Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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  1. 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
  2. corwinofamber
    Oct 23, 2016
    3
    Waited a long time for this game. I played every Civ game since the first one and this is without a doubt - the worst one yet. The graphics are horrible - the fog of war is just unbearable! The AI is a joke, the culture tree is extremely boring. Getting my money back, what a waste of my time
  3. 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
  4. Delosdos
    Nov 10, 2016
    3
    I had high hopes for CIV VI, but unfortunately i was very disappointed. My number one complaint is that they got rid of the replay movie at the end of a game, one of the best features of previous versions of Civilization. When you win a game you're rewarded with a cheesy animation, and a line chart that looks terrible, like it was put together as cheaply as possible.

    Some other    I had high hopes for CIV VI, but unfortunately i was very disappointed. My number one complaint is that they got rid of the replay movie at the end of a game, one of the best features of previous versions of Civilization. When you win a game you're rewarded with a cheesy animation, and a line chart that looks terrible, like it was put together as cheaply as possible.

    Some other gripes:
    -The mini map is inexcusably pixelated and looks awful.
    - There's no large map/globe view, so you can't zoom out and admire the world, and you feel like you're stuck inside a small window.
    - The AI is awful, and makes incomprehensible decisions.
    - Setting up trade routes are now incredibly tedious once you have more than a handful of cities.
    - The diplomacy screen is slow and annoying and AI often offers pointless or confusing commentary.
    - The notification system is a pain to use. The tool-tip menu that slides in and out is painfully slow, and the amount of 'spam' quickly becomes irritating.
    - You can't filter the map to reveal only resources and exclude cities so it's sometimes hard to locate certain resources

    There are plenty of bugs too:
    - Objects can restrict view of city health bars, so you have to zoom in to see what's happening.
    - The game often freezes when you capture a city for a few seconds
    - The game runs slow if you don't have instant movement turned on.
    - Sometimes a unit becomes locked in place and can't be moved, and yet the game wont let you skip its turn either - I had to reload the game.
    - Diplomacy screen - in the list of cities that an opponent owns, it occasionally bugs out and lists cities that are not even owned by that civilization.
    - Notifications - AI civilizations make references to relationships with destroyed Civilizations, as if they still existed.
    - If you leave a game to go grab a coffee or something, and come back some time later - occasionally keyboard shortcuts stop working and you have to quit / reload    … Expand
  5. slick514
    Nov 10, 2016
    3
    There are so many neat new features to this game... but it's unplayable, from any realistic perspective.

    The AI is absolutely horrible. I cannot stress enough just how bad the AI is. When you win, you feel like you just beat up a child. The system requirements are... well, I could barely play it, and I wasn't even close to pushing the limits with regards to map-size. Even on    There are so many neat new features to this game... but it's unplayable, from any realistic perspective.

    The AI is absolutely horrible. I cannot stress enough just how bad the AI is. When you win, you feel like you just beat up a child.

    The system requirements are... well, I could barely play it, and I wasn't even close to pushing the limits with regards to map-size. Even on "Standard", turns took an inordinately long time to complete.

    Wait for patches. Do not buy this game in its present incarnation.    … Expand
  6. 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
  7. 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
  8. 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
  9. 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.
  10. 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
  11. Viserege
    Oct 9, 2021
    3
    As a very experienced Civilization V player I really liked the new mechanics that 2K brought to the game. I think with the new culture tree system is much better than the previous game and compared to the Civilization V this game is much more detailed no doubt.
    The reason why I didn't like this game is completely because of the IA I am playing against. It is not challenging at all. There    As a very experienced Civilization V player I really liked the new mechanics that 2K brought to the game. I think with the new culture tree system is much better than the previous game and compared to the Civilization V this game is much more detailed no doubt.
    The reason why I didn't like this game is completely because of the IA I am playing against. It is not challenging at all. There are difficulty options for sure but those options are not about the intellegence of the IA. They only give IA bonus adventages against you. For example at the hardest difficulty of the game I can survive to the end of the game by just not attacking anybody. With a little bit of a land advantage you can beat a division of modern technology tanks using some archers of ancient era.
    In summary, I really liked the game generally but the non-challenging IA made me bored after some time of playing. If there where a good IA in the game this game might have been one of the best games I have ever played.    … Expand
  12. Sepher
    Nov 25, 2021
    3
    Don't bother. The game's AI is so incredibly stupid it makes playing pointless. I was mindlessly building on Deity, from the get-go knowing that the AI will not be able to challenge in anything. I even installed mods that are supposed to fix this problem, to no avail. For some reason the barbarian AI actually tends to do better and I had games where it wiped out a bunch of civs.

    I've    Don't bother. The game's AI is so incredibly stupid it makes playing pointless. I was mindlessly building on Deity, from the get-go knowing that the AI will not be able to challenge in anything. I even installed mods that are supposed to fix this problem, to no avail. For some reason the barbarian AI actually tends to do better and I had games where it wiped out a bunch of civs.

    I've been playing Civ since Civ 2, and I can say thing the 6th installment is a mindless waste of time.    … Expand
  13. Jackie_Jackson
    May 26, 2022
    3
    Что-то там намудрили перемудрили и жиденько так обкакались ну и ну воняет жутко
  14. Crimson
    Oct 28, 2016
    2
    Worse than Civ V in nearly every possibly way. Buggy, unbalanced, with AI dumber than... well Civ V, which is saying alot. A complete an utter mess which I'd have refunded in a minute if I could.
  15. 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
  16. 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
  17. Wiseus
    Oct 21, 2016
    2
    Civ VI is hardly good even for a tablet version.

    I was super excited while awaiting this game. Civ fun since Civ 2, I can't survive such a huge disappointment. I spent 2 hours playing singleplayer campaign and comparing my impressions with Civ IV and Civ V experience. The conclusion in unforgiving. Civ VI is less interesting, beautiful and attractive as previous titles. The whole    Civ VI is hardly good even for a tablet version.

    I was super excited while awaiting this game. Civ fun since Civ 2, I can't survive such a huge disappointment. I spent 2 hours playing singleplayer campaign and comparing my impressions with Civ IV and Civ V experience.

    The conclusion in unforgiving. Civ VI is less interesting, beautiful and attractive as previous titles. The whole look of the game is disgusting. Low resolution models on a maximum graphics, horrible cartoon unit animations with "KABOOM" effects and so on.

    The interface is cheap and icons are rude. Ah, too much pain writing this.

    The development of the city loss the handy interface from Civ V and becomes clunky. This can be appealed to all mechanics. I just can't understand, how this could happen.

    AI is just stupid. Barbarians captured the worker and leave it be. He was just standing few turns, I skip few more, nothing changes. Also, they don't like to pillage. Other Civilization start a war with just 1 catapult and warrior, that was standing still. Other Civ starts a war with tons of chariots, that need to overcome like 25 hexes. Only one can managed to do it.

    However, I must admit, that the "fog of war", policies systems and Christopher Tim musics are very good. Shame, that mr. Tin wrote only trailer and official game theme, while actual soundtrack are different.

    Unfortunately, it seems for me as a degradation of the series: graphics, gameplay and optimizations seems much poorer then in previous titles. So sad. Maybe, they made a tablet version and somehow sold it as full PC release.    … Expand
  18. 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
  19. SRKNZ
    Nov 18, 2016
    2
    For me the biggest let down in this game is its lack of usability and odd ball game play. The interface for the game is counter intuitive and simply annoying. Its quite clear why you get an advisor constantly parroting in your ear as its about as clear as mud as to how you are supposed use the the thing. Worse still its unclear why you are doing certain things or what they mean. ByFor me the biggest let down in this game is its lack of usability and odd ball game play. The interface for the game is counter intuitive and simply annoying. Its quite clear why you get an advisor constantly parroting in your ear as its about as clear as mud as to how you are supposed use the the thing. Worse still its unclear why you are doing certain things or what they mean. By contrast Civilization V was a pleasure. It was easy to make selections production, etc and see where they take you.

    The game play is peculiar too with other sims declaring war for no obvious reason. Even when you have established a good relationship. Warfare itself is also odd with cities often left untouched. Which is we look at most warfare down through history makes no sense at all.

    Its graphically pretty so I'm giving it a couple of points for that but this on its own is not enough to redeem its other fundamental flaws.

    In summary for me this game is reminiscent of Windows 8. It made no sense after the Windows 7 and this monstrosity makes no sense after Civ V.    … Expand
  20. redmike
    Nov 18, 2016
    2
    Better than Civ5, but still not a very good game. The AI is moronic, the religion system is dumb and unenjoyable, and the 1 unit per tile makes the board feel small and cramped. The tech tree isn't really a tree, since you pretty much are choosing between 1 or 2 options at a time, and then come back and get the other one the next time... Bleh. I love the older Civ games, but thisBetter than Civ5, but still not a very good game. The AI is moronic, the religion system is dumb and unenjoyable, and the 1 unit per tile makes the board feel small and cramped. The tech tree isn't really a tree, since you pretty much are choosing between 1 or 2 options at a time, and then come back and get the other one the next time... Bleh. I love the older Civ games, but this one is boring.

    Civ 4 is still the best of the series.    … Expand
  21. 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
  22. Nthy
    Jun 2, 2021
    2
    When you launch the game, it doesn't even launch the game, it launches a launcher. If you've not played the game for a while the game launching experience is a joke. You get the pleasure of sitting their for upwards of 2 minutes waiting for the 2K launcher to download the update and install itself before you can finally actually launch the game for the second time! And all the 2K launcherWhen you launch the game, it doesn't even launch the game, it launches a launcher. If you've not played the game for a while the game launching experience is a joke. You get the pleasure of sitting their for upwards of 2 minutes waiting for the 2K launcher to download the update and install itself before you can finally actually launch the game for the second time! And all the 2K launcher is there for is basically to waste your time. Let us not forget there is already often one other layer of launcher below this 2K launcher such as steam. The AAA industry will soon have launchers three layers deep if they keep going on this trajectory. And it is unforgivable given how slowly their game loads (even off of an SSD) to layer more crap in-between. The time it takes from clicking the icon and getting into a match is so nuts they need the magnificent voice of Sean Bean to distract from the wait. And let me tell you, the wait is barely worth it. Civilization VI is underwhelming title at best; it needed years of DLC to be fleshed out into something resembling an actual game. The addition of the launcher is just the icing on the s**t cake that is Civilization VI. Whenever I see the logo of a AAA publisher such as 2K it makes me run for the hills because who knows what messed up garbage will get shoehorned into their titles after launch. From this point forward, I will not buy a 2K game until its been out for at least 5 years so I know what nonsense they've put into it once the initial reviews are all in, and if I see a launcher will refund the thing immediately. The only saving grace for this incarnation of Civilization is that unstacked cities are a decent idea, and they added a couple of decently interesting modes such as monopolies and secret societies. Without these it would easily be a zero out of ten, with little reason to deal with the hassle of the launcher.… Expand
  23. Wulfrune
    Oct 30, 2016
    2
    I've waited years for this game, years. Being a devote fan of Civ 5, I couldn't wait for the day to come for the release, but when it came, my initial thoughts were one of disappointment and disappointment turned to loathing. The ridiculous load times, the lighting which beggars belief... I mean why would you have what appears to be "day / night" lighting in a game that spans time periodsI've waited years for this game, years. Being a devote fan of Civ 5, I couldn't wait for the day to come for the release, but when it came, my initial thoughts were one of disappointment and disappointment turned to loathing. The ridiculous load times, the lighting which beggars belief... I mean why would you have what appears to be "day / night" lighting in a game that spans time periods in years? Awful twee cartoon graphics of leaders that I just want to punch, let alone play with. Untidy menus, overzealous space bar where you click to end the turn of one unit only to jump through multiple ones. The AI is frankly laughable making odd choices. Oh my god, I so wanted to love this game but to be quite frank, I doubt that I'll even complete one game with it, it's that bad. They had every chance to make this ground breaking and honestly you SHOULD break new ground with this game, as you bury it away, forget about it and go back to playing CIV 5. If Sid Meier's isn't holding his head down in shame at this travesty, he isn't the gaming god I thought he was. An awful game, avoid.… Expand
  24. TBall
    Dec 31, 2020
    2
    Loved CIV V and can't stand this game. Too many things going on that don't improve the game play. Don't like builders vis a vis workers. Don't like the way religions work and will only play if I can turn that aspect off. I really don't like the way the board looks, reverting almost to undiscovered territory after you move through an area. It is very difficult to win at even the easiestLoved CIV V and can't stand this game. Too many things going on that don't improve the game play. Don't like builders vis a vis workers. Don't like the way religions work and will only play if I can turn that aspect off. I really don't like the way the board looks, reverting almost to undiscovered territory after you move through an area. It is very difficult to win at even the easiest level. Is that a feature of a ten level game? I don't think so. I will continue to play CIV V and probably never play this one,… Expand
  25. masawyer
    Oct 26, 2016
    2
    Been playing Civ since number one. Probably the only video game I ever play. This one was a huge disappointment. This seem more like a trumped up version on Civ Revolution (which was terrible). Cartoonish art like a game from an app store. Nothing new added from Civ 5, more like taken away. Too bad I was really looking forward to this release. I have put in 6 hours so far. Hopefully canBeen playing Civ since number one. Probably the only video game I ever play. This one was a huge disappointment. This seem more like a trumped up version on Civ Revolution (which was terrible). Cartoonish art like a game from an app store. Nothing new added from Civ 5, more like taken away. Too bad I was really looking forward to this release. I have put in 6 hours so far. Hopefully can still refund.… Expand
  26. summerloud
    Nov 4, 2016
    2
    the last civ game i really played was alpha centauri, i loved it and spent countless hours on it. i also played a lot of classic civilization II back in the time.

    i never had time to try all the later civilization games, but after reading some rave reviews i thought id give the new iteration a try. what a letdown. sure, there are some nice improvements, but overall, its simply    the last civ game i really played was alpha centauri, i loved it and spent countless hours on it. i also played a lot of classic civilization II back in the time.

    i never had time to try all the later civilization games, but after reading some rave reviews i thought id give the new iteration a try.

    what a letdown.

    sure, there are some nice improvements, but overall, its simply unfathomable that this is the game they come up with 17 years after alpha centauri.

    i started my first game on the 2nd highest difficulty setting, since i figured i still know the basics from alpha centauri. i played around 15 hours until 125 A.D. of ingame time, and then i just stopped, wishing i could somehow get the time back i spent on this pointless game.

    the first thing i noticed is that the randomly generated map makes no sense. it does not feel real - it has snow next to desert, no logic behind it. any game with generated maps does this better nowadays, and alpha centauri did this way better 17 years ago, having simulated weather, where you could even raise mountains to change rainfall patterns.

    the whole game seems incredibly shallow and tailored to kids. tiles in general only allow one given upgrade, making building improvements a no brainer. diplomacy is completely nonexisting, and so is any form of aggression or warfare. in the 4000 simulated years i played, there was a single conflict that i myself started, when i attacked a city state. it took me a couple of hundred years of ingame time to take it.

    there is no aggression from ai players. they will simply pop up every couple of hundred years with random messages that make no sense. diplomacy as a whole is non-existant.

    really, really disappointed by this. for me, this is just another proof that today's reviews on big sites, in papers or magazines, are 100% rigged and bought. i will stick to indie games thank you very much.    … Expand
  27. brettrichardson
    Nov 5, 2016
    2
    I've tried so hard to get into this game. The ffirst Civ game I've actually had to take a tutorial for (played every game since Civ2.

    Problem: I'm bored. I just spent 3 hours playing on standard mode and I had 2 cities, was STILL surrounded by barbarians and was in 175AD. I had nowhere to expand because I had 5 million other Civs within 10 tiles of my capital. I needed to build this, I    I've tried so hard to get into this game. The ffirst Civ game I've actually had to take a tutorial for (played every game since Civ2.

    Problem: I'm bored. I just spent 3 hours playing on standard mode and I had 2 cities, was STILL surrounded by barbarians and was in 175AD. I had nowhere to expand because I had 5 million other Civs within 10 tiles of my capital. I needed to build this, I needed to build that. I had no time to build anything because everything takes so long.

    So far, so extremely boring. I haven't actually enjoyed myself yet, just been waiting 3 hours for something interesting to happen. Couldn't build a powerhouse city if I wanted, couldn't build an army to conquer if I wanted. Just so so boring.

    Really disappointed by this game, I expected so much. Going to play on fast mode, get rid of barbarians and see if I enjoy it more...    … Expand
  28. Evgen3
    Nov 7, 2016
    2
    Slow, boring, too complicated with "dead" animation, short research tree, unbalanced, worst interface ever. Disappointment...stopped playing. Definitely step back from Civ IV and V.
  29. maxchaos1
    Jan 1, 2017
    2
    The new city planning is terrible, deals and deals information are incomplete, obnoxious and pure hell. Enemy AI plays for a few key wonders and leaves the rest of them to you, no matter how behind you are. If you go to war with an AI civ, expect a flood of chariots or horsemen in the early stages and flood of chariots or horseman in the information era as well. They not only do notThe new city planning is terrible, deals and deals information are incomplete, obnoxious and pure hell. Enemy AI plays for a few key wonders and leaves the rest of them to you, no matter how behind you are. If you go to war with an AI civ, expect a flood of chariots or horsemen in the early stages and flood of chariots or horseman in the information era as well. They not only do not upgrade their units, they do not build the new ones as well. The AI fails even harder when sieging cities and ocean battles.
    The best ideas and features of Civilization series were replaced by half assed 4x-strategy-action-rpg blur, that is trying to appeal to the younger or dummier auditory.    … Expand
  30. 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
  31. 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.
  32. PhilTT
    Oct 21, 2016
    1
    What is the point of a game that takes hours and hours to play when the AI is just beyond a joke. Yes, you can lose if you play like an imbecile, but again and again the AI demonstrates just how bad it is and I am not talking about minor glitches. The AI is just bad: how about a 12 tile island and the AI city produces 8 scouts?! Other examples of spamming and diplomacy weirdness are justWhat is the point of a game that takes hours and hours to play when the AI is just beyond a joke. Yes, you can lose if you play like an imbecile, but again and again the AI demonstrates just how bad it is and I am not talking about minor glitches. The AI is just bad: how about a 12 tile island and the AI city produces 8 scouts?! Other examples of spamming and diplomacy weirdness are just as stupid. Frankly then, the game makes the biggest mistake of all - it is boring.

    And I personally hate games the overly rely on giving the AI buffs and the player debuffs just to make up for their poor investment in AI development. "Let's just make it look puurdy for the suckers!"

    So, here we have yet another example of developers producing a rushed game in full knowledge fanboys will buy it and try their best to love it saying, "Yeah, this time is gonna be different!" and it's just not! Boredom is on the way. Delete.    … Expand
  33. marc5477
    May 24, 2022
    1
    Shadow of former glory. This beloved franchise continues to take steps backward from its origins. What used to be a tactical strategy franchise for teens and adults has been dumbed down s that even a grade schooler can figure it out. This is clearly a desperate move by executives to score a few extra bonuses while they trash the franchise without a care in the world. Though I am all forShadow of former glory. This beloved franchise continues to take steps backward from its origins. What used to be a tactical strategy franchise for teens and adults has been dumbed down s that even a grade schooler can figure it out. This is clearly a desperate move by executives to score a few extra bonuses while they trash the franchise without a care in the world. Though I am all for making games for everyone, this is not a Civilization game any more and they should have called it something else but they knew that if they had, it would have likely flopped.

    So whats the problem with civ6? Same thing as civ5 and same problem as the old horrible game on the xbox360 calling itself civilizations. They once again chose to go with the single unit per tile approach and very few tactical options as you advance through eras. Combat is straight boring because its too easy and the AI is predictable to the point that the only way they could manage to make the game harder was to give the AI insane types of cheats. This is how you know a game is poorly designed. How bad are the cheats? Well aside from the just pure multipliers to unit strength and economic stuff, they also give the AI double to triple your starting resources. How bad does it cheat? Well even on normal difficulty (Prince) they get a boost to science, culture and faith as well as a big boost to production and economy and a free tech. THATS ON NORMAL and yet, despite the advantage... they are a total joke because they cannot make good choices and that doesnt change with higher difficulty. So how do you overcome horrible design? Give more bonuses which is literally the least fun way to design a tactical game. How bad does it get? You start with 1 settler and 1 warrior but the AI will start with up to 3 settlers, 5 warriors, and 2 builders! LoL. Thats how bad the design is and you know what makes this even sadder? Even on that difficulty it only took 2 tries for me to figure out how to beat them silly. Thats how bad the AI is.

    Further the 1 unit per tile approach shrinks the map immensely taking away from any sort of feeling of scale. This feels more like a horrible tactical RPG made for 8 year olds more than it does civilizations. Remember Final Fantasy Tactics? That was great right? Well this i FFT with less than half the units and 95% of the spells and abilities removed. Does that sound fun to you? Maybe when I was 2nd grade.

    I can go into all the other stuff that has been cut from the old games to make this more accessible to the masses but it would just depress me. Civilization the franchise seems to be dead if you are an adult looking for good tactical gameplay. It might be ok if you are super casual or very young. Otherwise skip this and dont bother with civ5 either. The last decent civ game was 4.    … Expand
  34. MMCD
    Feb 24, 2017
    1
    Unfun, this is one of the 'bad Civs' - 3, 5, and 6 are bad
    the good civs are : "1,2,4"
    4 is the best. This is boring, tedious, and simplified. its not a good game or addition to the franchise.
  35. eldumloido
    Nov 27, 2016
    1
    Too little customization options. Loads long even on ssd. Graphics suck. AI has long and useless animations in diplomacy screen. Some nations music make them unplayable. The game is made to sell dlc. Religion is too complicated. There's not enough tutorials in game. Barbarians are either too hard or nonexistent.
  36. ShooP
    Oct 26, 2016
    1
    I was really hyped for this game, but was a bit disappointed. This looks more like a Civ5 big mod than a real new game. Don't get me wrong, the game is fine but not as much as I expected. Some things have been improved, some things not.

    Pros: - Unstacking cities: probably the best change to the game. I especially like that wonders need their own tile and own requirements - City states    I was really hyped for this game, but was a bit disappointed. This looks more like a Civ5 big mod than a real new game. Don't get me wrong, the game is fine but not as much as I expected. Some things have been improved, some things not.

    Pros:
    - Unstacking cities: probably the best change to the game. I especially like that wonders need their own tile and own requirements
    - City states management is more interesting
    - Road built along trade routes
    - Eureka/Inspiration moments

    Cons:
    - The most important one : AI is still very stupid, even more than Civ5. Combats are boring. The 1upt design requires to spend a lot of time developing a complex AI, which has never been done.
    - Difficulty levels: Again, increased difficulty levels does not make the AI smarter but just give them bonuses, which is lazy design decision
    - Trade routes: You can't have a full picture of all available routes from all your cities (only the ones from the selected city) making it hard to optimize. And internal trade routes are too powerful.
    - Religion: very similar to Civ5, I still don't like it but that's subjective. Religion war is very boring.
    - Tourism: bad design as well.
    - Spying: looks like an unfinished feature
    - UI can be improved: There is less and less reports that show you what you are looking for. For example there is no way to check when your border will grow and which tile will be acquired. Or there is no chart that show the food surplus of all your cities at once. Etc. But I suppose this will be fixed in a future patch.
    - Game auto switching to the next unit: hope this can be disabled
    - Delegation: why accept opponent request? for the 25 bucks?

    I gave it a 6 so far. Might change depending on patch release    … Expand
  37. Snobgoblin
    Oct 21, 2016
    1
    Obviously not a review or anything, but I have found so many issues with this game already just by playing for a little while that I am considering a refund, as it's rapidly becoming unplayable for me.

    Graphics in game The world map makes it very hard to distinguish features for me. Never had this issue before in a civ game. It's pretty difficult to distinguish tiles with resources    Obviously not a review or anything, but I have found so many issues with this game already just by playing for a little while that I am considering a refund, as it's rapidly becoming unplayable for me.

    Graphics in game
    The world map makes it very hard to distinguish features for me. Never had this issue before in a civ game. It's pretty difficult to distinguish tiles with resources without the icons turned on as well (Deer for example is pretty much invisible). The fog of war makes matters worse, confusing me, because I cannot easily recognise the land I have discovered. The day and night circle adds to the problem. It's a huge cluster♥♥♥♥.

    Minimap
    Continuing the great mistake of Civ:BE, the minimap is absolutely useless. It's impossible to see what's going on. Might as well disable it altogether. It's also very "tiled" and ugly to look at.

    Tooltip
    This can't be disabled or edited in any way as far as I can see? First of all, it got an overload of information, so you have to look for a while to find what you were really looking for, second, it pops up too fast. I can't rest my mouse pointer anywhere without a huge tooltip window. It's very intrusive.

    Voice Acting
    I find it very annoying that Boromir keeps telling me stuff. It's very distracting. I don't know what it is about Firaxis and voice acting, it was a huge failure in Civ:BE as well, and they continue the failing here. An image of Boromir pops up in my head every time I hear him. They should have gone with a voice actor that is less famous. There's so many great actors out there - why choose one with a very easily recognisable voice, that you can't help connect with several popular franchises and tv shows.

    I'll give it some more time, but I am really not enjoying it right now.. what a waste of waiting time and anticipation :(    … Expand
  38. 11Deadface
    Oct 30, 2016
    1
    Disgusting PC game.on computers disgusting retarded graphics,awkward control,piracy is rampant.Games crash,they need to spend hours installing,downloading updates and always buy the video card.
  39. 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.
  40. 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
  41. Pashu1289
    Aug 30, 2021
    1
    Good game but no Ukrainian language. If dont speak English well - dont buy it, there is a LOT text in the game.
  42. Tyrant719
    Jan 10, 2021
    1
    What reviewers did Sid Meier blow to get 8.8? This game is pure nerd trash. Just the epitome of a bad inside joke amongst guys who are flabbergasted that big name companies continue to make niche games for fat guys who still play board games. What a waste of money.
  43. 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
  44. Krylock
    May 29, 2020
    1
    Online is good, realy good, never got any problem with this ****
    Yeah this is fun
  45. 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
  46. mogoroth
    Nov 12, 2016
    0
    The really bad thing about Civ 6 is not that the graphics are ugly and the interface is strange and the AI does not exist and generally the game is unplayable. The bad thing is that I dont believe that even future patches can even save it from mediocrity . I mean we civ players are used to high standards and high expectations from Firaxis and unforunately this time the company didntThe really bad thing about Civ 6 is not that the graphics are ugly and the interface is strange and the AI does not exist and generally the game is unplayable. The bad thing is that I dont believe that even future patches can even save it from mediocrity . I mean we civ players are used to high standards and high expectations from Firaxis and unforunately this time the company didnt deliver. Anyway ....thank God that CIv 5 is still there. I agree that civ games are not all about graphics but .....its 2016 and although I started playing from the first civ back in the nineties when I was 18 years old, I grew up and I also loved all the previous civ games and I really loved the civ 5 with the lovely graphics that except being pretty like a picture , they also help the immersion of the game . So as I understand it , there will be some patches, some dlcs and even an expansion for the new game . Many of the game fans will not follow .
    I just hope and I am almost certain that in just 2 years after the original release the project will be concluded and the next time the respected company will take different approach !!    … Expand
  47. Kraft
    May 8, 2021
    0
    Clearly inferior to Civ2 and Civ4.

    1. All the multiplicative buildings are gone. Districts are way too expensive and barely do anything. 2. Researching technologies makes things MORE expensive, which is exactly the opposite of realistic. 3. Way too map-dependent. Almost all the yields you can get in the early game are purely a function of the map, and builder improvements barely    Clearly inferior to Civ2 and Civ4.

    1. All the multiplicative buildings are gone. Districts are way too expensive and barely do anything.
    2. Researching technologies makes things MORE expensive, which is exactly the opposite of realistic.
    3. Way too map-dependent. Almost all the yields you can get in the early game are purely a function of the map, and builder improvements barely do anything (except for overpowered Amanitore leader)
    4. Ranged units in general are extremely overpowered because they can deal damage without taking it.
    5. Buildings are too weak and civics are too strong. Civics dictate everything. I have to have all my cities build settlers when i have the +50% settler civic, and then have all my cities build builders when i have the +30% builders civic.
    6. Eurekas/Inspirations are way too strong and force everything you do into a narrow channel to get the right Eurekas/Inspirations at the right times.
    7. Great people are ridiculously underpowered and overpriced compared to civ4. One of the great generals can "retire", consuming the unit, to grant another unit one promotion. wow, what a joke. Great generals' static +5 strength/ +X movement to nearby military units is the only one worth getting.
    8. Cities are WAY too strong. The instant a settler founds a city it becomes way stronger than any melee unit. Cities are bullet sponges. It takes 5 turns of 3 archers spamming arrows into it to bring down any city's defenses. Go back to the old system where the only thing defending a city is the military unit in it.
    9. Rewards from pillaging are way too high, to the point that it's worth it to pillage a city you're about to conquer and then rebuild the stuff. If I could pillage my own stuff I would.
    10. The UI is horrible. All the stuff that used to be on the city summary screen is split up between a million tedious tabs.
    11. In general it feels like it was designed by a committee of 100 people not one of which knew what the f was going on, just like most modern games.    … Expand
  48. druout1944
    Oct 22, 2016
    0
    Have to balance out the ridiculous hyperinflation of 10s here. This iteration of Civilization is overall mediocre. There are many new features, but at the end of the day the AI is still terrible (worse in some cases) than previous versions, the graphics are just abysmal kiddie/mobile/freeemium garbage, the game feels incredibly slow due to the way research finishes so quickly vs cityHave to balance out the ridiculous hyperinflation of 10s here. This iteration of Civilization is overall mediocre. There are many new features, but at the end of the day the AI is still terrible (worse in some cases) than previous versions, the graphics are just abysmal kiddie/mobile/freeemium garbage, the game feels incredibly slow due to the way research finishes so quickly vs city production, etc. etc. Honestly not worth one penny over $20.00.… Expand
  49. ihateeasports
    Oct 23, 2016
    0
    The civ series have been one of my favourites for years. Civ V was absolutely amazing and I was expecting big things from Civ VI. Unfortunately they have taken everything that was good about Civ V and thrown it out the window, adding a cluster of new confusing features that just makes the whole game one big mess. Many gameplay options are gone, like limiting number of city states. TheThe civ series have been one of my favourites for years. Civ V was absolutely amazing and I was expecting big things from Civ VI. Unfortunately they have taken everything that was good about Civ V and thrown it out the window, adding a cluster of new confusing features that just makes the whole game one big mess. Many gameplay options are gone, like limiting number of city states. The graphics are horrible for this type of game. It is almost impossible to see details in the map. AI has not improved. I am just really disappointed.

    Also, the positive reviews are fake. There is no way a civilization fan would like this game.    … Expand
  50. TsukasaHiiragi
    Jun 6, 2021
    0
    After several years and two major expansions, the game has actually gone in the opposite direction, the expansions cause more problems and create unnecessary issues and even take away gameplay and tactical options, because of new elements like loyalty, and gathering storm tries to fix the horrendous diplomatic system and only succeeds in making it more convoluted and the natural disastersAfter several years and two major expansions, the game has actually gone in the opposite direction, the expansions cause more problems and create unnecessary issues and even take away gameplay and tactical options, because of new elements like loyalty, and gathering storm tries to fix the horrendous diplomatic system and only succeeds in making it more convoluted and the natural disasters look cool, but ultimately cause the player more harm than the AI speaking of which, the AI seems to cheat even more now - more one turn wonder stealing and worse!! Also, reduced map size as well!!

    Next up, the game has become much more unstable over the years with crashing a very serious issue, the new April update completely broke the game for many people and 2K are silent on this issue, which can be somewhat bypassed if you completely avoid using the new launcher, the game still criminally unstable though and it will crash, just a matter of what and usually the first crash is a forebear of more frequent crashes usually making it nearly impossible to finish a larger game, this issue is even worse on consoles.

    I can honestly say now, after the poor expansions and the typical milking of paid DLC..cough...new civilizations and the very poor stability of the game in general, this is easily my pick of the worst in the entire series, avoid this version and play Civilization V instead...lets hope they learn from their mistakes when Civ VII is released, these mistakes should never be repeated.

    Civilization games are properly reviewed after putting hundreds of hours in, not a merely a few dozen that obviously some of the reviewers, and even critic reviews are obviously not played enough to see the glaring issues that Civ 6 has, don't get me wrong here in the fact I do like Civilization 6 its just >right now< its not nearly as good as Civilization 5, but with time and alot of balancing and fixes it could be just as good, I doubt it'll be better, but it can be just as good imho, and that comes from a hardcore Civer since Civ 1.

    The problems with Civilization 6 are numerous, from limited options - to bland and highly predictable A.I and unfortunately, the god awful cheating scripts are back on higher difficulties to fake increased difficulty. So, lets start - Barbarians need better options, currently its off or 'rampage mode' since they all have a high spawn rate, they need a more options. Next up is the slow paced gameplay, standard modes pacing is very odd, at times it feels like a Marathon game then quickly speeds up then slows down..the pacing feels all over the place, and because of that - the A.I which tends to follow the date is terms of advancement can suffer too, a classic example of this would be;

    Player increases research and lets say enters industrial period, the date per turn will usually increase/decrease depending on the date, lets say its 1500AD, the DpT will increase for a while until its more in-line with the era, for some reason that seems to give the A.I huge buffs and they'll rapidly increase in research and power sometimes, heck - I've seen them jump from renaissance period to modern period extremely fast defying all logic, but since I've seen England get Ironclads as early as the 1200AD...honestly it doesn't surprise me since the pacing is definitely way off the mark.

    A.I is stupid, obvious and stupidly good, the latter is the problem because it will attack with better strategies than the previous games, however the major problems is that alot of the times its rather obvious what its trying to do - such as Sumeria spawning 20 war wagons and then slowly moving them to your civilization to launch a surprise attack...well *I'm* surprised the A.I did that - wow! Another problem is the fact the AI hates human players, to a point there isn't any reason to be nice to them, they'll break every single promise you make with them, they'll attack you relentlessly and the diplomacy is plain weird to a point it just feels broken, don't get me started on how broken the warmonger system is - essentially by late game the world threatre is pretty much everyone hates everyone and denouncing is just rife.

    Another major problem is the fact that the game feels so slow paced compared to previous games, districts take way to long to build, especially late in game where its not uncommon for it to take 30+ turns for one district, because of the pacing issues, making spawling and large civilizations is nearly impossible to do now. I could go on and on here about all the issues, from nitpicking about special ability balance such as Electronics Factory, or how the game suffers from strange bugs that cause input lag, especially late game so I'll just close with this statement again;

    Civilization 6 right now, is no way near as good as Civilization 5 at this present time. With patches and some expansion packs it could be great - but Firaxis needs to fix alot of the mechanics and do some balancing.    … Expand
  51. jmdenver
    Oct 23, 2016
    0
    Dunno, seemed like garbage at first glance- graphics, city spamming, AI- kind of has grown on me- change isn't always so bad; BUT losing in both games that I played to 1800 or so with no indication why, and leading in all victory condition categories - makes it a 0/10.
  52. mithraldragon
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    This game is objectively worse than Civ V in so many areas.

    - Static, blurry painted backgrounds when talking to leaders instead of the beautiful, dynamic 3d backgrounds we had in Civ V. - No unique soundtrack when talking to leaders - Animations have to be turned on in the menu, are repetitive, and run at lower fps than Civ V. - AI is worse than Civ V. Just to give you an    This game is objectively worse than Civ V in so many areas.

    - Static, blurry painted backgrounds when talking to leaders instead of the beautiful, dynamic 3d backgrounds we had in Civ V.

    - No unique soundtrack when talking to leaders

    - Animations have to be turned on in the menu, are repetitive, and run at lower fps than Civ V.

    - AI is worse than Civ V. Just to give you an example, if France declares war on Japan, and you're friendly with Japan, and you declare war on France to defend Japan, France and Japan will just ally and gang up on you. In Civ V if you declared war on a warmonger in order to protect another civ they would act grateful. Not here.

    - Barbarians are far too aggressive and you pretty much have to go for Domination because if you stop producing military units to make anything else you get overrun.

    - Civics tech tree is crap, most of it is irrelevant and it's pretty much linear with only two branches. Social policies were better, their bonuses meant something it reflected the personality/playstyle of your civ. There was a lot of diversity in what policies different leaders chose. With the civics tree everyone pretty much gets the exact thing with minor differences which the AI will go to war over.

    - Science tech tree is practically gutted and unbalanced compared to Civ V. Like the civics tree it is very linear now, you can just research techs in a straight line to the next era without having to ever research all the ancient era techs. It has probably 1/4th the techs it used to.

    - The new District system is gimmicky and cumbersome.

    - Builders are stupid, they get consumed after building 3 improvements. You'll spend half the game making builders.

    - The art style is a downgrade. Some people might like it and say it's a matter of preference but the realistic models and dynamic 3d environments along with the unique soundtracks in Civ V obviously costed a lot more to make.    … Expand
  53. diaper
    Oct 23, 2016
    0
    Garbage game! Story: there is none 0/10 Music: Boring and weird historic music 0/10 Gameplay: slow and boring. 10000x slower than Call of Duty. Overall score: 0/10! Couldn't recommend this game to anybody!
  54. SiLNOR3KI
    Oct 23, 2016
    0
    I don't buy it ! In my country CIV6 is worth 60EUR when minimal pay is about 300 ! ITS EVEN COMPLETE GAME !

    I spend my cash on better mouse or headset and wait, until game is complete with all CUT dlc with price 10-15EUR. Now back to CIV 5...
  55. Juniperus
    Oct 21, 2016
    0
    This Game has no working AI and is therefore broken. It seems like Firaxis just doesn't care at all about this. I mean it's even worse than in Civ5. How is this possible?
  56. Thazari
    Dec 27, 2016
    0
    Huge disappointment. When you start the game, you have almost no building options for structures and units, and everything just takes a zillion turns to get unlocked or constructed. Diplomacy and AI are a mess and graphics look unclear and unappealing. After 4 hours of playing I still didn't feel I had accomplished anything, so I stopped as I have way better games to spend my time on.Huge disappointment. When you start the game, you have almost no building options for structures and units, and everything just takes a zillion turns to get unlocked or constructed. Diplomacy and AI are a mess and graphics look unclear and unappealing. After 4 hours of playing I still didn't feel I had accomplished anything, so I stopped as I have way better games to spend my time on.

    The only good thing is the city management with the tiles surrounding the city having different benefits, which makes city planning a bit more interactive, although this is not always very balanced.    … Expand
  57. tenchi2a
    Oct 22, 2016
    0
    Has some good Ideas poorly executed.
    took most of what made Civ 5 great and throw it out.
    game is also unstable and tends to crash a lot.
    would not recommend.
    got my money back from steam.
  58. yaghi
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    WHAT A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!

    I waited so long for this game to launch, I highly anticipated it, but I got majorly disappointment. first of all, this game doesn't have any atmosphere at all, unlike civ V. The AI Have is seriously retarded. THE GRAPHICS, I seriously feel like I am playing an Ipad game. It's time-consuming in a bad way that doesn't entertain you.like you need to control    WHAT A BIG DISAPPOINTMENT!!

    I waited so long for this game to launch, I highly anticipated it, but I got majorly disappointment.
    first of all, this game doesn't have any atmosphere at all, unlike civ V.
    The AI Have is seriously retarded.
    THE GRAPHICS, I seriously feel like I am playing an Ipad game.
    It's time-consuming in a bad way that doesn't entertain you.like you need to control each and every builder on your own, and they disappear after 3 improvements. That gets very time consuming when you have a big empire.
    The soundtrack in my taste is not good at all, especially for Arabia , which had an excellent soundtrack in Civ V. there are a lot of things that I hate about this game, I just don't want to waste my time writing them.
    I just can't enjoy the game , I am trying to enjoy it , but I guess that's the end of the road for me in civilization.
    In my opinion , this game is a major step back from Civ V , and I think every score above 5 is fake or paid.
    Any fan of civilization will agree with me.    … Expand
  59. marccc
    Oct 24, 2016
    0
    I've been playing basically all editions of Civ throughout the years, especially CIV II e CIV V. I was anticipating this version, but unfortunately I found it extremely boring from the beginning. Maybe I just grew up. Maybe they didn't. In any case, this is the end of my relationship with the saga.
  60. tomxxx
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    The game has amazing graphics and music. And now the good things end. The game receives from me 0 as grphics may increase playability, but you won't ge any ponits for that only. It is not strategy game, it is a game for Sims lovers. Funny, nice and not demanding. AI is so stupid, incompetent and ridiculous that I stopped playing it after one day.

    To devs - make more units per tile and    The game has amazing graphics and music. And now the good things end. The game receives from me 0 as grphics may increase playability, but you won't ge any ponits for that only. It is not strategy game, it is a game for Sims lovers. Funny, nice and not demanding. AI is so stupid, incompetent and ridiculous that I stopped playing it after one day.

    To devs - make more units per tile and it wil solve AI war waging (and it will be more interesting and realistic than wars taking two eras). Make dipplomatic actions more viable for AI, ie coalitions against stronger civs, you wont need to buff AI so strongly. The game is very bad.    … Expand
  61. Pavel1874
    Oct 25, 2016
    0
    Серьезно разочарован: 1)Отвратительная графика, руки оторвать дизайнерам. Beyond Earth или Civ5 выглядят на 2 порядка красивее. 2)Сильно упрощенный геймплей 3)Тупой и неадекватный ИИ. 4)Музыка жестко привязана к нации, без возможности настройки. Через час слушать 3 минутные "Светит месяц" на унылой балалайке (если играть за Россию) абсолютно криворукого балалаечника (где этого урода нашли?Серьезно разочарован: 1)Отвратительная графика, руки оторвать дизайнерам. Beyond Earth или Civ5 выглядят на 2 порядка красивее. 2)Сильно упрощенный геймплей 3)Тупой и неадекватный ИИ. 4)Музыка жестко привязана к нации, без возможности настройки. Через час слушать 3 минутные "Светит месяц" на унылой балалайке (если играть за Россию) абсолютно криворукого балалаечника (где этого урода нашли? пожалели денег на качественную национальную музыку?) несколько надоедает. По три гвоздями прибитых мелодии на нацию. Итого - игра максимум 5 из 10. Не покупайте, подождите неделю,почитайте отзывы. Увы, поздно узнал про возможность вернуть деньги, если играл менее 2х часов. Успел поиграть 2,5 часа до удаления игры ( , а так бы вернул деньги однозначно!… Expand
  62. dex8172
    Oct 26, 2016
    0
    I played all Civ games since the original, but this one I won't. Not until they fix absolutely horrible UI, unacceptable loading times, useless Civilopedia without back button (!!!), and whatnot. Very disappointed.
  63. Makarsoso
    Oct 27, 2016
    0
    0/10 worst clash of clans clone ever, PC sucks again, graphics is worse than any ps1 games' one, AI as stupid as any pc player from Kingisepp also I want notice than Makar zarazitsa vich c vame klykov sychari beach.
  64. huginatree
    Oct 29, 2016
    0
    Have you critics lost your marbles,this game stinks.the only thing that is better is the smoother start menu.THATS IT.The list of things wrong with this game is to long ....its unmod able,unless you have god like hands on a keyboard to create a brand new game.Even the graphics are laughable,who do they think are the people who are going to play this long winded game that makes hardly anyHave you critics lost your marbles,this game stinks.the only thing that is better is the smoother start menu.THATS IT.The list of things wrong with this game is to long ....its unmod able,unless you have god like hands on a keyboard to create a brand new game.Even the graphics are laughable,who do they think are the people who are going to play this long winded game that makes hardly any sense.Cartoon graphics are good fun on your average tablet when your borred .This game deserves much more than this rubbish attempt,Sid and the gang need to move on to tablet games if this is the best they can do.just wish i could get my money back.On the plus side civ V is still here.THANK GOD for that… Expand
  65. GrizzlyEdd
    Oct 31, 2016
    0
    Not in the least inspired by nor interested in VI. To me it is a step back in time from which CIV has graduated already. I would hope that Firaxis reads some of the comments on "Steam" and takes to heart some of the negative comments on here. I have read all the reviews, watched all the trailers, and educated myself as much as possible about VI. Not at impressed. I will not buy VI.Not in the least inspired by nor interested in VI. To me it is a step back in time from which CIV has graduated already. I would hope that Firaxis reads some of the comments on "Steam" and takes to heart some of the negative comments on here. I have read all the reviews, watched all the trailers, and educated myself as much as possible about VI. Not at impressed. I will not buy VI. What would be quite thrilling for a lot of CIV fans is another expansion of BE. Count me in as one of those fans. Firaxis, please consider an expansion for BE if you haven't already started.… Expand
  66. Honestly000
    Nov 11, 2016
    0
    I don't understand how this could get so high ratings from critics. In my opinion it's far from beeing ready to be published. Steam user reviews are far more honest.
  67. Civfan
    Nov 12, 2016
    0
    Strange that that the professional (payed) reviews are hysterical and the player reviews from experienced civplayers are low. Perhaps the critis didn't really play the game, or any other Civ game before? This version is flawed, faulty, bugged and unplayable due to coredeep enginemistakes. It also sufferes from bad graphics which makes it impossible to play for a long time. That is not aStrange that that the professional (payed) reviews are hysterical and the player reviews from experienced civplayers are low. Perhaps the critis didn't really play the game, or any other Civ game before? This version is flawed, faulty, bugged and unplayable due to coredeep enginemistakes. It also sufferes from bad graphics which makes it impossible to play for a long time. That is not a problem since you don;t want to play this version. It's boring, annoying and frustrating.… Expand
  68. Augustus82
    Nov 19, 2016
    0
    For the love of god, add the ability to regenerate the map on the 1st turn like in past civ games. When you're committing to a Marathon/Huge/Deity game, you can end up spending hours just restarting the game so you don't get placed in the middle of a desert or tundra with no resources...all that is made worse by for some completely insane reason, Civ never saves your settings for gameFor the love of god, add the ability to regenerate the map on the 1st turn like in past civ games. When you're committing to a Marathon/Huge/Deity game, you can end up spending hours just restarting the game so you don't get placed in the middle of a desert or tundra with no resources...all that is made worse by for some completely insane reason, Civ never saves your settings for game creation so you have to reset all of them every time.… Expand
  69. 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?
  70. 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
  71. 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
  72. 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
  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. 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.
  75. 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.
  76. SneakyBasterd
    Nov 21, 2018
    0
    Just dont buy this overpriced and uplayable game, please. They destroyed Civ game series with this awful game.
  77. 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
  78. shvedchenko
    Feb 17, 2021
    0
    I was very glad to see the civ V ideas were improved with districts and early days of civ VI was very promising. But what I see now, what the game become in 2021 is terrible. Developers only add new leaders and features that make no sense, meanwhile a game is full of bugs and poor mechanics. They dont want the game to be more balanced and stable, they also dont worry about poor UI, butI was very glad to see the civ V ideas were improved with districts and early days of civ VI was very promising. But what I see now, what the game become in 2021 is terrible. Developers only add new leaders and features that make no sense, meanwhile a game is full of bugs and poor mechanics. They dont want the game to be more balanced and stable, they also dont worry about poor UI, but only want to create more and more new confusing content to make more money. This is the whole civ series betrayal as I see it. So I'm very disappointed for civ series which I was fan of since the first game.… Expand
  79. 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.
  80. 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
  81. 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
  82. JMD223
    Jan 7, 2023
    0
    Terrible optimisation, Terrible optimisation, Terrible optimisation, Terrible optimisation
  83. Botanistaken
    Apr 16, 2023
    0
    release turkish langue its been 9 years. other then that game is **** and even with that 1.5 hour tutorial you dont understand how to play the game.
  84. PapaJustifyTV
    Jun 11, 2022
    0
    Russian nazi language is there, but no Ukrainian. 0 from me. I'm so tired of this...
    Game is great tho.
  85. Rezylectx
    Nov 28, 2021
    0
    Poor english
    Degenerate of a game. Ai is dumb as hell. Therefore game is easily boring. Only fun aspect is the sim city. Thats it. Thats retarded for a game. Ai spawns are atrocious, always spawn directly next to player. If an ai spawns by itself on its own continent, the game is lost. Difficulty is the most degenerate retarded design of this game. Ai gets cheat bonuses without getting    Poor english
    Degenerate of a game. Ai is dumb as hell. Therefore game is easily boring. Only fun aspect is the sim city. Thats it. Thats retarded for a game. Ai spawns are atrocious, always spawn directly next to player. If an ai spawns by itself on its own continent, the game is lost. Difficulty is the most degenerate retarded design of this game. Ai gets cheat bonuses without getting smarter or difficult. Most higher difficulty games are ONLY challenging due to every AI attacking you upon contact. The moral of this game is haha you waste your time loser. A loss feels like a middle finger. A win feels jack shi due to the journey being insanely easy or absurdely stupid. The music is annoying as hell. constant loop for 4-5+ hours sessions which makes u mute it. Garbage game design. This game was released in 2016 and still buggy as hell. such as infinite loading when pressing end turn. constant crashes with updated graphics cards. Civ 6 does its best at telling you to shut the fk up and kill yourself. The leaders themselves are so poorly designed, unbalanced, garbage. Every game ends up either being science or domination victory due to poor ai combat skills and science being way too easy with no way to stop the final stage of science victory. The press conference is by far the most diabolical garbage in this game, dogsht. haven't met half the leaders in the game and expects you to vote for an ideological option.. except its designed to ruin your day as the ai will ALWAYS vote against you such as voting against bonuses against you or diplomatic wins. Its not 1 or 2 leaders. its EVERY leader who votes against you which makes this conference POINTLESS AF. I play on emperor difficulty as deity is full of **** but king is WAY TOO EASY. Half the game is getting rolled by AI and having to spend atleast 4 to 5 hours resetting. If an Ai gets science route and is on the final stage of the victory, YOU LOSE. DOGSHT GAME MECHANICS, Waste OF money and TIME.
    rant over, fuk this gay game    … Expand
  86. 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.
  87. Ulise
    Feb 21, 2022
    0
    Best GAME EVER, Much better than the last game/Cel mai bun joc, mult mai bun decat jocul precedent
  88. Hakisak
    Nov 30, 2020
    0
    Hot garbage. Constantly crashing when alt tabbing and since I'm new to civ I need to alt-tab a lot (to look at wiki and short guides).
    So disappointing that games can't even run anymore, it was much more simple in the day.
  89. roten
    Apr 30, 2022
    0
    this product is not available in your region
    "games out of politics" right?
  90. rmkratos
    Sep 10, 2023
    0
    best turn base strategic game at the moment. the AI for diplomatic decisions should be better.
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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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