Civilization VI

delta0 · 12 May 2020 at 10:00

I will pick up this frontier pass when it is available on steam.

Pottsey · 12 May 2020 at 10:31

arknor said:
yea a lot of stuff is missing or deeply hidden , I don't like the UI and the map as god damn awful, you can't tell whats a hill and whats a plain

didn't their used to be "the greatest civilizations" thing every 10 or so turns as well showing a different type each time, most educated, most powerful, most peaceful, most religious or whatever they were.

Have you seen the official Civ 5 environment mod for Civ 6? Its made by the developers and it changes the graphics and colours to be closer to Civ 5. The hills are still poor but the forests/jungles are much improved. That combined with the mod that adds single player animations back into multiple helps a little.

Tombstone · 12 May 2020 at 10:57

b0rn2sk8 said:
I don’t disagree but I don’t think those DLC as they are described are actually adding much to the game.

The number 1 rule of video games these days is don’t pre-order, that should certainly apply to the promise of un-described DLC over the next year....

The pass will likely be 33%-50% off by Xmas anyway.

Thats probably why they are allowing you to buy the DLCs individually, rather than in advance. So you can wait, see what each pack has in it and decide whether you want that particular pack or want to skip that one and get the next

JeditOjanen · 12 May 2020 at 13:08

b0rn2sk8 said:
The pass will likely be 33%-50% off by Xmas anyway.

It will be 20% off in the Steam Summer Sale.

shamus21 · 13 May 2020 at 13:32

Rip off . They need to fix as many of the bugs they can and game play issues first.

Tombstone · 13 May 2020 at 13:35

shamus21 said:
Rip off . They need to fix as many of the bugs they can and game play issues first.

At this stage, its been almost 4 years since the game came out and development on Civ 7 is probably well under way, not likely to see much in the way of bug fixes and gameplay alterations now.

MouthBoy · 13 May 2020 at 14:31

shamus21 said:
Rip off . They need to fix as many of the bugs they can and game play issues first.

Every civ has had underlying issues, but generally, AI aside, I find Civ6 not that bad. Civ5 I found buggier and Civ4 had its share of them, but the AI in Civ4 was sublime.

pepp77 · 13 May 2020 at 15:07

Nice overview of some of the new stuff.

Its been confirmed that there are 6 DLCs and 6 non paid for updates coming over the next 12 months starting next Thursday.

If you want to see some of the new content I would recommend the following twitch https://www.twitch.tv/thegamemechanic - next Thursday at about 5pm as he is planning to play it on release day (he is a Civ VI streamer)

I never played Iv or V but got into Vi after seeing some youtube of it and whilst I agree it isnt perfect it is enjoyable and from the videos I have seen of V it is much better. For the hills that doesn't bother me as I play with tile yields on and can tell what something is from the yields shown.

MouthBoy · 14 May 2020 at 18:39

Maya are looking good and strong. Small empire, feed off farms with simple boost to science. Good midgame civ I bet.

Efour · 14 May 2020 at 19:50

Meh i bought the deluxe edition for full price and having to pay for add on civs even now seems a bit frustrating.
They certainly know how to milk One more turn addicted Civ fanatics

MouthBoy · 14 May 2020 at 19:57

Efour said:
Meh i bought the deluxe edition for full price and having to pay for add on civs even now seems a bit frustrating.
They certainly know how to milk One more turn addicted Civ fanatics

I believe I have bought all mine at full price and most of my wife's too. I really do not see an issue with this. It's not like it's just a skin for a model that has no additional benefits or a pay to win scenario. They are adding new content for those who wish to play but the base game changes that go along with it are free for everyone.

Tombstone · 14 May 2020 at 20:01

50 Civs is pretty impressive, even for a Civ title

MouthBoy · 14 May 2020 at 20:07

Tombstone said:
50 Civs is pretty impressive, even for a Civ title

I think it's more than 50 in total as I have 46 I think now and they are adding 9 more.

Tombstone · 15 May 2020 at 12:14

If rumours are true, the next free giveaway game on Epic Games is Civ 6

JeditOjanen · 15 May 2020 at 12:53

MouthBoy said:
I think it's more than 50 in total as I have 46 I think now and they are adding 9 more.

46 civs, or 46 leaders? There are several civs that have more than one.

MouthBoy · 15 May 2020 at 18:37

JeditOjanen said:
46 civs, or 46 leaders? There are several civs that have more than one.

Yep you're right. Can't check right now for exact figure but I counted that many leaders.

Tombstone · 19 May 2020 at 18:34

Colombia seem a little OP for the early game

MouthBoy · 19 May 2020 at 21:24

Maya for the first play for me

Teaf · 20 May 2020 at 16:02

Maya look fantastic, especially for early rushing. They seem to have a bit of everything but I'm not sure on their late game feasibility. Will be interesting to play though!

Teaf · 21 May 2020 at 08:43

Available on Steam now for £32.99, or just Maya and Columbia separate for £7.39.

Also, here's the patch notes.