world ? Are they human ? i really dont understand the meaning of barbarians in a game called Civilization... I want to know who are these humans who have for only goal, for more than 6000 years, to ransack cities ? i can accept that simply concept in a game in 1991 (hey! i was only 13 at that time) but after all this time playing civ games, i was hopping for another gameplay loop, much more consistent than that. The fact that the option to disable them exist from the beginning of the series must prove that developers themselves notice that this feature is a bad one.
    In fact, Cilization is a lazy franchise since Civilization IV.    … Expand
  20. Qahnaarin
    May 30, 2020
    8
    É um bom jogo, porém, além de algumas falhas presentes no jogo a quantidade imensa de dlc's acaba como um fato negativo.
  21. Krylock
    May 29, 2020
    1
    Online is good, realy good, never got any problem with this ****
    Yeah this is fun
  22. Generalgameman
    May 21, 2020
    3
    Nice game, and fun to play BUT.... Civ 5 was better (imo ofc), Civ 6 still has awful AI, no map editor, and worst of all, it has became a SeasonPass/DLC nightmare!!! They are copying Paradox and milking the fans for every penny!
    I gave it a 3 because it can be fun. It would have had more if they fixed the dumb AI and stopped exploiting the fans in the name of greed. If they need cash,    Nice game, and fun to play BUT.... Civ 5 was better (imo ofc), Civ 6 still has awful AI, no map editor, and worst of all, it has became a SeasonPass/DLC nightmare!!! They are copying Paradox and milking the fans for every penny!
    I gave it a 3 because it can be fun. It would have had more if they fixed the dumb AI and stopped exploiting the fans in the name of greed. If they need cash, release a Civ 7 or add features, NOT silly nations no one will play (unless your from the Hellhole!).    … Expand
  23. cubs7338
    May 9, 2020
    1
    Been playing Civ since 2 & 3. Where they took the game with 5 & 6 has made the game oversimplified like the xbox version created when Civ 4 came out. AI is completely unbalanced and all the tech and social trees are horribly convoluted. Basically, everything that made Civ games enjoyable in the past they decided to remove for whatever reason to make it look more like command and conquerBeen playing Civ since 2 & 3. Where they took the game with 5 & 6 has made the game oversimplified like the xbox version created when Civ 4 came out. AI is completely unbalanced and all the tech and social trees are horribly convoluted. Basically, everything that made Civ games enjoyable in the past they decided to remove for whatever reason to make it look more like command and conquer with regard to cities and unit movements. I want the strategy to have variance amongst players of different cultures. Every game turns out same against AI which suggests they over-balanced the game to where all outcomes are very closely related.… Expand
  24. alanwaketan
    May 2, 2020
    7
    本作初始版本相较于前作而言可谓是全面倒退。唯一乐趣的可能就是建立工业六角星。但讲真，文明作为一个以写实著称的系列，卡通化会不会有些过激。实在是喜欢不上本作。
  25. theredd636
    May 2, 2020
    5
    This game improves in actual game play every year. Unfortunately the AI isn't that great as they are always popping up on the users screen often saying that you military is not good and that they don't care for a leader with a bad military. Then when you do develop a military they still come up with the same prompt even though you have the best military in the match. if you are looking forThis game improves in actual game play every year. Unfortunately the AI isn't that great as they are always popping up on the users screen often saying that you military is not good and that they don't care for a leader with a bad military. Then when you do develop a military they still come up with the same prompt even though you have the best military in the match. if you are looking for a strategy game with great AI this is not for you, but if you want an Feature heavy game that is great if you wanna sit down and play for 10 hours straight by yourself or friends then this is for you.… Expand
  26. Qgal5kap
    Apr 27, 2020
    3
    I was very hopeful for this game. What I could see from pre-release gameplay, it looked promising. I've now played 4 full games. I won 3 lost 1. The AI is pretty terrible to be honest. Lots of information is left out. There are issues with diplomacy as well. So far I have no way to tell my opponents to stop sending missionaries through my lands, but they can demand that of me. I also haveI was very hopeful for this game. What I could see from pre-release gameplay, it looked promising. I've now played 4 full games. I won 3 lost 1. The AI is pretty terrible to be honest. Lots of information is left out. There are issues with diplomacy as well. So far I have no way to tell my opponents to stop sending missionaries through my lands, but they can demand that of me. I also have a sound bug I cannot fix yet. I will update my score if this gets fixed with coming patches.

    ** UPDATE **
    This was the game that killed Civilization for me. I haven't played it in years, nor have I ever felt that I wanted to play it again.    … Expand
  27. SergioTchako
    Apr 18, 2020
    10
    Fluidez, buenas mecánicas, distritos en diferentes casillas. Una mecánica que te hace viciarte horas y horas.
  28. PeakZach
    Apr 13, 2020
    10
    Packed full of details to amuse the micromanager or the relaxed overseer. Whether you want to dig deep into your cities population workings, or use a 50,000 foot view to amass a huge army, this game has it all. The complexity is refreshing and the game looks and plays fantastically.
  29. Chucklenut
    Mar 28, 2020
    6
    An otherwise solid sequel hampered by DLC dependency and poor single-player balance. Civ 5 was criticized at launch for lacking most of the features Civ 4 had with its two expansion packs, making it feel like a shallower experience with prettier graphics until its own DLC was released. Learning nothing from this (or perhaps learning people will begrudgingly accept being nickel and dimedAn otherwise solid sequel hampered by DLC dependency and poor single-player balance. Civ 5 was criticized at launch for lacking most of the features Civ 4 had with its two expansion packs, making it feel like a shallower experience with prettier graphics until its own DLC was released. Learning nothing from this (or perhaps learning people will begrudgingly accept being nickel and dimed for their niche), Civ 6 suffers from this same issue and is anemic of past features, civilizations, and wonders in the base game. While it does feel like a complete game once you buy all of it's current DLC, are you really willing to spend the full $167 when for it? If you live and breathe Civ, maybe you are, but at the very least wait for a sale so you don't embarrass yourself too harshly.… Expand
  30. Wiebe
    Feb 27, 2020
    3
    Too much like the old games, but then without the previous DLCs, bad AI, easy to game, showing its age
  31. CowboyNuggets
    Feb 26, 2020
    10
    This game was just ok at release. But after several large updates and DLC's the game has really now come into its own into a more full fledged Civ game.
  32. Concave
    Feb 24, 2020
    10
    This game is, by far, the best turn-based strategy game ever. Despite little hiccups, for the first year, most issues have been solved with patches and expansions.
    Both single player and multiplayer (internet, play-by-cloud) offer so many options of re-playability.
    The Gathering Storm expansion changed this game so much, it is basically a new game all together. And so much better. This    This game is, by far, the best turn-based strategy game ever. Despite little hiccups, for the first year, most issues have been solved with patches and expansions.
    Both single player and multiplayer (internet, play-by-cloud) offer so many options of re-playability.
    The Gathering Storm expansion changed this game so much, it is basically a new game all together. And so much better. This is the best game I have played, and probably will play, ever.    … Expand
  33. FelipeVital
    Feb 15, 2020
    8
    It's an amazing game!
    In the face of this sea of **** they made some mistakes in this compared to the previous version (CIV V), but the positives points outweigh the negatives over time.
    The game is tremendously immersive and super fun, it is really possible to love or hate other leaders because of their well-built and defined personalities and behaviors, just as you hate or love real    It's an amazing game!
    In the face of this sea of **** they made some mistakes in this compared to the previous version (CIV V), but the positives points outweigh the negatives over time.
    The game is tremendously immersive and super fun, it is really possible to love or hate other leaders because of their well-built and defined personalities and behaviors, just as you hate or love real people.
    When the day Artificial Intelligence becomes more evolved and better implemented on videos games, this game series specially, will be awesome, hope to continue here to see!    … Expand
  34. RackNRoll
    Feb 5, 2020
    4
    в 6 циве много нового, но это ее не спасает. во первых она очень дорогая и за последнее обновление фираксис просят аж полтора куска. то бишь я купил делюкс едишн за 2600.. отдал косарь за райз анд фалл.. и с меня требуют еще полтора за конечный продукт... итого игра обходится в 5100 деревянных.. вы скупердяи! это раз.. два - ваша игра плохо генерирует местность/ресурсы/расстановку игроковв 6 циве много нового, но это ее не спасает. во первых она очень дорогая и за последнее обновление фираксис просят аж полтора куска. то бишь я купил делюкс едишн за 2600.. отдал косарь за райз анд фалл.. и с меня требуют еще полтора за конечный продукт... итого игра обходится в 5100 деревянных.. вы скупердяи! это раз.. два - ваша игра плохо генерирует местность/ресурсы/расстановку игроков (часто бывают случаи когда у тебя либо нет места, либо место есть, но оно плохое, а отсюда нехватка довольствия/промки/еды и т.д.). хотите поиграть за Россию? буюшки - ибо ее кидает напостой в тундру, а игра генерирует голую тундру, без лесов, без ресурсов и в итоге у тебя половина клеток дают 1 еды, 1 промку и 1 веры. с этим игру не выиграть даже против бота, не то что сетевой режим. если уводить поселка в другое место, то пропадает перк на старте игры, смысл тогда от этой нации в вашей игре? вот если бы перк давай еще +1 еду в тундре, то уже было бы честнее и нация стала бы играбельнее. и такое отношение далеко не к одной нации. очень часто игра генерирует то голандию в пустыне, то египет в тундре и все перки той или иной нации пропадают на старте игры. в добавок в игре есть очень читерные нации, типа скифии, шумеров, римлян и т.п., которые на старте тремя юнитами сносят два города, притом что у тебя в запасе есть 3-4 лука. в третьих - полно долбанутых механик аля великому художнику нужен художественный музей для того чтобы он написал картину.. вы прикалываетесь? то есть если я захочу нарисовать картину, то мне нужен музей? мне нужна кисть и холст! более ничего! при всем притом великого художника получаешь раньше, чеи открываешь художественный музей и он у тебя ходит в зад в перед ходов 10 по твоей территории.. такая же песни и с писателями - они у тебя порой вылупляются как на дрожжах, а у тебя нет ячеек для них.. тупая механика.. такая же песня и с великим музыкантом - нет ячейки куда его загнать.. пара бара бам.. короче говоря даже фанатам цивы не советую брать эту сырую игру. в ней опять же куча багов (пример пропадает промка), нет никакого баланса и есть эти долбанные районы, которые занимают всю площадь. все что они сделали за пять косарей так это красивую обвертку.… Expand
  35. Nixon_R
    Feb 2, 2020
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The game is good, but there is a lack of innovation. I want something new. And the bots are very weak, I want adventures on the ass. Hahaha… Expand
  36. EnglishVan
    Jan 22, 2020
    8
    These reviews are insane. I love this game. It works well for me, and I use a Mac, which everyone knows isn't as good as a PC. I enjoy the strategy, leaders, randomness, victories, music, and almost everything. Problem is that it does crash at times and feels a bit worse than Civ V in certain ways. But it has improved for the most part and makes me happy.
  37. yukasi123
    Jan 5, 2020
    0
    Worst strat game ever because dudeeee dudeeee dude dude dudedude dude dudedude. Worst strat game ever because dudeeee dudeeee dude dude dudedude dude dudedude
  38. drlowdon
    Jan 3, 2020
    8
    The latest in the long running turn-based strategy game series this sixth instalment, as it has always been, is all about guiding and developing a civilization from their first settlement through to the modern age with the goal of beating your (AI or human) opponents.

    Any fan of the Civilization series will tell that you can’t fully judge each instalment until all the expansions are    The latest in the long running turn-based strategy game series this sixth instalment, as it has always been, is all about guiding and developing a civilization from their first settlement through to the modern age with the goal of beating your (AI or human) opponents.

    Any fan of the Civilization series will tell that you can’t fully judge each instalment until all the expansions are added, but VI is possibly the most complete the series has been right out of the gate. There are of course all the new technologies, units etc. you’d expect from a sequel but the addition of ideas like districts, which specialise in certain building types, adds even greater depth whilst still keeping things relatively accessible. The only real negative remains the A.I, particularly when it comes to conflict, but if (like me) you play online against friends and family this is largely negated anyway.    … Expand
  39. WondemanLocke
    Dec 22, 2019
    4
    Game is unplayable because in main menu, you cannot access advanced settings in menu because screen cuts wrong way. It is stupid to play an other game for hours if it is not your dream game you have done.
  40. Tigershark
    Nov 25, 2019
    0
    This game is awful. I've tried 5 times to get through the tutorial which glitches out every time. The game has game breaking graphic screen tearing every time an enemy becomes visible. And closing the application and clearing cache and restarting does nothing to fix it. It is unplayable.
  41. Averycrosslin
    Nov 2, 2019
    8
    Oh my goodness, this game is great. I like the cartoonish style, it fits the game very well. I like the awesome fun of killing enemy units and conquering them. Building your own civilization is very fun. Although, the AI can be a bit stupid to say the least. Civ 6 is very fun and possibly one of my favorite games.
  42. Babutto
    Oct 1, 2019
    6
    Pros:
    - graphics;
    - district system; - units, battles, promotions, research, culture, victories. Cons: - diplomacy is the same **** as usual. If you become strong, everybody hates you. They started using the system of diplomatic points, but you cannot win it even if you have more than others, guys will block your votes; grudge against others doesn't do much if you don't want to    Pros:
    - graphics;
    - district system;
    - units, battles, promotions, research, culture, victories.

    Cons:
    - diplomacy is the same **** as usual. If you become strong, everybody hates you. They started using the system of diplomatic points, but you cannot win it even if you have more than others, guys will block your votes; grudge against others doesn't do much if you don't want to start the war;
    - diplomatic relations themselves do not provide many options. TW series moves forward, here they stuck the same for YEARS. Your allies ALWAYS spy on you and even if you catch the spies keep doing it;
    - governors are useless, city states are less useful then in 5th;
    - AI, workers system should be upgraded for sure. Military engeneer to build railroads? Really?

    Overall: the game contains good ideas, BUT the series should boost their diplomatic side, improve workers, AI, maybe improve research that will contain alternatives that will affect you in a long term and make every discovery valuable.
    Beyond Earth by far is more interesting.    … Expand
  43. FrankTate
    Sep 15, 2019
    0
    I have seen all of the gushing reviews for Civilization VI, and assume that they are for players who compete against other human players. My experience is different as I play exclusively against the A.I. I feel that the developers of Civilization haven't always kept the best features of past editions and that a number of additions are suspect. I have played Civilization starting withI have seen all of the gushing reviews for Civilization VI, and assume that they are for players who compete against other human players. My experience is different as I play exclusively against the A.I. I feel that the developers of Civilization haven't always kept the best features of past editions and that a number of additions are suspect. I have played Civilization starting with Civilization i. My biggest complaint is that the developers haven't improved the A.I. and merely allow it to cheat unmercilessly. I have progressed to the Emperor level of difficulty and with the A.I. controlling by the Civilizations and the barbarians, most games fail very early on. I would question the addition of any other features (like natural disasters) that the A. I. can control, because it it just one more tool for it to use to disadvantage the human player. Regardless of the "whistles and bells" that the developers add to the game, their failure to address the issue of improving the A.I. (so it doesn't have to cheat) is the biggest disappointment for me (besides the elimination of certain civilizations). My other complaint is that the developers will not sell you a complete game, but force you to purchase "expansion packages." I would rahther pay a bit more for the game than be forced to pay for numerous expansions.… Expand
  44. Crypt
    Sep 13, 2019
    8
    Not the best CIV ever made, but it's good. The cartoonish aspect does not match the game.
  45. sanchess
    Aug 14, 2019
    0
    of course it was always going to be a mobile game... duh I remember dev team confirming its not going to be. Guess how wrong were they. I give 0 for horrible practices
  46. MarcioCavalcant
    Jun 23, 2019
    3
    A huge step back from the previous titles as this title is more children-oriented instead of focusing on good Art Style, Political, Religious and Crisis management and expansion of the civilizations.
    Seems like Firaxis completely lost touch with their player base (mostly adults as it always seemed to me) and shot themselves in the foot with this game.
    The gameplay mechanics are just as    A huge step back from the previous titles as this title is more children-oriented instead of focusing on good Art Style, Political, Religious and Crisis management and expansion of the civilizations.
    Seems like Firaxis completely lost touch with their player base (mostly adults as it always seemed to me) and shot themselves in the foot with this game.
    The gameplay mechanics are just as bad as the style of the game and they completely ignored the now old demand from the players for a better Artificial Intelligence!
    Besides all that their DLC policy is noew even more shameful! This game was half ready when they released and then later they came with a DLC that didn't even fulfill in fixing this.
    They also added several civilizations that SHOULD HAVE COME WITH THE BASE GAME into several DLCs just from pure greediness (as if the base game wasn't expensive enough)!!!!    … Expand
  47. Sayoose
    May 25, 2019
    0
    This game is total unplayable garbage on Windows 7. It won't launch no matter what you do. It's absolutely broken and there's nothing you can do except remember that pc gaming is absolutely terrible.
  48. NezharMC
    May 3, 2019
    7
    Similar to Civ V with all the expansions minus the number of leaders and world congress, this game is a double down on the best features of the older version but with a different art style (cartoonier), which I like due to better clarity of tiles.
    It also makes more important the control of the tiles because of the district system and world wonders need their own tiles. Workers are now    Similar to Civ V with all the expansions minus the number of leaders and world congress, this game is a double down on the best features of the older version but with a different art style (cartoonier), which I like due to better clarity of tiles.
    It also makes more important the control of the tiles because of the district system and world wonders need their own tiles. Workers are now builders that improve tiles in a single turn but have 3 uses, which makes the game faster.
    It's an interesting game for noobies of strategy games like me, although to more seasoned players, the really stupid AI may concern them. The AI is probably what costs 2 points for this game, it is really that bad. But a fun game overall.    … Expand
  49. LukeTheJedi
    Apr 16, 2019
    8
    There it is, I once again tried something new (I'm rather RPG fan), but this time I was not disappointed. Civilization franchise is already a classic and I remember that long time ago I used to play in Civilization IV, I liked that, but I have never become a fan. Nonetheless I tried again and I'm happy I did it. Lots of cool mechanics, immerse gameplay (i really felt like I lead trueThere it is, I once again tried something new (I'm rather RPG fan), but this time I was not disappointed. Civilization franchise is already a classic and I remember that long time ago I used to play in Civilization IV, I liked that, but I have never become a fan. Nonetheless I tried again and I'm happy I did it. Lots of cool mechanics, immerse gameplay (i really felt like I lead true civilization to greatness), lots of techs, systems, options of diplomacy. I lost so many hours play it. And this amazing soundtrack...
    One thing I really hate about those kinds of games is massive amount of DLCs or other patches so in reality if you want to experience everything what Civilization has to offer you need to pay a lot of money. For that big minus, but the game itself is great.    … Expand
  50. RGB-Meta
    Apr 15, 2019
    5
    Not as good as previous in my opinion. Much more difficult and at higher level, like King, the AI will destroy you if you make any strategic errors. Simple things become critical. Can win easily on all levels from Prince down. Have never won a game above Prince level and am getting really frustrated at the AIs ability to target me for the simplest mistake. Attach by 3 Battleships whenNot as good as previous in my opinion. Much more difficult and at higher level, like King, the AI will destroy you if you make any strategic errors. Simple things become critical. Can win easily on all levels from Prince down. Have never won a game above Prince level and am getting really frustrated at the AIs ability to target me for the simplest mistake. Attach by 3 Battleships when I am the most advanced nation and didn't have that tech yet. But AI did and enuf to hit me hard. Can't say what the AI did but I call cheat!. Was a super fan before this. Prefer Civ 5.… Expand
  51. pipikisLife
    Mar 29, 2019
    10
    I was only interested in legacy of the nuclear Gandhi.The world shall be reborn by atomic light.Buddha demands it.
  52. Psiraphim
    Mar 21, 2019
    0
    Я не хочу казаться ретроградом, или человеком которому лишь бы ругать все новое. Я просто не могу понять, как игра, которая является глобальной пошаговой стратегией, серьезным симулятором цивилизации могла стать этой игрой:
    В пятой цивилизации все было. Она была идеальным развитием серии, ее самым пиком могущества.
    Шестая цивилизация встретила меня следующими словами: "Когда я узнала,    Я не хочу казаться ретроградом, или человеком которому лишь бы ругать все новое. Я просто не могу понять, как игра, которая является глобальной пошаговой стратегией, серьезным симулятором цивилизации могла стать этой игрой:
    В пятой цивилизации все было. Она была идеальным развитием серии, ее самым пиком могущества.
    Шестая цивилизация встретила меня следующими словами: "Когда я узнала, что на Килиманджаро нет Wi-Fi, следующие две неделеи прошли очень скучно". Если что - это фраза при обнаружении горы Килиманджаро. Открытие самой высокой горы Африки сопровождает цитата из статуса вконтакте типичной его посетительницы.
    Римские легионеры делают сальто через врага? Легко!

    Я признаю - отличная задумка с агендами правителей, это действительно давно пора было сделать в Цивилизациях. Интересная задумка с районами - я бы сделал их необязательными но полезными.
    Но общая стилистика каких-то Инстаграммовых Однокласником, с тупыми фразами: "Римскую империю погубили излишества. Кондиционеры - из-за шума кондиционеров римляне не услышали как пришли варвары" все разрушает. Юмор был и раньше - его не делали центральной составляющей.
    Я хочу играть в серьезную стратегию, а не в цирк какой-то дурацкий.
    Очень плохо.    … Expand
  53. JakeHyle
    Feb 25, 2019
    4
    This game has an awful user interface. I had to look up a youtube video to find things that should be obvious like, the Civilopedea button, and the unit promotion button. Never in any other Civ games have these things been difficult to find. Figuring out how to manage a city is a mess of side bars. The game is terrible at conveying information to the player, like when setting a city IThis game has an awful user interface. I had to look up a youtube video to find things that should be obvious like, the Civilopedea button, and the unit promotion button. Never in any other Civ games have these things been difficult to find. Figuring out how to manage a city is a mess of side bars. The game is terrible at conveying information to the player, like when setting a city I was expecting to see the resource icons around the settler indicating how much research and money a tile would be worth if I settled there.

    This game, even now years later, still lacks the sort of obvious things that should have been there to start with like a production queue in cities as the most prominent example.

    This may be a good game, but it's not a good CIV game. Shame of Firaxis for forgetting what a Civ game is.    … Expand
  54. JERupp
    Jan 2, 2019
    2
    I've played this game for 20 hours now. 3 entire games I've started, trying to figure out what makes the AI tick.

    My conclusion? It's literally randomized. AI behavior makes no **** sense at all. A great example is the following: https://i.imgur.com/hP26R4N.png I had great relations with the Japanese halfway across the **** globe, yet for some reason they decided to declare was on    I've played this game for 20 hours now. 3 entire games I've started, trying to figure out what makes the AI tick.

    My conclusion? It's literally randomized. AI behavior makes no **** sense at all. A great example is the following:

    https://i.imgur.com/hP26R4N.png

    I had great relations with the Japanese halfway across the **** globe, yet for some reason they decided to declare was on me with absolutely no reason given whatsoever.

    Uninstalled and filed away as "massive waste of my **** time." Later, Firaxis.    … Expand
  55. MaxCoyle
    Dec 12, 2018
    10
    Have been playing Civilization since Civ2 and Civ6 is everything you could want from the series. Its coming of age incorporates the best ideas and advancements from previous games and is a recommended purchase for any 4X player.
  56. M3TAmeat
    Dec 5, 2018
    6
    Fact is, I just like the Civilization series and the gameplay too much, as that I could leave out a part. But unfortunately I am already thinking since the last two parts more and more to buy the game for the release.
    And sorry, normally I would give a 7 out of 10 for the initial teething problems, broken AI and mediocre balancing. But due to the growing, ridiculous DLC policy, I can not    Fact is, I just like the Civilization series and the gameplay too much, as that I could leave out a part. But unfortunately I am already thinking since the last two parts more and more to buy the game for the release.
    And sorry, normally I would give a 7 out of 10 for the initial teething problems, broken AI and mediocre balancing. But due to the growing, ridiculous DLC policy, I can not agree more than 6 in 10 for myself.    … Expand
  57. SneakyBasterd
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    Just dont buy this overpriced and uplayable game, please. They destroyed Civ game series with this awful game.
  58. doritoite
    Oct 31, 2018
    3
    I loved Civ 5, one of my favorite PC games. And for the most part, I really liked the new features in this newer iteration. However there is one glaring issue that completely ruins the whole game. The A.I. is one of the most terrible I've ever seen in a strategy game. Randomly declaring war, randomly denouncing you, some of the most terrible trade offers possible. If you're not sureI loved Civ 5, one of my favorite PC games. And for the most part, I really liked the new features in this newer iteration. However there is one glaring issue that completely ruins the whole game. The A.I. is one of the most terrible I've ever seen in a strategy game. Randomly declaring war, randomly denouncing you, some of the most terrible trade offers possible. If you're not sure whether to purchase Civ 5 or 6, don't even think twice. Get Civ 5. The A.I. completely ruins this otherwise great game.… Expand
  59. canceRnya
    Oct 30, 2018
    2
    И зачем нада было делать все мультяшное вместе отвратительным туманом, с абсолютно новыми и отвратительными механиками культуры, религий и рабочих, которые способны построить лишь 3 клеточки, и многое другое? Понравилось лишь идея с кварталами, да и дипломатия получше, чем в 5 будет.И зачем нада было делать все мультяшное вместе отвратительным туманом, с абсолютно новыми и отвратительными механиками культуры, религий и рабочих, которые способны построить лишь 3 клеточки, и многое другое? Понравилось лишь идея с кварталами, да и дипломатия получше, чем в 5 будет.
  60. Pelu
    Oct 27, 2018
    7
    It's OK, but much worse than Civ 5 or 4. It has new interesting features, which don't add much value. The AI is complete garbage and graphics ugly. Would not buy again.
  61. TatsMcGee
    Sep 8, 2018
    6
    I have finally done it. I have finally purchased a gaming PC and I can finally start playing PC games. This is a game that I have owned for a long time but I could never play it because my PC couldn’t handle the mid game. Now that I have finally sat down and play through an entire game, I feel underwhelmed. Civilization V is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time and Civ VI just feelsI have finally done it. I have finally purchased a gaming PC and I can finally start playing PC games. This is a game that I have owned for a long time but I could never play it because my PC couldn’t handle the mid game. Now that I have finally sat down and play through an entire game, I feel underwhelmed. Civilization V is one of my top 5 favorite games of all time and Civ VI just feels lacking.

    I love the Art style and its still turn-based and part of the problem is I don’t know what I’m doing. I will continue to play it and hope eventually that the game will click with me. Civilization Revolution was the first Civ game that I played and it clicked with me instantly, Civ V was the first PC version and that was instant as well. This just feels off to me.

    I’ll keep at it and maybe expansions will help but for now, its not just not doing it for me.    … Expand
  62. huggoman
    Jul 22, 2018
    4
    - Cartoon animation, big guns dont look like a kid toy
    - Diplomati need more posibillitiess and a new look on algorithm's
    - AI is often the same or lame
    - religions is a fail, need to be rewritten.
  63. chicoruso
    Jul 19, 2018
    1
    Playing Civilization since the 1st Civ, I should say this one is the worst. Graphics compared to Civ5 is like a cartoon after Star Wars. The introduction of the Civics Tree makes gameplay really stupid, so one can have Computers without even knowing Elecrticity lol. Wonders are so costly and the placement of them is so ridiculous, basically there is no need to bother building more than 1Playing Civilization since the 1st Civ, I should say this one is the worst. Graphics compared to Civ5 is like a cartoon after Star Wars. The introduction of the Civics Tree makes gameplay really stupid, so one can have Computers without even knowing Elecrticity lol. Wonders are so costly and the placement of them is so ridiculous, basically there is no need to bother building more than 1 or 2 (and there are more than 20 in the game), so more than 90% of them are absolute waste of... whatever.
    The idea of specialized districts is interesting, but actually it is so underdeveloped it's adds more pain in the ass rather than logic. The game is less countable - counting the religious influence from other cities you have to look for those arrows, which are by far less clear. Same things refers to the external tourism output - you can see it, but how it grows you basically have to calculate yourself (and this is a Culture vistory main prerequisite). Religion victory is impossible in multiplayer, cause any military unit can kill your missionaries (in a single player game the AI is sooooo stupid that it won't do that), which makes religious victory a step back vs diplomatic vistory in Civ5 (that at least had sense). I could continue, but overall it's clear - this is a project that just want to get more money from the famous franchise. Not worth it.    … Expand
  64. Ganoba
    Apr 21, 2018
    5
    Civilization is my favorite franchising, but this game have so mane bugs and it seems that the developers don't care to fix ....
  65. YaBoiRoice
    Apr 8, 2018
    8
    This game has brought me almost as much fun as Civilization V. In my opinion it's a great game - I like the new features and enjoy the gameplay, but my main problem with the game is the AI. The combat AI is horrible - I had never seen worse battle decisions before, even though Civilization V had really bad combat AI as well. The diplomacy of the AI leaders was really obnoxious. When theyThis game has brought me almost as much fun as Civilization V. In my opinion it's a great game - I like the new features and enjoy the gameplay, but my main problem with the game is the AI. The combat AI is horrible - I had never seen worse battle decisions before, even though Civilization V had really bad combat AI as well. The diplomacy of the AI leaders was really obnoxious. When they don't like you they spam ridiculous trade deals, which you would never accept, but after a couple of turns they come back with equally unfair deals. Despite that my opinion of this game is very positive and I really enjoy it.… Expand
  66. Tomle1202
    Mar 23, 2018
    8
    Sid Meier's Civilization VI still maintains the brilliance of the long-running turn-based strategy series, yet at the same time, regrettably fails to deliver in a number of ways.
  67. PimN
    Feb 28, 2018
    8
    This game improves, refines and innovates to become the finest Civilization game to date. Unstacked cities, stacked units and improved trading to name a few (though the game's ruined by the bad AI though, I'll explain).

    Introduction Civilization VI is yet another entry in the long lasting Civilization series. Civilization VI is a strategy game within the 4X subgenre. 4X stands for:    This game improves, refines and innovates to become the finest Civilization game to date. Unstacked cities, stacked units and improved trading to name a few (though the game's ruined by the bad AI though, I'll explain).

    Introduction

    Civilization VI is yet another entry in the long lasting Civilization series. Civilization VI is a strategy game within the 4X subgenre. 4X stands for:
    - Explore
    - Expand
    - Exploit
    - Exterminate

    Review

    These are 4 things that you will be doing in this game. You start off with a settler and a warrior unit, and then you are supposed to found your first city. You pick a location and start exploring. When exploring, you're looking for new places to expand. Land that you have claimed is exploitable, by constructing buildings or improvements. Finally, you will bump into other civilizations, and possibly conflict. To win, you have to exterminate everyone else (literally or figuratively).

    There are several victory possibilities:
    - Time Victory
    - Domination Victory
    - Religious Victory
    - Science Victory
    - Culture Victory

    This game improves upon Civilization V, yet it also lacks some features. Civilization VI features unstacked cities, and stacked units. It also now has a culture tree. These features improve the game IMO.

    The AI is actually worse compared to Civ V in my opinion. Also, you either love the art style or hate it. I like it, it's easy on my eyes and things are clear to read.

    While Civilization VI had some problems for a long time, it has been improved. AI was completely screwed up on launch, but has improved somewhat.

    Verdict

    I recommend this as a solid entry in the Civilization series, and a good strategy game overall. If you're not sure, get Civilization V, it's still a great game and is on sale a lot and is often under 10 euros for the complete edition.

    Were the AI to be significantly improved, this game would be a 10/10.    … Expand
  68. Shawndroid
    Feb 26, 2018
    10
    Great strategy game in Sid Meier's tradition. Precisely what one would expect.
  69. GoldenKing95
    Feb 13, 2018
    9
    I must say, the new improvements are really great. The developers said that they started from scratch, and it does feel like a new civilization. Yet it still uses some of the great mechanics from earlier civilization games, and why wouldn't you. Civilization 5 was a masterpiece after all.

    So should you buy it? Of course you should, especially if you liked the earlier installments of    I must say, the new improvements are really great. The developers said that they started from scratch, and it does feel like a new civilization. Yet it still uses some of the great mechanics from earlier civilization games, and why wouldn't you. Civilization 5 was a masterpiece after all.

    So should you buy it? Of course you should, especially if you liked the earlier installments of this franchise. Or even when you are new to this franchise, it will be a good time consumer.    … Expand
  70. Falrinth
    Feb 13, 2018
    2
    While they slowly patch the horrendous game breaking bugs, you still cant really enjoy the game the way you would expect from such an expensive title. Game have horrible memory leaks. Degrading performance over time while the application runs. Then after re-load quick save it will run butter smooth for a while, just to degrade over time. Especially noticeable and joy-breaking late-game atWhile they slowly patch the horrendous game breaking bugs, you still cant really enjoy the game the way you would expect from such an expensive title. Game have horrible memory leaks. Degrading performance over time while the application runs. Then after re-load quick save it will run butter smooth for a while, just to degrade over time. Especially noticeable and joy-breaking late-game at big maps, where you have to save and reload every several turns to fix the missing sounds, effects and make it run smoother again. Besides the bugs and memory leaks it could be enjoyable. AI is ultimately dumb in combat tho.… Expand
  71. Melgacius
    Feb 8, 2018
    7
    I love grand strategy games and the prospect of playing any Civilization game always fills me with excitement. Civilization VI was acclaimed upon its release as being a glaring improvement over its predecessor. Now that the dust had settled and the game has been around for some time, I do not think they have told us the whole story.

    I've really enjoyed playing this turn-based strategy    I love grand strategy games and the prospect of playing any Civilization game always fills me with excitement. Civilization VI was acclaimed upon its release as being a glaring improvement over its predecessor. Now that the dust had settled and the game has been around for some time, I do not think they have told us the whole story.

    I've really enjoyed playing this turn-based strategy game, yet I admit I became a fan of the game's scenarios or expansions, and I was not totally convinced by the traditional sandbox mode that was always been my favourite previously. This entry of the series presents a considerable dose of new mechanics, but that after squeezed it is clear that they are only derivations of what already happened in the last expansion of the previous game. Two of those are mandatory to be mentioned given the fact that they change the planning of cities in a remarkable way. The introduction of specialized districts that add bonuses and allow for evolutions throughout the game has now ended with the random upgrades of each of the hexagons that we could make in previous games. The decision of where to put them messes with many things in the present and future. Each one obeys certain rules, giving more or less bonuses depending on their location. This seems simple seen individually, just choose the hexagon that assigns the biggest bonus and put the district there, nothing special... however this placement will interfere with the placement of new districts in the future, or with the improvement of the hexagons if some new bonus is discovered in that tile, or even with the placement of World Wonders. This has turned my usual farm-filled cities into sparsely upgraded cities, since any improvement I could make could stir up future bonuses. Speaking of improvements now the workers are consumables. In the old days we would leave them there to make automatic improvements and there you go. We never thought about them ever again, but they were continually in their toil to micromanage hexagons. Now they only make three improvements each and then we have to produce or buy a new unit. It is no longer workers who build the roads, but the merchants, who when starting a commercial route create the road to the city to which they are going. Briefly, these are the biggest changes that the game presents us.

    There are other changes but with less impact on gameplay. In my opinion all these changes made the game more interesting. The four forms of victory are now domination, religious and science that already existed, and the diplomatic changed to the cultural one. Now everything that does not involve war has become much more interesting. We can spread religion all over the world, with our missionaries and apostles being able to engage in religious battles with their opponents, something that involves lightnings and arms thrown in the air, until one of them gets tired and ends up dying of apparent religious boredom. The spies work in a funny way, and they give a good help to our development by stealing technology that saves us a good amount of shifts in our productions, something very important in a scientific victory. Planning our cities to offer maximum tourism is an exasperating challenge because it is a bit of trial and error since we do not know the practical results of our decisions. But in a game of strategy it is blood that we seek, and it is with war that we obtain it. Artificial intelligence has many flaws and it is in this aspect that it is more noticeable. If we choose a low level of difficulty, it does nothing, if we choose a high level it cheats and produces much more units than possible, overwhelming us by the magnitude of the numbers. Even though they are not able to have a decent strategy during a war, and whether it is against us or against another bot player, wars are never beautiful to see and always end up close to a draw. I have been declared war multiple times, so many that I do not always understand why. The speed with which they declare war does not mean that they end up attacking us, often they do not, and sometimes they can not even reasonably interpret the terms of the peace treaties, mostly to their disadvantage. If they consider that they are losing the war even if they are winning it, they have no problem offering us cities to end the war with.

    Probably they do not mind that becaus one of the game biggest issues. Spam of cities. There is no downside to have multiple ones because now the degree of satisfaction of the inhabitants is done one by one and not in a general way. It is also easy to solve their needs, which means that if we distract ourselves we are surrounded by a sea of adversary cities and with no space to expand. In the long run more cities represent more points to everything.

    Well, to few characters that I can use, so much more to say...    … Expand
  72. JohnKR
    Jan 28, 2018
    10
    Really, why all this bashing on Civilization VI? Does any of you played Civ V without expansions and DLC? In its initial release? It was one of the worst Civilization to date and most of the people were saying how they preferred Civ IV (With all expansions again) than Civ V (Without Expansions)... it was justified cause Civ V was just a skeleton of a game in it's release (No Religion?!).Really, why all this bashing on Civilization VI? Does any of you played Civ V without expansions and DLC? In its initial release? It was one of the worst Civilization to date and most of the people were saying how they preferred Civ IV (With all expansions again) than Civ V (Without Expansions)... it was justified cause Civ V was just a skeleton of a game in it's release (No Religion?!). Although the new skeleton (no stacks of Doom) was better and so it grow to be better than it's predecessors.
    Now it's the same for VI...though it's not justified. Cause it's the best initial release of civilization until now! It's the first one that not only revolutionize like V (Unstacking Cities) but also having almost every feature of it's predecessors(with expansion) without expansions!
    So please be mature and stop talking about the unit graphics and clash of clans and see the essence of this game which is much more strategic and full in its release. It has the best skeleton to build upon.
    Also except units, which for the first time have different looks in different civilizations (without mods), the map and cities are gorgeous and much, much better than Civ V with it's chaotic and ugly architecture of super, one ultimate type cities and labyrinth of roads, simplistic wonders in wrong place (pyramids inside a frozen lake! :P ), with useless worker in every hex.

    P.S. If you learn to play with unstacked cities you can never go back to the old mess. Same as when we learnt to play with unstacked units we couldn't go back.    … Expand
  73. Truovy
    Jan 14, 2018
    0
    Its the same like with CivBE. Just a product. No love for the game. You see this in countless bugs, often totally messed up starting positions, dlc policy, loading times, no real new ideas, bad AI...
  74. Towoo
    Dec 10, 2017
    3
    As a long time fan of Civ I really wanted to like this game.
    And while it may have better graphics compared to CIV5, I REALLY cant stand the new art style any longer(very similar to a Browser game).
    Everything is in Comic Style now. Wrong body proportions and such. Gilgamesch has more muscles than a Fallout Super Mutant. Victory looks like a modern day joke caricature. Scythia some    As a long time fan of Civ I really wanted to like this game.
    And while it may have better graphics compared to CIV5, I REALLY cant stand the new art style any longer(very similar to a Browser game).

    Everything is in Comic Style now. Wrong body proportions and such. Gilgamesch has more muscles than a Fallout Super Mutant. Victory looks like a modern day joke caricature. Scythia some women that noboy knows relaces Gengis Khan?!..and dont even get me starten on "Amanitore" from the new Nubians. The game are factions also completly unbalanced atm.

    ..
    The new AI sucks. The new district system i like. The new Goverment System again is completely ridiculous, makes no sense and makes the game feel even more like a browser game. The fact that you can now swap your complete Social Politics at almost every moment in the game is a huge step back from CIV5. The final nail in the coffin you could say. Dont get me wrong the game has potential to be a good game but it has just too many flaws to be fun. It gets boring very fast and fails to live up to the legacy that is Civilization(CIV4 or CIV5 by far).

    All in all Looks like a goofed up game to me. Also the upcoming addon is going even more in the wrong direction.

    Firaxis what have you done? Bring back the old crew..! (..and fire the current one!)

    After spending money on this and the half baked beyond earth I am not spending more money on this until the quality greatly improves ..Because frankly the pricing politics begin to feel more and more like shameless money grabs for bad, unfinished games right now.

    (Played 130 hrs)    … Expand
  75. Sh4rk82
    Dec 3, 2017
    8
    I actually don't understand all these bad review. Honeslty they are more than severus. How you can give to this game 2 as a vote? You probably have something against Civ VI or the software house.
    Game is solid, mechanincs works well. I also like this cartoonish graphic that give to game a less serious tone.
    One of the most important weak point for me is the AI that often take some weird    I actually don't understand all these bad review. Honeslty they are more than severus. How you can give to this game 2 as a vote? You probably have something against Civ VI or the software house.
    Game is solid, mechanincs works well. I also like this cartoonish graphic that give to game a less serious tone.
    One of the most important weak point for me is the AI that often take some weird decisions. Anyway I noticed that has been a bit improved during the last update. After all a must have if you like these kind of game. One of the best!    … Expand
  76. WalterDisney
    Nov 14, 2017
    7
    Bought this game the day it released, and I kind of regret it. CIV VI doesn't come close to CIV V. CIV V is a lot more fun, the workshop is more developed, and the content is abundant. I'm also not a fan of the "cartoony" style CIV VI offers (though I thought I would have been). The fact that I'm not able to make it through a complete game on CIV VI should tell you everything you need toBought this game the day it released, and I kind of regret it. CIV VI doesn't come close to CIV V. CIV V is a lot more fun, the workshop is more developed, and the content is abundant. I'm also not a fan of the "cartoony" style CIV VI offers (though I thought I would have been). The fact that I'm not able to make it through a complete game on CIV VI should tell you everything you need to know about it. It just doesn't flow as smoothly as CIV V does, and it hinders your ability to have fun.… Expand
  77. BeatrizLeonay
    Oct 30, 2017
    1
    Sid Meier's transformed my favorite game in a game for Facebook. Graphics for kids, easy battles. Now it looks like a flash web game for PC or a 30Mb google store online games for dual chips cell phones.
  78. TheWaffle
    Oct 22, 2017
    6
    Six years after Civ 5, I wish this game were more of an improvement. It's nowhere close to the massive step forward from Civ 4 to 5. And while some elements have improved, others feel lacking. I'm glad to see the return of the government system, but it feels underdeveloped, and the ability to simply swap out policy cards with no political blowback feels very out of place. You're ostensiblySix years after Civ 5, I wish this game were more of an improvement. It's nowhere close to the massive step forward from Civ 4 to 5. And while some elements have improved, others feel lacking. I'm glad to see the return of the government system, but it feels underdeveloped, and the ability to simply swap out policy cards with no political blowback feels very out of place. You're ostensibly rewriting the social fabric of your civ, and yet it's just pick and choose. I'd like to see more penalties for switching, and some synergies with certain governments and policies. While I appreciate the faster pace, the maps seem much tighter, with almost no neutral ground left after the first 50 or so turns. The religion mechanic is mostly unchanged, and still feels like an afterthought, with little decision making beyond send-moar-missionaries. There's even less difference between great writers, artists, musicians now, which is a shame. This really just feels like another game released with missing content just to force the player to buy the expansion pack. The district system is more of a gimmick than a new mechanic, since having more districts doesn't allow multiple production queues or anything. The AI is still mystifying, with the computer proposing horribly one-sided deals and rejecting perfectly reasonable deals, and they seem to love declaring war on me even when I have a massive army/tech advantage. Diplomacy victory is gone, there's no economic victory. If it weren't for the wonky new graphical scheme, it would be hard to pick Civ 6 apart from a Civ 5 expansion.… Expand
  79. micheldbruin
    Oct 15, 2017
    6
    There is a lot to like but also a lot not to like. The game takes forever load, go make that coffee meanwhile, the gameplay is fluent sometimes, other times a bit laggy. Very often the game won't close and I'll need to log out to get back to the desktop. The soundtrack, not very entertaining for long. I like the new featured which were introduced. Other players never respect anotherThere is a lot to like but also a lot not to like. The game takes forever load, go make that coffee meanwhile, the gameplay is fluent sometimes, other times a bit laggy. Very often the game won't close and I'll need to log out to get back to the desktop. The soundtrack, not very entertaining for long. I like the new featured which were introduced. Other players never respect another player's religion, even if they promise to do so. I never start religions anymore as a consequence. The other players are a bit tame for my taste and the barbarians far too aggressive. A barbarian camp will pop up and creates a barbarian every turn for 5 to 10 turns which forces you to keep an army. If you eradicate the camp it will pop up again even before your warriors have returned home. I'm fighting barbarians far more than other players. The units are less looking than in civ5 (boring legion and samurai). What's up with the weird world wonders! Not wonders at all most of them. Truth be told, I like civ5 better.… Expand
  80. cottandy
    Oct 10, 2017
    6
    I see just a raw version of Civ 5 right now. That's what the 6th is.
    Spent a great amount of time playing every previous Civ... but this time it made me sad after a few hours of game.
    Without doubt, the predecessor was just the best and it was way too difficult to outperform it! But what was the point of spending years to make the same old game with minor changes, which made it worse    I see just a raw version of Civ 5 right now. That's what the 6th is.
    Spent a great amount of time playing every previous Civ... but this time it made me sad after a few hours of game.

    Without doubt, the predecessor was just the best and it was way too difficult to outperform it! But what was the point of spending years to make the same old game with minor changes, which made it worse than it was? It's almost like the history with annual FIFA games.

    AI is poor! No, in previous versions it wasn't the best, but this time once again it's the worst ever.
    Even the graphics are better in the 5th than in 6th.
    Civ 6 is full of good ideas, but they didn't shape them up.

    Hope they will fix everything with patches and make it a better game. But right now it's not worth spending money. It's better to play Civ 5, because it's a finished fine game.    … Expand
  81. Paulo-Maciel
    Aug 29, 2017
    9
    Civ 6 is a step forward in the series, it has all the elements I love from civ5 but with new ideas that work really well like the districts, the wonders that take one exagon and that I can actually see, changes in diplomacy and city states and nice cartoonish graphics that balance a complex game.
    But it still needs refinements like we had in the previous versions, it´s to easy to have a    Civ 6 is a step forward in the series, it has all the elements I love from civ5 but with new ideas that work really well like the districts, the wonders that take one exagon and that I can actually see, changes in diplomacy and city states and nice cartoonish graphics that balance a complex game.
    But it still needs refinements like we had in the previous versions, it´s to easy to have a huge empire without even starting a war, AI needs to be more aggressive settling cities and fighting for territory.
    I had 2 cultural wins without even playing for it and found myself repeating future tech, social media and globalization several times. The most annoying thing is that AI places cities away from their continent with the city center touching my border (no free space between or 6 hexagons around the city) and if I atack I get the warmonger penalty.
    I´m sure the game will be perfected within the next months.    … Expand
  82. sandroide
    Aug 15, 2017
    2
    I've always purchased all releases of Sid Meier's Civ, but if there will be a super great Civ 7 or 8 or 20 honestly I won't spend a penny on their game. I think they found out a way to create a money machine in order to steal gold from all civ enthusiasts who believe to find a beloved Civ2 with new graphic styles.
    Imagine 60 bucks every year from hundred thousands of gamers for a    I've always purchased all releases of Sid Meier's Civ, but if there will be a super great Civ 7 or 8 or 20 honestly I won't spend a penny on their game. I think they found out a way to create a money machine in order to steal gold from all civ enthusiasts who believe to find a beloved Civ2 with new graphic styles.
    Imagine 60 bucks every year from hundred thousands of gamers for a must-have game!
    It is a must-forget game! The mechanic doesn't work and you need almost thousand year to build up a granary in a new city...hundred years for a simple iron mine.... totally crap!
    I'm still wondering why critics are always so indulgent for all "famous" games. I'd like to check how many hours they spend on them.    … Expand
  83. Raxumotra
    Jul 29, 2017
    8
    A must have for players of civilization games, I enjoyed playing this game a lot, time flies playing civ 6. Check it out and you wont be disappointed. Please enjoy all video games.
  84. Silverzapper
    Jul 14, 2017
    4
    This review is coming from someone who has enjoyed Civilization in the past. I would rate Civ5 an 8 or 9. So it isn't that I don't like Civilization. I just have a problem with this one. I want to like this game, I really do. Every so often I try to play, hoping for a fun and enjoyable experience, and every time I come out disappointed. There are many things that the game does really well,This review is coming from someone who has enjoyed Civilization in the past. I would rate Civ5 an 8 or 9. So it isn't that I don't like Civilization. I just have a problem with this one. I want to like this game, I really do. Every so often I try to play, hoping for a fun and enjoyable experience, and every time I come out disappointed. There are many things that the game does really well, but the AI utterly ruins it. If you are familiar with the Civilization series, you should be familiar with the AI and how it is well, lacking to say the least. Well it's still horrid here. What makes this AI ruin the entire game for me is that it knows everything you do. Try to build a wonder? The AI knows you started building that and will not only begin building it as well, but it will specifically wait until the last possible turn to start. Just so it can beat you to it by one turn, losing you both the wonder and the 20+ turns of production you used to build it. You can't see what the AI does so you have no idea if they just started building Stonehenge. They can. Based on this, I bet the AI probably sees inside your territory without even so much as meeting you first. Maybe even the entire map. Even if they don't, should I even have to be asking these questions? Like I said in the beginning, there are good things about it and if you can get past an AI that blatantly cheats you might like this game. I can't rate it anything above red because I simply get little enjoyment out of playing it.… Expand
  85. Poochyboy
    Jul 10, 2017
    0
    its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny its 2 shiny
  86. ZergSpawn
    Jun 27, 2017
    9
    Most of the claims are that it's not SID MEIER'S CIVILIZATION V (or the previous part). The game is excellent, I did not notice any problems with the work of the game.
  87. Anzu
    Jun 6, 2017
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ㄴ씕ㅇ발 반년이 지나도 화가 안풀린다 깨ㅇ씕발 쬬ㄹ옷같은 게임 내 10만원 가랑의 돈을 이런데 날리고 미친것들이 DLC는 죨라 잘 내고 있네 자살해라 개발사들 아오ㅗ옹오ㅗㅇ오오오ㅗㅇ 씨벌 개 같네 진짜… Expand
  88. Kamamura
    May 29, 2017
    4
    Seeing all the rave reviews the game got on release, I wonder how long is it before an average gamer starts questioning journalistic integrity of this "independent" reviewers. The game is fatally flawed, featuring brain-dead AI that does not function even when propped by the crutches in the form of heavy cheating bonuses. The diplomacy system is atrocious, the interface badly designed, andSeeing all the rave reviews the game got on release, I wonder how long is it before an average gamer starts questioning journalistic integrity of this "independent" reviewers. The game is fatally flawed, featuring brain-dead AI that does not function even when propped by the crutches in the form of heavy cheating bonuses. The diplomacy system is atrocious, the interface badly designed, and the graphics are pain to look at. Civ 5 had also a rough start, but was polished to a reasonable state in time. However, I think this mess of a release is beyond redemption, and after the mediocre Civ:Beyond Earth, it's a sad evidence of a decline of what used to be a stellar game developer company.… Expand
  89. Artur_
    May 26, 2017
    7
    Plus:
    - City districts - a very good idea about city planning, management.
    - Great people having unique skills. - Corps and armies - a nice improvement. - Good reorganization of ideas. - Eurekas. - Sentiment ;-) Minus: - Infantile graphics (I know, childs play too, but an average "child" is 30 years, probably). - Removal of production queue. - Removal of statistics used to    Plus:
    - City districts - a very good idea about city planning, management.
    - Great people having unique skills.
    - Corps and armies - a nice improvement.
    - Good reorganization of ideas.
    - Eurekas.
    - Sentiment ;-)

    Minus:
    - Infantile graphics (I know, childs play too, but an average "child" is 30 years, probably).
    - Removal of production queue.
    - Removal of statistics used to compare civilisations status.
    - Quite often right-click to choose a movement target does not work.
    - Auto-jumping between units across whole map.
    - Diplomacy:
    > Pointless requests or "offers" from a weak civs.
    > They often declare war and just wait to be invaded and to lose a few cities, then make peace offer. Such a "war" may lasts centuries.
    > What is the point of constant condemnations?
    - Disappearing animations.
    - Spy task resets without information about previous task.

    There are crazy AI boosts/downturns sometimes - 1st game on lowest settler difficulty ended having modern tanks against catapults and archers and a few arquebuses, 2nd on prince : same tanks against same catapults and archers. Third game, imperator level, I didn't exit medieval age while others got to industrial one. Fourth one on imperator too - again modern tanks against catapults, but few countries had WWI infantry, at least. Can't remember something like that from Civilisation V, there were usually similar units, not several ages back.    … Expand
  90. Odin-
    May 26, 2017
    3
    Short version: DON'T BUY IT. CIV 5 is much much better.

    Longer version: They’ve made all the wrong decisions in Civ 6. Rather than making Civ less admin focused which historically plagues the series particularly in late games (endless requests of ‘what do you want to build in this or that city?’) – They’ve made it more admin focused with: • The introduction of separate research trees    Short version: DON'T BUY IT. CIV 5 is much much better.

    Longer version: They’ve made all the wrong decisions in Civ 6. Rather than making Civ less admin focused which historically plagues the series particularly in late games (endless requests of ‘what do you want to build in this or that city?’) – They’ve made it more admin focused with:
    • The introduction of separate research trees (nice in theory but becomes a pain the arse in practice)
    • Removing workers and replacing them with builders who are limited to 3 or 4 actions before disappearing, requiring you to build more – No automated improvements to tiles – Seriously!? I’m surprised I have to mention this
    • Expanding cities to tiles requiring the user to individually place minor buildings on tiles (again, nice in theory, but just a pain in the arse when you have halve a dozen cities and want to focus on wars, economic growth, geopolitics and espionage)
    • Government policies are too convoluted – far too many to choose from
    Other problems with it include:
    • A repetitive soundtrack where you want to gauge your ears out. Don’t get me wrong, the quality of the music is fantastic, it’s just that your limited to your nation’s them and those who you have met. This means it’s on continuous repeat. Over and over again. They really needed to stick with the Civ 4 model of music, changing as you switch between eras.
    • Some of the models for units are just terrible. For instance the cruise missile ship looks like a **** fishing boat. Particularly after you’re used to the size of the battleship that it replaces – it’s about the size of a fishing boat. Also destroyers look ****
    • Sound effects for bombing is ****
    • AI is retarded.
    The series is crying out for AI governors to manage cities. Its back to CIV 5 for me.    … Expand
  91. BlakeArius
    May 25, 2017
    8
    Everything is a clear refinement of CIv 5 and its expansions. Religion might be a bit too simplified. People complain about the graphics style but they make it easier to know what's going on in your empire. A major issue would be the ai which is seriously retarded, Brutally overpowered in the early game and a joke after the mid game, i hope to play it when these issues are improved.
  92. Xxdaniels751xX
    May 13, 2017
    6
    I was looking forward to playing this new delivery since I found out I was going to leave. The advances that I had seen excited me, it seemed a good twist to a game that goes for the sixth installment and does not have a story to follow like those of other genres. I tried it and I must say I was quite disappointed.

    AI is schizophrenic. One shift asks you to send a delegation, you accept    I was looking forward to playing this new delivery since I found out I was going to leave. The advances that I had seen excited me, it seemed a good twist to a game that goes for the sixth installment and does not have a story to follow like those of other genres. I tried it and I must say I was quite disappointed.

    AI is schizophrenic. One shift asks you to send a delegation, you accept it but if you want to do the same, they will not let you. Five shifts hate you. At ten they declare war on you and you do not know what the **** you did to make them angry.

    The novelties, although I think they are noble in their proposals, they lack to be polished. The districts take too long to do, and although I understand that the idea is specialization, forcing you to do the aqueduct and the workshop (because you do not grow more) does not leave time for the rest.

    Religion is very annoying. If you do not fund an entry gives you much advantage, not to mention how unbearable it is to see hordes of missionaries bothering where they should not.
    The technological tree is the same as always. Eurekas are fine, but they help a lot to finish the tree quickly. If only they added more technologies ....
    The resources that are almost surplus, are very abundant, almost that you do not need to trade the strategic ones, and the luxury ones without the happiness lose much grace.

    Anyway, I hope they take out one or two expansions to fix it. Although it has good intentions in the changes, they are badly shaped    … Expand
  93. Notapotato
    May 11, 2017
    4
    I was looking forward to this, I always liked the Civ games. This one just seems like a cache grab though. i find it frustrating to play, the UI lags, the AI sucks. It looks pretty but it's such a bad playing experience. I tried it when it first came out and gave up because of the bad AI. I tried it again and the game lags after about 20 turns.

    Awful.
  94. krj38
    May 10, 2017
    5
    RE: Civilization VI including the Spring Patch, with all DLCs up to Macedonia.

    I am so torn with this game. On the one hand, there is much to like here. To list just a few pros, the city development is great (though, you will often find yourself with "nothing to build", apart from military units); the game is as addicting as ever; the split tech and culture trees is exceptionally well    RE: Civilization VI including the Spring Patch, with all DLCs up to Macedonia.

    I am so torn with this game. On the one hand, there is much to like here. To list just a few pros, the city development is great (though, you will often find yourself with "nothing to build", apart from military units); the game is as addicting as ever; the split tech and culture trees is exceptionally well implemented; the mini-quest boosts are nice (though, can be often a hit-or-miss); the turn-processing times are rather good; the policy cards are amazing. Overall, the aspects of the game related to building your empire are well-though-out and well-executed. I sometimes wonder whether I'd be able to get back to Civ V.

    But, I might try to do just that because, on the other hand, when you're over with enjoying the empire-building aspect and think about the international relations in the game you'll be greatly disappointed. The AI either poses little or no challenge, or competes with you on extremely unfair terms. If you thought that AI in Civ V was bad, think again. Despite the patches, other leaders will still behave in an unpredictable manner (in the negative sense). What strikes me as most odd is that the AI seems not to upgrade tiles and builds not so many districts. Also, it is extremely reluctant to upgrade military units and is virtually useless when it comes to waging wars.

    So, the game has some good ideas, good mechanics, but the awful AI ruins the experience for me. In addition, there is the art style, that I'm not very fond of.

    All things considered, I give the game a 6.5. As stated above, it has great potential, but is ruined by the moronic AI.

    However, I'll give it a 5 for ideological reasons: the price is just way too high for the quality of the product and rather sparse content. And the prices of the DLCs and additional Civilizations are unacceptable. So the final score is affected by the cancerous policy game publishers and developers have, that is milking their fans: firstly they sell half-finished products with limited content for a premium price, and then sell additional content (which may be good), but in very small chunks for a high price.    … Expand
  95. Gmfeier
    May 2, 2017
    9
    Started off better than Civ V did and has been improving steadily with patches and DLCs. I think it's going to be a fantastic game after an expansion or two.
  96. drazah
    Apr 18, 2017
    3
    Unfortunately the AI ruins what should have been a big improvement over Civ V. No matter what, the entire world will hate and denounce you within a few years. There is no way to play diplomatically in this game. The diplomacy system, my favourite part of Civ V, is utterly broken in Civ VI.

    The graphical style is worse, the narration is worse, and the included civs are worse. Coastal    Unfortunately the AI ruins what should have been a big improvement over Civ V. No matter what, the entire world will hate and denounce you within a few years. There is no way to play diplomatically in this game. The diplomacy system, my favourite part of Civ V, is utterly broken in Civ VI.

    The graphical style is worse, the narration is worse, and the included civs are worse. Coastal cities are inexplicably useless as well.

    The only thing I really like about it is the bonus food mechanism for adjacent farms, that was a great idea.    … Expand
  97. Rrichard
    Apr 16, 2017
    2
    The worst Civ 6 in the series, mainly due to the amount of time-wasting stuff added. Attacking? That's 5 seconds of animation. Want to turn on fast attack? That means you won't even see or know which of your units attacked. The AI players will interrupt you with weird statements that make no sense, and have overly long introductions.

    The AI in general still fails to grasp 1UPT - and I    The worst Civ 6 in the series, mainly due to the amount of time-wasting stuff added. Attacking? That's 5 seconds of animation. Want to turn on fast attack? That means you won't even see or know which of your units attacked. The AI players will interrupt you with weird statements that make no sense, and have overly long introductions.

    The AI in general still fails to grasp 1UPT - and I think it needs to be removed to bring this game back to life. Trying to negotiate with the AI is still a PITA (I captured 70% of your settlements - but you refuse to make peace Montezuma? Now I have to micromanage all of my units through mountains to get your last little **** cities. (No I don't actually - I'll just quit the game and do something better with my time)). Warmonger penalties are still retarded in that they last hundreds and hundreds of years with only minor decay.

    Civic system is nice, though about 20-30% of your time will be spent watching stupid animations of units or leaders, or waiting for turns to compute. How can the AI turn optimisation still be so poor on top-end hardware in 2017?

    Really disappointing. Its a shame there is no competition, Civ needs it badly. Game has gone downhill since Civ 4.    … Expand
  98. totem
    Apr 8, 2017
    2
    I only played for a couple of days, but already feel it's another disappointing addition to the series. The game design is not well thought out. It's difficult to manage your cities for strategic purposes – tile improvements often offer very little real improvement in food or production, making cities too uniform for production purposes. Losing builders after three improvements meansI only played for a couple of days, but already feel it's another disappointing addition to the series. The game design is not well thought out. It's difficult to manage your cities for strategic purposes – tile improvements often offer very little real improvement in food or production, making cities too uniform for production purposes. Losing builders after three improvements means you have to constantly interrupt your production in order to make more builders throughout the game. Even basic move commands don't make much sense: a unit will show one move left, yet is unable to move to a tile with forest or mountains (compare with Civ 4 where a remaining move just means a remaining move, regardless). The research quotes are insipid. You're even forced to listen to the same opening spiel about your "greatest quest" every time your game loads.

    There are also a lot of bugs, as if the game was rushed for publication. For example, if you have the scroll function turned on when your mouse cursor nears the edge of the screen, you can't click on other civilizations' leaders without the screen also scrolling. Sometimes the game ignores move commands altogether.

    With the exception of the opening theme, much of the music is terrible. There was little attempt to match music with historical periods or civilizations.

    The game runs very slowly even on a new MacBook Pro with dedicated graphics card, despite the fact that the graphics are nothing special. My activity monitor shows the program using over 200% of the CPU, which probably points to inefficient programming.

    Another failure, and the last time I'll play a new Civ game.    … Expand
  99. Sekhyt
    Apr 1, 2017
    3
    I'm a huge fan of civilization series since CIV 2 and I spent countless hours playing all the civ games, basically this is still not a bad game and I really enjoy many of the changes (hence the 6/10), however I will focus on the CIV VI shortcomings as they're something everyone wants to know about:

    - AI in battle ! Since Civ 5 this has become a huge issue as battle AI is just horrible    I'm a huge fan of civilization series since CIV 2 and I spent countless hours playing all the civ games, basically this is still not a bad game and I really enjoy many of the changes (hence the 6/10), however I will focus on the CIV VI shortcomings as they're something everyone wants to know about:

    - AI in battle ! Since Civ 5 this has become a huge issue as battle AI is just horrible and usually every war ends in something like me losing 1 unit vs AI losing whole army. AI's decision are plain stupid, sending army near my shooting cities and units, spreading in my territory or sending armies to die when it would be more aproppiate to fortify it near its own cities in order to defend.

    - AI in general ! Making decisions to attack a civilization on the other side of the continent while leaving its territory completely unprotected knowing its neighbours have armies ready to invade doesn't sound like a good idea. Same about not even building 1 or 2 defensive units when seeing that another aggressive civilization is attacking other civs one by one and coming for you. I could give thousands of examples like this

    - Straightforward: I don't like the new graphics, it's very cartoonish in style, I'd prefer it to be more "serious" and realistic, especially the cartoony characters look like some jokes to me

    - the civic tree might be a good addition but it needs a lot of tweaks, currently most of the civics are totally useless and it's just something you have to choose even you don't want to

    - finally the options while creating the game. Why so many are missing ? Why create boundaries for the player ? I always liked to play on really small maps with many AI opponents so every piece of land is important, now I can't select more than several AIs which really sucks. Same about raging barbarians / no espionage / one-city-challenge / number of city-states and many others. Why were they removed ?    … Expand
  100. rdearp
    Mar 29, 2017
    0
    I have to wonder how anybody could score this game high when the enemy won't attack your cities. This as broken as anything I've ever heard of, and it brings into doubt sites like this. How did they think this was a good game?
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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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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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