Civilization VI

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Official YouTube: YouTube

Spoiler: Trailers

Spoiler: Old Information

Leaders
Egypt: Cleopatra VII
England: Queen Victoria
America: Theodore Roosevelt
Japan: Hōjō Tokimune
China: Qin Shi Huang
Aztec: Moctezuma I
France: Catherine de' Medici
Brazil: Pedro II
Scythia: Tomyris
Gemany: Frederick Barbarossa
Spain: Philip II of Spain
India: Mahatma Gandhi and Chandgragupta
Kongo: Mvemba a Nzinga
Norway: Harald Sigurdsson
Greece: Pericles and Gorgo
Rome: Trajan
Arabia: Saladin
Russia: Peter the Great
Poland: Jadwiga
Persia: Cyrus the Great
Australia: John Curtain
Indonesia: Dyah Gitarja
Khmer: Jayavarman VII
Nubia: Amanitore
Macedon: Alexander the Great
Hungary: Matthias Corvinus
Zulu: Shaka
Sweden: Kristina
Mali: Mansa Musa
Inca: Pachacuti
Canada: Wilfrid Laurier
Maori: Kupe
Ottomans: Suleiman
Mapuche: Lautaro
Scotland: Robert the Bruce
Georgia: Tamar
Cree: Poundmaker
Mongolia: Genghis Khan
Phoenicia: Dido
Netherlands: Queen Wilhelmina
Korea: Queen Seondeok

Spoiler

Gameplay Videos (old)
Brazil #1
Brazil #2
France
Japan (Part: 2, 3)
Egypt

Other Videos
First Look: The Development Team
First Look: The Art of Civilization VI

Unstacked Cities: Cities and Districts overview
Localised Happiness: Happiness specific to individual cities
Roads: Created by trade routes, not workers
AI Changes: The Agenda and Gossip systems (information gathering)
Unit Stacking: Stacking and grouping units together
Eureka System: Science and technology advancements
Civic System: Policies and goals for the Civilisation
Religion Changes: How they adopt and evolve over time
Multiplayer: Improvements and new game modes
New Playstyles: Such as religious wars and cultural differences
World Congress: Not in the base game, but is coming

 

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I don't really mind the graphics. The graphics in Civ 5, although an oldish game now, never bother me and I just play it for the strategy. Still, they should be better, texture wise at least and the colours a bit more "deep" so it doesn't look as cartoony.

 

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Anyone want to take bets on how broken it is at launch?

Severely! If Civ 5 and BE were anything to go by, but hopefully they break the habit.

 

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A guy on r/civ on Reddit did a colour fix of one the screenshots. Looks a lot better. If they just increase the texture resolution somewhat then I'd be really happy with it.



Also the game will appear have all of the content that Civ 5 currently has in the base game which is good, was expecting more of a shell of a game that needs 2 expansions to fix. See here. Quote:

In previous iterations of the series, certain systems were left out of the initial release, which were then added in through subsequent expansions. Beach told us, however, that all of the major systems — including espionage, religion, tourism, archaeology, and trade routes — will be in place at launch. He admits that some will be more fleshed out than others, still leaving room for later additions, but the basics will be there. Beach cited his team’s experience on Civ V’s expansions as ideal preparation for tackling the core game’s entirety.

 

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Game play footage:

 

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Wasnt sure if I liked the new look from the original screenshots but have to say now that I've seen them in motion I rather like them. Loving that day/night cycle too

Yeah they are pretty nice in motion when playing the normal game, although I think they could maybe tweak the colours to be less saturated and preferably increased texture quality but they are minor issues and the game isn't out for months yet.

 

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I personally like the look of this. I honestly don't understand why there is a marmite reaction to this video (perhaps the first image released was meh, but after seeing it running, personally cant complain).

Yeah, I'm quite surprised. It looks a lot better in motion than the still screenshots showed.

 

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They've been periodically releasing leader videos which give a nice insight into who's the leader of that civilization and what their unique benefits are. Egypt got release yesterday but they've also shown England and America. Glad there's a shake up of the leaders and we're not just getting a rehash of 5's roster.

 

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Japan look really nice. Glad they kept the Samurai as that unit was awesome. The new bonuses for tight packing districts sounds interesting. Not sure how effective that bonuses when on a coast will be though for units, can imagine much fighting is done there other than early game (assuming we'd still need tech before we can enter deep water).

 

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It's just their art style they've gone with, but Cleopatra does look a bit "too much".

 

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Honestly the game could be potato quality in the graphics department but if they have nailed the strategy / core game then I wouldn't care. I'm surprised how many people are bothered so much by it. It's why Civ 4 is still so popular, the strategy in a 4x game is way more important than the eye candy. But I'm not agreeing that it's a bad looking game; personally I love the stylised "cartoony" graphics, it's very vibrant and refreshing.

Only thing right now I'm praying for in Civ 6 is good AI. Civ 5 wasn't bad (well, eventually, was horrific at the start) but it was too predictable and the difficulties levels were so cheesey. AI didn't get any smarter, it just got a headstart.

 

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I'm happy to pre-order it even after BE (which isn't terrible, but is very average), but I'm not pre-ordering for £50. Will keep an eye on other retailers until it gets around £30 ish.

 

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If you see a deep and thought-provoking strategy game underneath those cartoony graphics you are in for a big shock.

You can play this game on a tablet with ease because it's simple. Trying doing the same with EUIV.

This is just utter nonsense. Why can't it be "deep and thought-provoking" because it has "cartoony" graphics? Purely because of the graphics? And what makes it simple? We've haven't seen that much of the game to make any judgement either for or against it's complexity. You have no idea how well Civ VI would run on a tablet, assuming it would purely because it has "cartoony" graphics is garbage.

Also, you can play EU4 on a tablet.

It's been £29.99 on cdkeys since they put it up. £28.49 after the 5% Facebook code.

Nice! Thanks

 

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I must admit the worker thing was a bit odd as I like the way workers are at the moment in Civ 5 but I don't know enough about the overall game to see how well they fit in.

Also, read today also that Christopher Tin is doing the Civ 6 theme \o/

 

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Eagle Warriors sound really awesome turning defeated units into workers. Must admit though I'm going to miss the Montezuma screen from Civ 5.

 

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Great watch for people looking at an overall nutshell on what changes are coming over Civ V:

Unstacked Cities: Cities and Districts overview
Localised Happiness: Happiness specific to individual cities
Roads: Created by trade routes, not workers
AI Changes: The Agenda and Gossip systems (information gathering)
Unit Stacking: Stacking and grouping units together
Eureka System: Science and technology advancements
Civic System: Policies and goals for the Civilisation
Religion Changes: How they adopt and evolve over time
Multiplayer: Improvements and new game modes
New Playstyles: Such as religious wars and cultural differences
World Congress: Not in the base game, but is coming

 

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There are definitely other suitable people to lead France but I think Catherine de' Medici a good pick. She was one of the most powerful women (if not the most) in Europe during the 1500s. I'd imagine someone like the Cersei character from Game of Thrones has a lot of inspiration from her. I'm glad they've made France lean towards a spy/espionage civilisation as she was very shady so it fits well.

 

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