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
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Awards & Rankings

10
#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

Critic Reviews

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Metascore
88

Generally favorable reviews - based on 84 Critic Reviews

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