Sid Meier's Civilization VI

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7.4

Mixed or average reviews- based on 229 Ratings

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  2. Mixed: 31 out of 229
  3. Negative: 37 out of 229
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  1. DefconSwagAlert
    May 19, 2023
    4
    While I really wanted to like this game as a fan of history and archaeology, it's honestly horrible. Where I imagined a fun city/civilization-building sandbox game, its a boring strategy-based "casino" game where everything is based on luck. City building is so simple (Kindergartener level) that its mindnumpingly boring (being relegated to clicking a production option, placing a tile, andWhile I really wanted to like this game as a fan of history and archaeology, it's honestly horrible. Where I imagined a fun city/civilization-building sandbox game, its a boring strategy-based "casino" game where everything is based on luck. City building is so simple (Kindergartener level) that its mindnumpingly boring (being relegated to clicking a production option, placing a tile, and then wasting your life waiting), yet the game still somehow manages to have a ton of ridiculously convoluted mechanics at the same time. Science, culture, faith, domination, and victory are basically totally separate boring minigames that overlap very little with each other and the game forces you to play exactly how it wants you to play with little freedom for deviation, otherwise you have zero chance of any victory even on prince difficulty. AI is incredibly unbalanced being either too aggressive and overpowered or completely incompetent. Did you build more wonders that Qin Shi Huang or have a different system of government than Victoria? Better start pumping out those units to defend yourself or get completley F-ed. Worst feature in this title by far is the completely wack pacing of the game. Late game is so agonizingly slow (taking literally hundreds of turns to get through the 21st century) that finishing a game feels more like a punishing chore than a rewarding experience. Rising Fall and Gathering Storm only make the base game ever worse with cool concepts (ie. climate change, future tech) that are completely botched and wasted and only punish the player with shallow stupid mechanics like unpreventable coastal city flooding. This all isn't even mentioning the tons of crashes on the Switch that make the game borderline unplayable. Overall, this feels less like an actual game and more like an unfinished demo.… Expand
  2. BaronAquila
    Feb 23, 2023
    0
    I’ve been playing these games since the 90s. Alpha Centauri was one of my favorites. There are two problems with this game:

    1) the switch hardware cannot handle it. If you have a standard speed game on a standard size map, by the time you get past 400 turns get ready to wait for at least 3 minutes between your turns. Towards 500? The game starts crashing incessantly. I couldn’t even    I’ve been playing these games since the 90s. Alpha Centauri was one of my favorites. There are two problems with this game:

    1) the switch hardware cannot handle it. If you have a standard speed game on a standard size map, by the time you get past 400 turns get ready to wait for at least 3 minutes between your turns. Towards 500? The game starts crashing incessantly. I couldn’t even finish it one time because of the software defects

    2) woke stupidity. The content creators for the game have become miseducated and foolish. Older games such as Alpha Centauri were intelligent. They called upon classical wisdom. There were great quotes and sensible game mechanics. Now they quote mindless entertainers, actors, and ironic amusements. Because being “clever” is superior to these people rather than being intelligent. They dredge up mediocre people from history now just to impose “equity,” women and non-western “Great People” who are not really “great people” in the history books, but selected with bias in order to pretend as though women, Asians, and Africans contributed as much to these industries as white males. Some less subtle items: Saladin talks about “peaceful” cooperation and friendship being the way to victory when you defeat him by the sword. Yes. That Saladin. Islamic warlord Saladin. Besides the moronic leftwing revisionist history, the environmental mechanics was a great addition. It reminded me a bit of how Aloha Centauri’s fungal environment could pose a danger. The woke stupidity and historical butchery would have tanked the game to a 5/10, but the software defects are simply inexcusable for such a large studio. Do not buy this game if you value your time. Sitting through 3-minute turns at the end is about the worst experience you can imagine, and the persistent crashing makes it virtually unplayable after turn 470.    … Expand
  3. Dunkaccino2000
    Nov 27, 2022
    9
    A convenient and uncompromised way to play Civ VI. Load times can be slow at the start of the game and between turns in the endgame, and the visuals are nice but less detailed compared to other platforms, but still a lot of fun. Supports cross platform cloud saving with a 2K account.
  4. SammyHauguth
    Sep 27, 2022
    1
    Worst game I've ever played, I don't understand a thing. And everyone saying "Go watch 10000 hours of guides", yeah I want to play the game, but first I need to check guides for a month... What a **** game... Games needing games are **** games...
  5. bernardowerner
    Aug 22, 2022
    7
    Not a good port. Switch doesn't handle the game. If you have time and patience, the game might be rewarding. You should play it on a platform that won't freeze the game constantly.
  6. AdventureGames
    Jun 26, 2022
    0
    This game might be great if you've played it before.
    But if you have not, there is no tutorial, it's very confusing, nothing in explained properly, even if you mark yourself as never played. You are expected to just dive in with no knowledge of how things work.
    It's stupid, it's a waste of money.
  7. Grandhatred
    Feb 20, 2022
    0
    DONT BUY THE GAME ON SWITCH, it crash alot when on higher turn, i mean i knew something called hardware limitation and i expected to play this game on like 10 fps after like 200 turn but i never expected the constant crash, the only fix i knew and work at my device is save on cloud and put your autosave to all (i own the platinum version)
  8. Lil_Caucasian
    Jan 29, 2022
    8
    Very fun strategy game, however it is very expensive to get all of the content.
  9. tiloba
    Nov 22, 2021
    8
    The game do not run well in the Switch, a lot of loadings and the lack of DLC content make it better to play on a PC or a stronger Hardware
  10. Bskirvin
    Nov 4, 2021
    1
    This version of Civilization really ruins the experience for me by focusing heavily on competitive gameplay over the sandbox aspects of the game. It will give you suboptimal start positions. The AI can definitely see what you are doing without regards to the fog of war. They will get extra resources, research and culture.

    Even on relatively easy settings, it feels very much like the game    This version of Civilization really ruins the experience for me by focusing heavily on competitive gameplay over the sandbox aspects of the game. It will give you suboptimal start positions. The AI can definitely see what you are doing without regards to the fog of war. They will get extra resources, research and culture.

    Even on relatively easy settings, it feels very much like the game is trying to railroading the player into competitive play. And that's okay, if you're training for competitive play. But part of the fun of the older Civ games was that you didn't need to "Get Gud".
    You could just mess around in the sandbox and relax.

    Can't really do that any more.

    Kinda ruins the fun.

    I don't want to be continually optimizing the stats in order to basically function. I'd really rather just putz around and have fun with crazy scenarios and oddball approaches.    … Expand
  11. julevi
    Aug 13, 2021
    5
    For me personally, this was my most regretted eShop-Buy in years, considering the proud price.

    Overall, I do like the principle of the game, the graphics, etc. I did play it on PC and also loved similar strategy games in the past. But what really drove me crazy after a while were the switch mechanics. Everything feels so cumbersome and slow to me. Due to not owning a screen I am    For me personally, this was my most regretted eShop-Buy in years, considering the proud price.

    Overall, I do like the principle of the game, the graphics, etc. I did play it on PC and also loved similar strategy games in the past.
    But what really drove me crazy after a while were the switch mechanics. Everything feels so cumbersome and slow to me. Due to not owning a screen I am playing all of my games in portable mode, which has never been a problem. With this one, the small screen becomes a real pain after a while. Also the loading time for the rounds increases drastically while playing along, so that after a while I felt like I was spending far more time waiting than actually playing the game. Very little fun factor and disappointing. Some games are just not meant to be transferred onto switch.    … Expand
  12. znskeba
    Jun 7, 2021
    10
    Such a fantastic port for the switch. I've spent an upwards of about 60 hours now on the game and its wonderful. What a fantastic game to have on the go.
  13. faux_shaux
    May 11, 2021
    9
    I play docked with the pro controller. It’s great, no complaints at all. In fact, I prefer playing this way, I think it’s more relaxing than playing on PC at a desk.
  14. TheAvikssWalker
    Mar 4, 2021
    6
    I have played this game for 3 days and I have found the tutorial, extremely boring and besides of that, I have not seen the appeal in the gameplay. I have quitted and maybe I´ll come in the future and give it a better opportunity.
  15. Martelll
    Jan 7, 2021
    10
    At the beginning I a little bit sceptical because its a big game and the switch is not so performant, but I surprised when I started playing it. It's a great game on pc and it's also great on the switch. The graphics are good but not the best. There is just a little problem: ,the lag'. When you arrive at turn 120 it starts lagging but after a while you don't pay attention anymore. I hadAt the beginning I a little bit sceptical because its a big game and the switch is not so performant, but I surprised when I started playing it. It's a great game on pc and it's also great on the switch. The graphics are good but not the best. There is just a little problem: ,the lag'. When you arrive at turn 120 it starts lagging but after a while you don't pay attention anymore. I had real funny playing this game and it is still funny and interesting to play now. The developers do a great job to maintain the game alive with the DLC's and the New Frontier Pass. When you play it you are very implicated in it and the time flies by. I highly recommend this game!!!… Expand
  16. Kerber
    Dec 12, 2020
    9
    Civ 6 in my pocket! That alone justifies excitement. Yes, it is not full desktop experience as on pc but being able to have civ 6 on handheld is extraordinary to me and one of main reasons for purchasing switch.
  17. Eprom
    Nov 8, 2020
    2
    There is a long tutorial that explains the game, tho i often still have no clue what to do, or if there is anything to do after all, except pointlessly moving units around on the map. Seems like the Civ games are not for me, i stopped playing after about 2 hours.
  18. Syhlcam
    Sep 27, 2020
    8
    Le jeu n'est qu'un simple portage des versions Xbox/PS4 rien de plus, alors c'est une très bonne chose car le jeu est excellent et avoir Civilization dans sa poche est quelques de très intéressant. Le jeu se manie bien aux manettes, même si le tactile aurait pu être utilisé. Le jeu souffre néanmoins de soucis de fluidité et de chargement en fin de partie lorsque la console doit afficherLe jeu n'est qu'un simple portage des versions Xbox/PS4 rien de plus, alors c'est une très bonne chose car le jeu est excellent et avoir Civilization dans sa poche est quelques de très intéressant. Le jeu se manie bien aux manettes, même si le tactile aurait pu être utilisé. Le jeu souffre néanmoins de soucis de fluidité et de chargement en fin de partie lorsque la console doit afficher beaucoup d'unités et d'élément à l'écran.… Expand
  19. owenviva
    Aug 20, 2020
    0
    This is the a buggy, terrible, not well tested port of civilization VI. Please do yourself a favor by not spending your money on this junk. I can understand due to the limit of switch console the game takes longer time to load the map or taking turns. But it has to be a stable game at least. This is a game that will random crash on you and lose all the autosaves when you reopen the game.This is the a buggy, terrible, not well tested port of civilization VI. Please do yourself a favor by not spending your money on this junk. I can understand due to the limit of switch console the game takes longer time to load the map or taking turns. But it has to be a stable game at least. This is a game that will random crash on you and lose all the autosaves when you reopen the game. That means you need to save the game every turn manually to make sure you don't lose any progress. I am not talking about big maps or 400+ rounds. I have a small map and it crash on me in less than 20 turns! I did everything, move it to the console memory from SD card, re-download everything to make sure there is no data corruption. Not helping at all. Build a new game with small map and it crashes again after a few turns. What are you guys thinking 2K Games? Is this a new way to rob money from your fans?… Expand
  20. Majortom1989
    Aug 8, 2020
    2
    This game is constantly riddled with game-breaking bugs on the Switch. I love Civ. I bought this game on PC, iPad, and switch. I have all of the expansions. It's a fun game, but it isn't playable. This long after release, these bugs are completely unacceptable.
  21. BigDipper0208
    Jun 23, 2020
    9
    One last turn! ............
    One last turn! ............
    One last turn! ............
    One last turn! ............

    Well, the only shortcoming is that the number of your city plays too significant a role. And late game is too boring.
  22. HarrySatschel
    Jun 4, 2020
    0
    Garbage game. Plays horribly on console. Don't waste your time or money. That's all I have to say about this.
  23. Eduardocj
    Jun 1, 2020
    10
    Perfect port to Nintendo Switch. Playing it handheld where you want gives the game the perfect receipt to replayability.
  24. Steelstruck
    Jun 1, 2020
    8
    Civ 6 is great on the switch and it seems like they really put in the effort to make it the best it can be on the switch, the controls feel fluid switching through menus and such and there was absolutely no graphical downgrade and you get good framerates. Civ 6 itself is good at keeping you busy managing systems while not being too complicated for everyone to enjoy. If you like strategyCiv 6 is great on the switch and it seems like they really put in the effort to make it the best it can be on the switch, the controls feel fluid switching through menus and such and there was absolutely no graphical downgrade and you get good framerates. Civ 6 itself is good at keeping you busy managing systems while not being too complicated for everyone to enjoy. If you like strategy games this would be great for you and you can often pick it up on sale for 30$ or less, so buy it then.

    Civ 6 has hours upon hours of gameplay to partake in with endless combinations of victories and because the maps are procedurally generated, (you can play on pre-made earth if you want.) This would be a good game for a very, very, very, very, very, very long road trip as it is just as fun in handheld mode. There is also a great hot seat (local co-op) mode that got added into the game in a recent update, which has you and a friend or family member taking turns each playing as different civilizations in the same world.

    My only complaint is that you can't play as any native American civilizations like the najavo, dakota, or inuit people besides the Aztecs.    … Expand
  25. bancandrei
    May 14, 2020
    6
    I want to like it, but I do not keep coming back to it. In fact I probably won't be playing it again. All the machanics seem to be thought out , graphics are charming, gameplay has a good momentum and sense of growth, but it just doesn't click for me
  26. AlexKidd
    May 3, 2020
    8
    I've played all the Civilization games on pc so i was a bit reluctant to try it out on a console. But i have to say, it works fine. Controls are smooth and it's just great you can play this on the go. Tends to crash at the end of the game, which is a bummer. They really need to fix that. Otherwise a perfect game.
  27. donmopa
    Apr 9, 2020
    9
    If you're into the Civilization series, you will love this one. Good balanced in all his options, AI behaves very well and have an excellent reply value
  28. Astana
    Apr 5, 2020
    9
    Great port! good port. add-ons are more expensive than the game. sometimes there is a problem with the sound. generally satisfied with the purchas.
  29. fanis_o_alanis
    Apr 4, 2020
    7
    + nice graphics, big world, many options to start with,at the beginning you might think it might be the best game in switch but...

    - very difficult for me, some bugs for example while you are playing it stops and need restart but the good thing is that usually it does a autosave often, after about half of the game that the map is big, the loading times are getting to be very big    + nice graphics, big world, many options to start with,at the beginning you might think it might be the best game in switch but...

    - very difficult for me, some bugs for example while you are playing it stops and need restart but the good thing is that usually it does a autosave often, after about half of the game that the map is big, the loading times are getting to be very big

    Generally it is a good tranfer to switch and you will spend many hours palying and if you find it on a sale then it is a must game.    … Expand
  30. KINGTUTT52
    Mar 19, 2020
    9
    Really hard for newcomers to get into like myself but I certainly see the appeal. With this having all the DLC, hot seat and being a very good port of the PC version, I can easily recommend this game for anyone that has a switch
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 31 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 30 out of 31
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 31
  3. Negative: 0 out of 31
  1. Gaming Age
    May 2, 2019
    83
    It’s the sort of game that, at least to me, feels tailor-made for playing on a handheld, and once you get past the loading screens, it runs pretty smoothly (a stark contrast to Civilization Revolution on the Vita, which chugged as you got closer to the endgame). If you’re a Civilization veteran wondering whether you invest in the Switch version, I obviously can’t help you, but everyone else should find plenty here to like.
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  2. Cubed3
    Jan 23, 2019
    80
    Overall, Civilization VI is an excellent addition to the Switch's library. Turn-based-strategy fans will love this very gratifying portable gem.
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  3. Games.cz
    Jan 15, 2019
    80
    Lack of several DLCs can be overlooked, impossibility to buy the big Rise & Fall expansion less so, and the butchered multiplayer options are downright annoying. Still, this is a good port of a brilliant game which is a perfect fit for Nintendo Switch.
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