the AI still sucks. They have fixed some bugs over the years but its fundamental flaws still exist. You can download mods to fix some elements of it but it's a band aid.

TBH I preferred Civ 5's AI (which was also bad). civ 6 has so many complex systems that the AI just doesn't know what do past a certain point. It just doesn't make sense that a Deity AI is suiciding trade routes, ships, etc into me, while not upgrading their crappy units. I mainly have fun by doing unoptimal builds on difficulty 6 or 7. If you play too optimally there's too many abusable AI traits

I feel weird about the new expansion pass or whatever they are calling it. I love Civ dearly, one of my all time favorite series, but I'm not really excited about a drip feed of Civs and some extra game modes. That tweet alleviates some of my concerns, in that these are systems changes and not whacky scenarios, but I think I'll wait for reviews/sales.

The AI is my chief issue with the game, as well. I wish that at higher difficulties, the AI became smarter, rather than just gifted better tools. As is, I feel very confined in the ways that I'm able to play in Deity, and it's simply a question of whether or not I can catch up in the mid-game, as the late-game sort of plays itself into a victory once you're there...

andrewlt

United States7702 Posts

May 17 2020 19:21 GMT

#1103

Interesting timing on this one. I was about to upgrade to platinum edition during the upcoming Steam Summer sale. I play Civ casually as a sandbox game so I was waiting for it to become cheap enough to play casually. I haven't played Civ 6 since release.

Opposition1

14 Posts

May 17 2020 20:57 GMT

#1104

@Chemist391 it's highly unlikely to change in the future. Firaxis stated they do not plan to make the .dll source code available, which is crucial for modders to make the AI behave like...well...anything but what it does now. The game is great multiplayer in its current iteration, but I think most seasoned players will agree with you that without the ability to play against the AI in a challenging game that isn't limited to them having three times as many cities at the start is a blocker to keep playing.

mahrgell

Germany3943 Posts

May 17 2020 21:01 GMT

#1105

Civ6 (base game) is most likely to be free on Epic Store starting on 21st of May. (currently they have GTA5 for free)

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

May 19 2020 20:24 GMT

#1106

Extremely aggressive civ... Not to mention is UU is OP as hell.

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

May 21 2020 04:30 GMT

#1107

Torchise

Canada245 Posts

May 21 2020 15:35 GMT

#1108

For those who have not tried out the game, you can claim the base CIV 6 game for free in the Epic Games Store: https://www.epicgames.com/store/en-US/product/sid-meiers-civilization-vi/home

This promotion will last until next week.

Garrl

Scotland1974 Posts

May 21 2020 17:03 GMT

#1109

is this worth playing without the DLC?

Simberto

Germany11559 Posts

May 21 2020 17:13 GMT

#1110

Definitively worth playing a few times, longevity depends on your preferences.

EchelonTee

United States5245 Posts

May 21 2020 18:10 GMT

#1111

as a base game, Civ 6 has a pretty good suite of features. It's not as bad as Civ 5 where expansions are regarded as "mandatory" for a fun experience.

zatic

Zurich15348 Posts

June 19 2020 09:45 GMT

#1112

I got all DLCs in a bundle last night and played the first time post vanilla. I must say it's a huge improvement. Might not be saying much because I thought the original game was kind of disappointing. But at least I really like the direction they took it in and almost all of the new features.

Also, from my 3 hours of gameplay: Settling next to volcanoe with that city planner governor promotion = imbaaaaa? I have early game 6 production 5 food yields ....

zatic

Zurich15348 Posts

June 23 2020 22:51 GMT

#1113

So after playing some more Gathering Storm I must say I like it a lot. Now: Is anyone here into Earth / History mods and do they exist for Gathering Storm?

I found this for a large Earth map: https://forums.civfanatics.com/forums/yet-not-another-maps-pack.573/

However it says all over that it doesn't work for GS and indeed it crashes as soon as one of the global warming effects happen. Apparently there is no fix nor one possible?

Anyone else know of a similar large world mod/map with historic starting locations, resources, wonders, names, etc?

{CC}StealthBlue

United States41117 Posts

July 15 2020 07:11 GMT

#1114

Secret Societies look dumb as hell, as was expected. Why they can't just introduce Merchant Companies that can grow and evolve into Worldwide Corporations is beyond me.

TheFish7

United States2824 Posts

July 16 2020 23:00 GMT

#1115

Been getting back into this game lately. Seems like a lot of the recently added stuff is all relating to culture and diplomacy? I'd love more unique units, unit promotions, heroes, stuff like that. Secret societies seems pretty lame tbh.

I like the merchant companies idea, thinking about the impact something like the Dutch east india company and the later British one had on history it'd be a fun concept.

Another thing I always wanted in civ games was more advanced barbarians. Like lategame barbarians like the brotherhood of Nod from C&C suddenly appearing would be interesting. Or maybe drug cartels or terrorist organizations or anarchists blowing things up.