Sid Meier’s Civilization® VI

I have played the sequel. I have re-played the prequel. This is the best Civilization.

An improvement on the previous game. A good diverse mix of leaders and abilities. An improvement to graphics and different game play elements. Civilization has really mastered the art of creating a new installment to a franchise that improves upon the previous but still holds that same charm as the originals. If you've like any previous civ game, you will enjoy this one too.

My very first CIV game. Thoroughly enjoyed it. The music absolutely slaps. Especially the Zulu "among us" song

Civilization VI – A game to learn about commitment, because one match can last for hours. XD

As a passionate fan of Civilization V, I will compare the game with the previous part. I think, generally, the new game did become a breath of fresh air for me. I like the idea of building separate districts instead of building everything in city center in Civ V. The visual and graphic became far more beautiful and modern. Number of mechanics in the game increased. Most of neutral changes (one for another) like happiness calculation principle are okay.

But I really didn't like how relationships with other leaders changed. In my humble opinion, developers just broke relationships and diplomacy and everything related to this. I hate the world congress mechanic in Civ VI where decisions reset themselves automatically instead of manual cancellation by a new decision of empires; also the available options became worse themselves. Reasons for friendship, wars, increasing and decreasing relationships became absolutely stupid. You can have an alliance and may not help your ally in their war, and it's okay for the ally, they don't get affended. That's why I always turn off diplomatic victory in my every game. I was especially shocked by the opportunity of the world congress to get some nuclear weapon to all empires (even if they are in the stone age) as well as remove everyone's weapon without any problems. Also, scenes with leaders became more static, it's also not so good.

To sum it up, I rather recommend the game. It has much more good than bad in my opinion to move from Civ V to Civ VI.

Its a good game, the research is quite good, the civilizations are so cool, and i really like playing Russia, France or England (:

User interface to small. Refuses to respond in options menu no matter what. Dont purchase this unless you can modify game files because I could not find the file that customer support said to delete. Wasted a whole day trying to fix this. My favourite console game and so far most hated PC game

Still the best version of the series... CIV VII needs quite a radical overhaul to top this.

Not my favourite of the Civilization series, but enjoyable all the same. Sean Bean's voice acting is fun, the graphics are gorgeous, and I find the strategy view tiles very convenient in warfare.

The purest of all strategy games. It's easy to play for younger people, as the surface of it's strategy is pretty simple, but it's also fun for older players who think deeper into it, though in my opinion, the whole game is better with the DLC 'Gathering Storm' and 'Leader Pass'

Yeah, no. After a few years I gave this game another chance, and still no. Civ V is better. Here's why.

First, some pros. Civ VI is prettier, and has better music. It also has more advanced mechanics of every sort, which makes the game more engaging.

But gameplay wise, it's a mess. Every playthrough is the same. Theoretically there are different bonuses for every leader, and different victory types, but it doesn't matter. There is only one recipe for victory, expand.

Build as many cities as possible, and conquer as many as possible. Playing tall or diplomatic isn't an option, there is no downside to having more and more and more of everything.


You want domination victory, obviously do the above, duh.

You want science victory? You want to have as many cities as possible to make as many science districts as possible and generate as much science as you can to get to the tech as quickly as possible. You also want to build as much industry as possible, to build settlers, workers, soldiers, wonders everything. And you want to produce as much culture as possible, to get civics.

You want culture victory? You want to have as many cities as possible to make as many theater districts as possible and generate as much tourism as you can and get as many slots for great works as possible. You also want to build as much industry as possible, to build settlers, workers, soldiers, wonders everything. And you want to produce as much science as possible, to get tech.

You want religious victory? Guess what, they can't convert your cities if you conquered them. And you want to have more cities, industry, everything to produce more faith for missionaries, apostoles, inquisitors....also depending on your faith, you can buy all kinda buildings with faith too. The faith costs for anything you can buy with faith only increase with the amount of missionaries/whatever you bought for it, not with the number of your cities. It goes for other types of mana too. The building costs never increase, 400 faith costs for a building may seem a lot if you have 2-3 cities, it's nothing when you have 20.

You want diplomatic victory? Guess what. But noo, you say, diplomatic victory is about being liked by everyone...bullshit. Diplomatic victory is about getting diplomatic victory points, at least half of which you get by researching techs and building wonders (so you want science, culture, industry...) and the other half you get by winning UN resolutions. By winning I mean, you propose something, and if it wins, you get one diplomatic victory point. If you propose several things, and they all win, you win several points.
So if you are hated by everyone, just propose resolutions that harm you and they will all vote for them. You are the first civ with coal, just propose to ban coal power plants, BAM victory point. You produce the most great admiral points, just propose to ban great admirals, BAM a point. Rinse and repeat. You need 20 to win the game. I won diplomatic victory while being at war with everyone, it was ridiculous, the ending slideshow talked something about peace it sounded ironic af.

Great people costs don't increase with number of your cities, either. The costs are the same for every civ, there is one great people pool that civs are dumping points into, competing with each other who will get the great person first. So, the more cities you have, the more great person points you will generate, the more great people you will get and your competitors get none. Since great people often give permanent empire wide bonuses until the end of the game, this mean you will snowball hard once you start snowballing.

I don't really know what it is, but this game bores me right from the start. It's less engaging than Civ V. I just don't really enjoy the aesthetic and the districts. It just feels super watered-down after coming from Civ V. Even with all the expansions and DLC this game fails to live up to it's predecessors.

Really enjoyable, like a more in-depth Age of Empires game. My girlfriend introduced me to it and I gave it a go as a "but what if YOU DO enjoy it?"

Yeah anyway right so I enjoyed it and it's one of my favourite games

It has some great innovations over Civ 5...planetary management to address Climate Change, dividing cities into various types of zones, museums full of artifacts. I don't like how builders can make only three improvements and that the 20th-century infantry wear German helmets. The maps are great, and named rivers even better. I play it at peaceful levels...I like empire-building, not competition. I have yet to check out mods.

**DO NOT BUY**

The latest update completely broke this game on MAC OS. Can't complete more than a few turns without a total crash and there has been no solution offered by anyone at Aspyr. I have sent them multiple crash reports and there's no fix coming. I have read reports about this being related to Hyper-Threading but that's about all the info I can find.

Until they get it patched, I can't recommend this game less. It doesn't run.

This game is incredibly addictive before you know it, 10 hours will have flown by. If you're a fan of 4X games, I highly recommend giving it a try!

I think it's fun and I have a few hundred hours of "just one more turn" in the future. Def recommend, you will probably get addicted to it.

Super good. The best strategy game in the world of the universe in the galaxies. ALSO PLAY BRAWL STARS NOW OR DIE (FREE DIABETES)

This is one of those games where you say to yourself "Just one more turn" and it ends up being 4am. It can be overwhelming at first if you are new to this type of game but once you have an understanding of the mechanics it becomes incredibly addictive.

10/10 would nuke my allies again bc they sent a rockband into my empire

Civilization VI is a turn-based strategy game where you build and expand your empire through diplomacy, warfare, and culture. While the game isn’t bad, I personally didn’t enjoy it much. Matches take a long time to finish, and the learning curve at the beginning can be frustrating. I prefer more classic strategy games over this style of play. That said, I understand why people like it, and I did have fun in some of the matches I played. 6/10.

Base game is pretty solid, but big earth, more leaders, expanded tech/civic mods make it so much better if you enjoy a more timeline realistic experience

Civ 6 is a great update to the already classic Civilization game system. New resources, new technologies, new terrain, and new fun to be had!

As Civilization VII turned out a half-finished mess, with effectively all the changes and new features there being ones I hate, I thought I might as well give a review to this one. After all, this is the one I'll be playing for the next 6-8 years when the Civilization feeling grabs me.
This is the best the Civilization series has to offer. Try it and have a great time! Maybe install an AI enhancing mod once you get better at the game, as the basic AI tends to not build military units for some reason.

Likes: Ability to customize a game, multitude of options and available changes to your game involving weather/faith/zombies(?!)/and etc.

Dislikes: A little tricky with UI and Civ Cards, plus playing with Religion as a possible win/lose can make a normal game go sideways.

All in all a good game that has adapted and changed over the years into something with a lot for everyone.

I dont even remember buying this game. Like im actually confused on how i have this game and dont remember receiving it for free.But still played the hell out of it. its def a great game for people who like strategy games 100 recommend

This game is not a game that uses an evolutionary controller that has gyro censors or virtual reality.

Interactive input technology is not everything. However, as a personal computer game, it still uses a lot of energy power and data space from disk drives.

Maybe playing this strategy game using a stylus pen that has palm rejection features will take this game to the next level?

What makes this game worth playing is its high critic rating.

Excellent Civ game. Maybe the most complex game in the series if you want to play this to the utmost potential. I don't have Vietnam/Khan pack and haven't played Gathering Storm but I do own it and look forward to. Will update my review. This game has big differences from the previous Civs in the graphics/Style. I personally didn't care for it at but its grown on me. I don't remember Civ5 maybe because i didn't like it but loved 4. This game has everything I want in a "One more turn its 2am Please Lord I need sleep" experience.

The combat is still my least favorite as its one hex per unit, i like the unit variation better but its not a huge + overall. The game has emphasized expansion like crazy, I liked building Tall(less cities but more developed) but that strategy/playstyle doesn't work as well, Wonders which were my 2nd favorite thing about Civ games are definitely not as vital/important, just build more cities and the new districts system. Placement of buildings is a huge part of your game choices now, build it in spot X for + bonus vs Spot Y for 0 bonuses. Diplomacy seems better, Science still fun part as is Religion which is a favorite way to play, Culture ties the whole whole convert the world theme together. Tons of different Civs to choose from so lots of replaybility.

With Civ 7 out Civ 6 is very affordable, i bought it for a fraction of what its worth on sale which is good because there is TONS of DLC content. Do yourself a favor and buy this during the fall and play till spring time. Its like winter didn't even happen.

Absolutely dirty, money hungry company. Will lock you out of their game if you don't submit to their privacy policy after the fact and will continue to produce slop sequels to cash in on its fan-base.

RIP
Bungie
Blizzard
Bethesda
Firaxis

Very fun game, especially with friends. A steep-ish learning curve, but one that is very satisfying.

This is a fine Civ game. Everyone knows they are still riding the reputation they got from Civ 5, which is the best Civ game ever. I would recommend that you forget these recreations and just play 5.

Builders only get 3 "build charges" in 6. You can automate builders to improve your kingdom forever in 5. done.

Very fun if you like slow paced historically themed games, incredibly fun to play.

I hate this game

You read that right, I dislike this game. It has taken my time, soul, and mental well being; threw it into the trash compactor; gives you a pat on the head then proceeds to chokeslam you into submission.

The skill wall is immense for the average layman. There are a lot of secret details to think about as you go into each game. There's a bajillion different characters and a bajillion amount of data you need to keep up with if you want to keep yourself alive through the ages.

And oh I mean the word "ages" literally. If i were to start off as an infant playing this game, I'd be long 6ft under by the time you even get to finishing a game. Simply put, it's an oven set to slow burn. You not only pay $60 but you also pay with your time and soul if you play this game; and that's if assuming you bought at marketprice.

And that's just the vanilla version! The version that the least amount of people play in as apparently the game must be played with the DLCs to get a full experience out of it! You want to learn Civ via internet videos, well most dont care about vanilla civ. You came to play the game as you want to play as your country? Too bad, they're behind a huge paywall. Wanna play what was advertised as a game for the people? Well tough luck getting people trying to play this game with you!

And oh! That's not to mention multiplayer! You want to play with other people as a beginner and try to get the real experience of playing with others? Well tough luck as by the 10th turn the game's likely over and your going to play a game for 3 hours-or-more playing catch up. There is no skill based matchmaking, you just pick your options, start a match and hope people want to play with basic boring vanilla settings with a dude who is mid to absolute garbage at the game.

There's a lot of things I can say about this game. But having said all of that, I do have fun playing this game

It challenges you as a person to see how much you can put up overtime throughout the ages. It grants you the fun of THINKING and it provides you with rich historical lessons, quotes, and references. It provides you a method of developing skills, sharpening your mental capacities and teaching you strategy and logistics. It cultivates your patience as an individual, testing you as you test others as well. And most of all, it gives you the opportunity to say "I Am Here!" as should you play this game you come to terms of the reality that time is valuable and should be spent well, ironic as it is.

There's a lot of things agreeable and disagreeable to what I have written and I have come to terms with these. The Civ experience is different to many people. Whether playing solo or with your friends, whether you're having a good or bad time with this game, just remember to have fun.

And so for your consideration: Sid Meier's Civilization 6

the loyalty system and limited use builders ruins the game for me as a long time civ 5 fan.

i do like the district system and differences in how building units that require resources comes out of stockpile that recharges faster with more mines you have on it.

i also like the better barbarians and improved AI on dealing with other nations and the ablity to make apostle's fight each other over religion and not start a war. all good thing. i even like the natural disaster system.

but the workers are worse but i could deal with them, its mainly the loyalty system that broke me on the game. I also think the trading is worse, the spy system sucks. i also think the global warming mechanic is a really dumb edition as it does nothing other then be annoying late game.

I have enjoyed this product from the early 90's! I'm 55 now, so I have played literal thousands of hours worth over time, over decades, lol. Always reminds me of playing an advanced version of chess. "A franchise, a personal fav for decades. Thank you to all involved in the games creation. Albeit being a lifetime fan, I am still learning more about the depth of this game, and actual new ways to play, session after session.

Thank you for one of the best brain exercises ever, lol

fun civ game, a bit too complicated for me personally, but most people love it. Lots more leaders and unrepresented nations than ever before in the series, which is a huge plus.

Such a fun experience! I have played for a little less than 200 hours but it's been one of my all time favorite games that I keep coming back to and try out something new. It has so many different ways to play and I always recommend it to anyone. It scratches the itch of playing another turn and then end up playing for the entire day. It runs smoothly and fits in with other civ games.

An excellent game. Game mechanic well described, everything has tooltips and its logic. You can clearly see everything, UI design is excellent. I like it a lot and spent plenty of time playing this game.

it's the 2nd best civ game, behind civ 4. The artstyle is fine and people who complain about it need to touch grass

Civilization is the best 4X franchise in my opinion. The best thing about it is that each entry is different but similar enough so as not to cause FOMO. You can comfortably play CIV IV, V, or VI because all of them are the same with some differences that appeal to different people and they all excel in their own way. I love historical roleplay and use this game as a medium.

I wish some eras were longer and more important but all in all the game is quite balanced and appeals to both history nuts and more casual players. I really don't like the district and amenity system, though.

Just one... more... turn...

Civ VI is the game where you try to build an empire, only to have it fall apart because you forgot to manage your happiness and decided to you'd start trying to go to the moon in lategame.

You’ll spend hours building wonders, establishing trade routes, and planning your grand strategy… only to accidentally trigger a nuclear war with Gandhi. Oops.

It’s the perfect game for anyone who loves strategy—if by strategy you mean: "Oh, I didn’t realize starting a city next to his borders would make him mad." 10/10, would accidentally declare war again.

Totally unexpected that this was going to be so fun. Never really played a game like this but I love board games like Catan. This is very similar except there are so many layers that keep you playing over and over. I'm 120 hours in and have yet to win lol. But I keep immediately starting a new game.

Friends cant play together if they don't have the same dlc (which costs more than the game itself). Almost every other 4x game lets you play. Just a horrible practice.

Used to play Civ 3 a lot back in the day, when computers had DVD readers. Few years back, got a new PC and bought Civ 6. They found a way to maintain the experience and joy of playing Civilization games, just felt like a kid and feel that everytime I launch the game. Totally recommended if you are into turn-based strategy games. Thank you, Sid Meier, Firaxis team and 2K (the last one I'm not so thankful at all, at least they have Xcom games)

Civilization VI is like playing chess, except the pieces occasionally decide to argue with you about philosophy. One moment you're building a peaceful utopia, and the next, you're embroiled in a ridiculous turf war with Cleopatra over a single tile of desert.

Let's not forget about good ol' Gandhi - starts off as the pacifist we all know. But give him a few turns, and he transforms into a nuke-happy overlord with a penchant for world domination. It's like watching your sweet grandma suddenly join a biker gang.

Challenging and super fun to play solo or with friends! Every round you play is different and with each start location you have to play the game differently. Making each game unique due to the other civilizations being random usually. Knowledge of the game comes with time and is very natural to pick up, but dont sleep on the harder difficulties. Good luck and Have Fun!!

This was my first CIV game so I can't really align with the majority opinion that 6 was trash compared to the previous two.

That being said, I just think this entry is neat. I can't bring myself to hate it. It's a uh good game.

That's mostly it, see ya.

As is tradition: followed the usual civ formula, sucked on release but then became one of the best 4x/turn based strategy games of all time after 2 expansions (which is to say, you really need those expansions for the game to feel complete)

Civ 6 was a lot more controversial due to its change in graphical/visual style and gameplay additions that felt more board-gamey or just outright changed how games played out/encouraged from you as the player, but some of the system changes from the expansions are incredible changes such as the final revision of the strategic resources system, or the electricity system in general etc so it has some incredible ideas.

This game feels a lot more lightweight and easier to jump into for immediate gameplay than previous civs, but also requires a lot more pre planning many turns ahead for what you want to do due to being unable to easily un-do/re-do choices you make or districts you've built compared to others

Its not quite civ 5 or civ 4 to me, but I enjoy it and the changes it makes quite a lot nonetheless and heavily recommend it, heres looking forward to civ 7!

I've got 725 hours on Civ 6, and it's definitely in my top 3 most played games of all time. So take that as you will before reading this review.

I'd say Civ 6 is the best strategy game to be rated 4.5/5. Sure, there are games that are rated higher, much more complex, or require a lot more in depth knowledge of the game mechanics/leaders/maps/etc to win... but nothing comes close to Civ 6 in how approachable, easy to pick up, quick to jump in, FUN, and immediately addicting it is.

"Just one... more... turn..."

Civ 6 is insanely replayable -even before you get any expansions or explore the marketplace! It is fun, strategic, economic, cultural, historic (well, it has historical people, places, things), and can even be brutal. Nuclear war is not off the table! Trading with city-states, using spies to steal enemy technologies, forcing your neighboring ally (or enemy!) to convert to your religion, and even using rock stars to spread your culture worldwide are all possible ways to work towards fulfilling a victory condition to win the game. And there are 5 different victory conditions, completing any 1 of the 5 is an automatic win! The level of replayability is endless, you can customize games to only allow certain victory conditions, or only allow specific leaders, parts of the world, etc. You can just keep making new games and having wildly different experiences.

My only complaints are : The late game turn-to-turn management is repetitive. It becomes a game of micromanagement on the largest scale. It can become tedious and take away from the immersion. My only other complaint is one a lot of people won't even notice: Once you've gotten 500+ hours in, you'll understand how annoying difficulty scaling is (and how on deity setting every other computer civ literally "cheats" They start with 3 settlers, or they can make 2 slingers per turn on turn 1, or they'll somehow have 1,500 gold on turn 2. You've gotta *really* know how to play the game, your leader, and every tip/trick. But like I said, this is something most people won't encounter.

If you're seeing all the ads and gossip about Civ 7 and are looking for a much more affordable alternative, get this game. If you like any sort of strategy, turn-based strategy, grand/4k strategy, or sim games, get this game. Even if you tried this when it first game out and weren't a fan (like me, I didn't put down Civ 5 until 2020) give this another shot. The expansions add such a plethora of awesome new dynamics that it is 100% worth the cost.

As a big time civ 5 lover this game sucks without the Gathering storm etc, also suggest you run a couple mods to change the way the game actually looks - too animated, then also some quality of life improvements such as quick deals.

Once you have the mods and the add-ons, pretty good game. Though i will always say Civ 5 is better.

I have way more hours in this game than it looks like, except that I finally caved and repurchased the game on Steam to make playing with mods easier. After two expansions, this game has really come into its own, with lots of fun systems to mess around with. The only genuinely bad idea in this game is the World Congress and the Diplomatic Victory. Proposals just come out of nowhere (heaven only knows who put these proposals forward) and diplomacy is a game of guessing what the AI will vote for. Civ V had a much better World Congress where the diplomatic leaders could put their own proposals forward, having diplomatic 'currency' gave you more votes, and you could make your own deals with the AI to convince them to support or oppose a proposal.