Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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  1. ChikatiloZ
    Nov 1, 2016
    3
    The good : Everything besides the AI
    The AI : 1st encounter : "So happy to meet you, I will send a delegation to send you cookies/pancakes/caviar"
    3 rounds later :" I declare war on you for no reason whatsoever" (even if they have 2 archers and you have 10 fleets of nuclear submarines) Every single round after that they say "Im sorry, I offer you all my stuff if we can make peace" You    The good : Everything besides the AI
    The AI : 1st encounter : "So happy to meet you, I will send a delegation to send you cookies/pancakes/caviar"
    3 rounds later :" I declare war on you for no reason whatsoever" (even if they have 2 archers and you have 10 fleets of nuclear submarines)
    Every single round after that they say "Im sorry, I offer you all my stuff if we can make peace"
    You can either accept, in which case they will send you cookies and declare war on you again within 3 rounds.
    You can destroy them, in which case every round they will offer everything they have over -& over again.
    Being at war with everyone is more enjoyable, because if you're in peace with someone (which almost never happens) they spam you "offers" every round, the offer is usually "you give me a bunch of stuff, i give you nothing, what do you say?" I click NO without reading it.
    Great game with the most retarded AI I've ever seen in a video game.    … Expand
  2. 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.
  3. SsiNy
    Oct 25, 2016
    4
    I do not speak English well
    Understand me
    Disadvantages 1. terrible ai 2. Diplomatic system degeneration 3. ai doesn't forget penalty 4. productivity and gold tile balance 5. Intuitive UI readability both falling 6. Deleting user-friendliness 7. ai's religion play 8. World Conference deleted 9. No penalty according to the Expansion 10. Science tech tree simplified 11. too    I do not speak English well
    Understand me

    Disadvantages

    1. terrible ai
    2. Diplomatic system degeneration
    3. ai doesn't forget penalty
    4. productivity and gold tile balance
    5. Intuitive UI readability both falling
    6. Deleting user-friendliness
    7. ai's religion play
    8. World Conference deleted
    9. No penalty according to the Expansion
    10. Science tech tree simplified
    11. too many bug

    stop dlc-ing Plz    … Expand
  4. euu
    Oct 23, 2016
    6
    It's better than vanilla Civ 5 but nowhere near as good as Civ 5 with all the expansions. The main problem it suffers from is lack of innovation. Not a lot of things have changed since the previous title. Combat is the same, trade routes work the same, so does religion, enemy AI is just as stupid, etc.

    There are some areas where the game did some modifications though, the most    It's better than vanilla Civ 5 but nowhere near as good as Civ 5 with all the expansions. The main problem it suffers from is lack of innovation. Not a lot of things have changed since the previous title. Combat is the same, trade routes work the same, so does religion, enemy AI is just as stupid, etc.

    There are some areas where the game did some modifications though, the most noticeable being the Districts. This makes you "specialize" your cities as you can no longer build all types of buildings in the city and have to think very well what you build considering the amount of tiles you have available. The social policy system has been changed as well, for the worse in my opinion, as now you gain some social cards when researching a social policy and you can select the bonus of a number of these cards depending on what goverment you have. Again, like in Civ 5 there is no downside to any form of goverment and some of the combinations you make don't even make sense(for example you can drag the Rationalism Card to a Theocracy and you don't get any penalty).

    One thing that I liked is that you can boost your research of Tech and Social by making certain actions in the game. For example, building a number of Quaries can boost your Research towards Mansory, reducing the time you need to reserach this tech, or defeating barbarians can boost you research of Bronze Working and so on. This is the best addition in my opinion as you are no longer need to put a lot of effort in creating Science and Culture, especially if you like to play Military.

    I would rate this higher if it wasn't however for the horrible presentation of the game. I think everyone is already familiar with the horrible iPad graphics. Look, nobody expected this to have GTA 5 graphics and you can talk all you want about muh unique art style but there is no excuse for a 60 dollar game in 2016 to look like a Fremium iPad game, especially when it looks worse than its predecessor. The sound isn't any better either. The Main Menu theme is fine and the choice of Sean Bean as the narrator is excelent, but the music in the main game sucks. Previous Civ games had classical music to listen to as you built your empire. This game has the type of generic crap that you usually hear in Facebook games.

    My 2 cents? Wait for the price to drop or at least for some mods to show up.    … Expand
  5. Suyadon
    Oct 26, 2016
    4
    If you like features, this game surpasses all of its predecessors in just about every way. However, the AI is complete **** and completely ruins the experience. I've played one full game and will now uninstall for now with hopes of this being resolved by of a patch some day. Good game if you want "Civ 6 Tower Defense"
  6. 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
  7. Machinegunkenny
    Oct 24, 2016
    5
    Totally uninspired. HORRIBLE AI. Have been a huge fan of Civ since the first one and have hundreds of hours on Civ 5 on Steam. Very upset at this pathetic iteration. The graphics are so bad, they must want the game to play on any potato. Civ 5 was not optimized well and I can say that Civ 6 is butter smooth but it should be with such horrible graphics.
    Sad...very sad. The game feels like    Totally uninspired. HORRIBLE AI. Have been a huge fan of Civ since the first one and have hundreds of hours on Civ 5 on Steam. Very upset at this pathetic iteration. The graphics are so bad, they must want the game to play on any potato. Civ 5 was not optimized well and I can say that Civ 6 is butter smooth but it should be with such horrible graphics.
    Sad...very sad. The game feels like early access.    … Expand
  8. anonymousclay
    Oct 24, 2016
    4
    It will probably be great in a year when the game goes on sale and there are mods to fix it. It's basically Civ5 + Beyond Earth, with Endless Legend districts and a shiny new skin. That may seem great on the surface, and it is, but there are many flaws and oversight, some of which should be common sense at this point. If you hated Civ5, you'll probably hate this one too. If you were fineIt will probably be great in a year when the game goes on sale and there are mods to fix it. It's basically Civ5 + Beyond Earth, with Endless Legend districts and a shiny new skin. That may seem great on the surface, and it is, but there are many flaws and oversight, some of which should be common sense at this point. If you hated Civ5, you'll probably hate this one too. If you were fine with 5 and BE, then it's a slightly-better-than mediocre addition to the franchise. Everything is "finished" per-se, but nothing really feels complete

    Details:

    Right now the AI is useless, production queues are missing, the overall style is more cartoony than Warcraft, and diplomacy is all but non-existent. The new research/civic boosters seem cool at first but inevitably push you down the same path every time. You still can't make your own leaders or save world settings. Basically it feels like a game that doesn't want you to experiment.

    (Personal aside) - I thought I would love Sean Bean as the narrator but nearly every quote is juvenile and silly instead of the witty and sarcastic dialogue that Nimoy was given in previous installments.    … Expand
  9. 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.
  10. Oldsport78
    Oct 22, 2016
    4
    The Good:

    - City upgrades are now placed on tiles which makes it more important how you use them. - City states is a lot more active than before in CIV 5. - Fog of war, you can still see where you discovered resources The bad - The AI is mess - The new social policy tree is very similar to your research tree instead of using the much superior model from V. - Two    The Good:

    - City upgrades are now placed on tiles which makes it more important how you use them.

    - City states is a lot more active than before in CIV 5.

    - Fog of war, you can still see where you discovered resources

    The bad

    - The AI is mess

    - The new social policy tree is very similar to your research tree instead of using the much superior model from V.

    - Two advanced options when creating a game, gone are one-city challenge, raging barbarians, random seed, start bias and all the other advanced options you used to create a custom game with, this is the core of any civilization game and its absent is game breaking.

    I honestly don't see how anyone who likes to create their own game could possibly prefer CIV VI, but some people will always be drawn to what's new and shiny rather than older games with more or higher quality content.

    Stick to Civilization V and don't pay for content you already own in V.    … Expand
  11. 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
  12. 123456
    Oct 23, 2016
    7
    The game looks really nice to me - it seems to have divided opinion. It looks a lot like Torchlight. Animations are OK, but as with all Civ games they become tedious by your second world. Leaders on the diplomacy screen are nice and detailed but again they are boring quickly.

    More me this is the biggest negative in the game - repetitiveness. Doubling up the tech tree with the new    The game looks really nice to me - it seems to have divided opinion. It looks a lot like Torchlight. Animations are OK, but as with all Civ games they become tedious by your second world. Leaders on the diplomacy screen are nice and detailed but again they are boring quickly.

    More me this is the biggest negative in the game - repetitiveness. Doubling up the tech tree with the new culture tree just feels like a pop up window style annoyance. The buffs they give are extremely specific and narrow for the most part - a lot of making up the numbers. Each one is accompanied by a quotation read by Sean Bean. A lovely voice I never thought I got get tired of hearing. Well welcome to Civ 6. Other leaders will occasionally send you messages which take a very long time to voice, and they have very few to choose from - again you find yourself hammering the esc to get on with things.

    War is still fun, and the obnoxious warmonger penalty has had some revisions to make it slightly less so. However you can be friendly with one civ, neutral with another, and declare war on a third, and expect to be denounced by the first two in the same way.

    City distracts are a fun feature, adding a visual element and slight tactical placement to the specialising aspect of city development. A campus (science) near several mountains and another district is far more effective than alone in the desert for example.

    It's not bad, and I got it for £36 instead of £50 (seriously?) but it is quite boring and a little bit annoying.

    Too many little crappy buffs to click through, repetitive dialogue, diplomacy still pretty dumb, war is fun, districts are fun too.    … Expand
  13. 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
  14. ColinKelly
    Oct 24, 2016
    4
    There are so many problems with the game it is difficult to know where to start. First, the graphics; it appears that the designers made a performance trade off, giving us what you might called less than the original DOS version of Monkey Island graphics - cartoon like graphics; to increase overall performance I presume. My machine can take it; give me state of the art graphics. Second,There are so many problems with the game it is difficult to know where to start. First, the graphics; it appears that the designers made a performance trade off, giving us what you might called less than the original DOS version of Monkey Island graphics - cartoon like graphics; to increase overall performance I presume. My machine can take it; give me state of the art graphics. Second, the map generation options are too limited; a step back from prior versions. Also, the type selections available all seem to generate roughly the same outcome. No matter what you choose, you seem to get what has been called in the past a "fractal' map. Hopefully user mods will improve on the poor map generation options over time. It is unfortunate that they stuck with the naval/intercontinental movement model of Civ 5. Use and control of the sea is a significant real world problem that Civs prior to 5 dealt with in a more realistic fashion. The AI is a major problem. AI cheats at higher levels frustrating. AI seems to drive the game, you are reactive to the AI, with rare opportunities to be proactive. Game options also disappointing. Seems each new version of Civ, since 4 gives the user less options. Same with information reports. Less than Civ 5, much less than Civ 4. With the increased complexity level, more information reports should be available. The entire civics scheme seems like a waste of time. The choices are so incremental as to have little impact. Could do away with it and perhaps improve playability. Game is just cumbersome; does not flow. It gets boring. Unit control also cumbersome; can't use keypad for unit movement; keyboard can be much more efficient in a complex game than a mouse alone. This game takes the keyboard out of the unit control equation except for five or six basic functions. City state importance has been escalated and you can't turn them off. It's nice to be able to play a game without the City States when you want to; like Civ 5. Can't do that in 6. This game made me what to try Civ 4 again after a lay off of several years. Civ 4 much more playable and enjoyable.… Expand
  15. 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
  16. Cannily
    Oct 21, 2016
    4
    I would like to say it is a step back from Civ V, but in the Civ series, a step back is strangely always a better game.
    This game is not better than Civ V, not to speak of Civ IV or III.
    Civ games are very complex and have an adult audience who like to go deep into the game mechanics to get the most out of every round. Who in the world thought this audience likes comic look? It is just    I would like to say it is a step back from Civ V, but in the Civ series, a step back is strangely always a better game.
    This game is not better than Civ V, not to speak of Civ IV or III.
    Civ games are very complex and have an adult audience who like to go deep into the game mechanics to get the most out of every round.
    Who in the world thought this audience likes comic look?
    It is just awful.
    The leaders are very annoying and the comic-joke animation makes it even worse. Every second round the NPC factions want to speak with you. And with that comes the endless animation.
    The game design itself and the city spamming is just ridiculous. My best tactic until now, just spam settlers and settle everywhere. There is no negative side to expand stupidly. No world wide unrest, nothing.
    But the worst thing about this game is the KI. It is almost not existing. This game is way to easy, and boring.
    Maybe it is fun in multiplayer, but singleplayer this game is no fun at all.    … Expand
  17. lolrofl
    Oct 23, 2016
    4
    Besides the ugly graphics it lacks AI. And the UI is pretty much a joke. Theres no progress between Civ V and VI, it´s just like "the next game in the row" like FIFA every year. Definetely no milestone.
  18. Kommerzbanshee
    Oct 23, 2016
    4
    This game has some of the most amazing game mechanics i have ever seen.

    This game also has one of the most poorly designed AI in gaming history. Not does the AI literaly cheat on higher defficults, but the Agenda system the AI is supposed to follow is broken. It is impossable to satisfy it's agenda on higher diffifult resulting in a game plan where you ether can warmonger your way to    This game has some of the most amazing game mechanics i have ever seen.

    This game also has one of the most poorly designed AI in gaming history.
    Not does the AI literaly cheat on higher defficults, but the Agenda system the AI is supposed to follow is broken.
    It is impossable to satisfy it's agenda on higher diffifult resulting in a game plan where you ether can warmonger your way to victory or get crushed by the AI ganging up on you.
    This is nothing new, but it's just devaluates the amazing job the game designer team has done here

    In short: a game can have a the most impressiv mechanic you'll ever seen. But a single player game with poor AI is stil garbage.    … Expand
  19. phentix
    Oct 21, 2016
    3
    Absolutely atrocious user interface as compared to civ V. New gameplay features are pretty cool, but the U.I. seems like it was given to a summer student. Makes playing a really annoying, wait for future patches.
  20. 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
  21. cardigait
    Oct 21, 2016
    9
    I don't like the cartoonish style. At all.
    But i like almost all the new ideas, districts are fresh air for city handling which to me felt very old.
    Diplomacy is more logical and interesting. The two branches of evolution give you more customization and a different approach to your civ evolution. Love the conversion of workers to builders, the use and forget is a great idea to clean    I don't like the cartoonish style. At all.
    But i like almost all the new ideas, districts are fresh air for city handling which to me felt very old.
    Diplomacy is more logical and interesting.
    The two branches of evolution give you more customization and a different approach to your civ evolution.
    Love the conversion of workers to builders, the use and forget is a great idea to clean the board, as are the roads built by traders.

    Still soon for a detailed evaluation but the gameplay seems a leap forward; now, if we only could have the graphic of leaders and units from Civ V...    … Expand
  22. 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
  23. Zergi2008
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    This might just become the best Civ game yet once there have been some updates and expansions. The game is very impressive so far. Not yet encountered any bugs or glitches. The UI is nice and clean and the visuals are great. The only con I see so far is that the mini map is not exactly clear. It's hard to see on there what's going on (one of the city states I met has almost the same colorThis might just become the best Civ game yet once there have been some updates and expansions. The game is very impressive so far. Not yet encountered any bugs or glitches. The UI is nice and clean and the visuals are great. The only con I see so far is that the mini map is not exactly clear. It's hard to see on there what's going on (one of the city states I met has almost the same color as the rest of the map, making it almost invisible on the mini map).… Expand
  24. 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.
  25. Framar123
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    This game Is honestly beautiful, at first I was a bit worried about how the new cartoonish style would flow in the game. Honestly it grows on you quite quickly and it fits the game well, for a launch i would say this lives up to its predecessors, we already see a lot of features and there is a lot to do in this game without spoiling too much. The game flows great, costume game is fun asThis game Is honestly beautiful, at first I was a bit worried about how the new cartoonish style would flow in the game. Honestly it grows on you quite quickly and it fits the game well, for a launch i would say this lives up to its predecessors, we already see a lot of features and there is a lot to do in this game without spoiling too much. The game flows great, costume game is fun as always with lots of options and factions to pick from. In conclusion I love it!… Expand
  26. prs1ne
    Oct 21, 2016
    8
    As a first release Civ VI is superior to its previous three releases' launches. The additions (builders, districts and trade as examples) adds a nice depth and variety to gameplay. The civics and government/policies has also seen great updates which I think will be wonderful once modders get their hands on.

    Issues so far are mostly concerning some performance optimizations needed, ui    As a first release Civ VI is superior to its previous three releases' launches. The additions (builders, districts and trade as examples) adds a nice depth and variety to gameplay. The civics and government/policies has also seen great updates which I think will be wonderful once modders get their hands on.

    Issues so far are mostly concerning some performance optimizations needed, ui scaling does not look crisp and sharp on 4k (1440p without ui scaling s the sweet spot), the map can be quite cluttered and hard to read and orient and the minimap is almost only useful to find where my cities are, not so much as an overview.    … Expand
  27. DuncanIdahoTPF
    Oct 21, 2016
    9
    This one lived up to the hype! This is by far the most robust Civ game St launch. Not only did they NOT take out a bunch of features so they could charge you for DLC later, they have added an unprecedented number of new features.

    This may be my all time favorite game. The only negatives that dropped my score slightly (wish I could rate it 9.5): the religious combat system needs to be    This one lived up to the hype! This is by far the most robust Civ game St launch. Not only did they NOT take out a bunch of features so they could charge you for DLC later, they have added an unprecedented number of new features.

    This may be my all time favorite game.

    The only negatives that dropped my score slightly (wish I could rate it 9.5): the religious combat system needs to be tweaked or possibly revamped. I miss automating scouts to explore. It's totally fine all the way through the classical period, but it gets rater tedious now that I'm 300 turns in. I also wish the interface was a bit more obvious about what kind of adjancy bonuses I would get. I found myself dropping what I was doing to check the civilopedia quite a bit. Overall the tooltip system needs a little bit more polish.    … Expand
  28. 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?
  29. woohoomaster
    Oct 21, 2016
    3
    I thought I could play another Civilization game, but found out it's incorrect. I have sweet memories of playing Civ1 on 286, but essentially the game has not changed (for good) ever since. Year after year, same crap. Only change is that it went from somewhat ok board game to confusing and stupid overwhelming card game. While in older Civs you could play as you wanted, it all went to +1 -1I thought I could play another Civilization game, but found out it's incorrect. I have sweet memories of playing Civ1 on 286, but essentially the game has not changed (for good) ever since. Year after year, same crap. Only change is that it went from somewhat ok board game to confusing and stupid overwhelming card game. While in older Civs you could play as you wanted, it all went to +1 -1 mess now. The music and announcer just make me sleep. All the old problems are still there, from endless loading between turns to stupid restrictions (putting up a granary in new city takes same time 500BC and 2000AD), auto-exploring is absolutely random, etc.

    If you're new to the genre, I suggest to go with Civilization 4. If not, I think it's time we put this franchise aside.    … Expand
  30. Prosmooth
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    First Civ game since Civ 3 that's ready to play right out of the box. No need to wait for expansions or mods on this one. Only played 2 games, and while some of the mechanics and strategies are different--it's pure Civ through and through. Looking forward to digging into this one--deeply. Oh yeah--it has Sean Bean narrating it. What u waiting for? Fly to Steam and buy it you fools!
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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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