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1 minute ago, High Plains Drifter said:

 

So, I've never played beyond III. Should I got to IV, V, or all the way to VI?

What say the surl?

I wouldn't start with 6. It's too different. The learning curve from 3 to 5 is probably steep as well (I haven't played 3 in forever) but 5 is such a vast improvement in so many ways. 4 is a great game. Nothing wrong with just starting there - it's basically like 3 just improved across the board. 

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Plenty of people pick the game up that have never played, so I wouldn’t be worried about learning curve.  I remember enjoying 4 the most out of all of them, and would probably say that one if you’re only going to play one. Have they released an updated graphics version of 4?

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So, I've never played beyond III. Should I got to IV, V, or all the way to VI?
What say the surl?
I loved 4, especially with some of the custom mods people made like A New Dawn and another mod for that same mod Rise of Mankind. I may have that backwards maybe RoM was the mod and AND was the mod mod.

5 was very enjoyable after the final expansion pack.

I've enjoyed 6 a lot, I think I enjoy it more than 5 but prefer the art direction of 5. Good news, there is a mod by an artist that worked on civ 5 that changes the graphics of 6 to match those of 5.

One thing that stood out to me was up through civ 4 you could really do these massive empires on massive maps.

I think in 5 city spam started to get curtailed some and you would be a bit more strategic in fitting your cities into available space.

Also I stopped playing on maps larger than Standard in 5 and 6 because the game was so resource intensive.
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You're fine to jump into the series whenever each is an independent game, it's not a sequel system. They're only numbered to keep them apart. They need to remake the game every so often to take advantage of new tech and graphics, or try out or expand on existing systems.

I love all the Civ games, but I think Civ 6 is a decent "beginners Civ" since it's dumbed down a bit from previous ones like Civ 4 and 5. They also went with a more cell-shaded look for Civ 6, as opposed to more realism of the past so you don't need a beefy pc for big maps. 

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same one I am on. I handle 6 no problem. I play with Scythia and just go heavy heavy military build. Once you research horseback, all horse back units become two for one. I conquer the first two people I can and go heavy into building to get that science back up and by that point I have around 6-9 cities. Cake walk once you conquer that second one.

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13 minutes ago, MisterP said:

same one I am on. I handle 6 no problem. I play with Scythia and just go heavy heavy military build. Once you research horseback, all horse back units become two for one. I conquer the first two people I can and go heavy into building to get that science back up and by that point I have around 6-9 cities. Cake walk once you conquer that second one.

your avatar seems nice

 

 

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I don't have a screenshot or anything but I just won a Rome religious victory and I was able to make a capital that had Chichen Itza hit 11 rainforest tiles and another city with a Petra that hit I think it was 10 mines.

I normally never build Chichen Itza because I usually chop all rainforest but I happen to try the rainforest pantheon because it was going to give me a great early game holy site, so I left all the rainforest I would normally chop.

Probably nobody cares but I do love it when you can pull off a ridiculous yield wonder.

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I think I prefer the tile and terrain of 6 over 5. But the ugly looking leaders have got to go 

3600 hours in Civ 6, and 1300 in Civ 5. Don’t even ask about 2-4. I can quit anytime, but just one more turn…

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On 7/6/2024 at 8:47 AM, randomhorn said:

I think I prefer the tile and terrain of 6 over 5. But the ugly looking leaders have got to go 

3600 hours in Civ 6, and 1300 in Civ 5. Don’t even ask about 2-4. I can quit anytime, but just one more turn…

I agree. I do think base Civ 6 was not better than Civ 5 but the expansions made it way better. I love districts but I am open to whatever they have planned

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33 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

have they published a leader list? is gandhi about to nuke the world again

They have announced a few. This time leaders are independent from the Civ you pick, and most are not traditional leaders but "Great Persons." So like you can pick Ben Franklin and run Egypt, despite him never being an actual leader of any Country. 
https://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-7/leaders

 

Here are all the Civ 7 leaders revealed so far:

Amina
Ashoka
Augustus Caesar
Benjamin Franklin
Catherine the Great
Charlemagne
Confucius
Friedrich
Harriet Tubman
Hatshepsut
Himiko
Ibn Battuta
Isabella
José Rizal
Lafayette
Napoleon Bonaparte
Niccoló Machiavelli
Pachacuti
Tecumseh
Trung Trac

 

 

 

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It's getting mixed reviews. Apparently a bit of a departure from the traditional civ gameplay. 
I might give it a couple months to let them tweak and bugfix.
Ugh. I was definitely worried that the were releasing (the same version?) on OC and console at the same time. The dumbing down was inevitable.
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55 minutes ago, ztejas said:
It's getting mixed reviews. Apparently a bit of a departure from the traditional civ gameplay. 
I might give it a couple months to let them tweak and bugfix.

Ugh. I was definitely worried that the were releasing (the same version?) on OC and console at the same time. The dumbing down was inevitable.

Just let the modders get their hands on it.

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2 hours ago, ztejas said:

It's getting mixed reviews. Apparently a bit of a departure from the traditional civ gameplay. 

I might give it a couple months to let them tweak and bugfix.

I've mostly heard people bashing the UI. 
I agree there probably needs  to be a solid balance pass because SpiffingBrit was stacking bonuses to get Roman Legions hitting as hard as modern tanks, but that's what he does.

 

It seems some people have said that, after a little bit of playing, everything seems to "click" and it's really fun.

 

I hope they open up the game so modders can do some true modding this time around, like what they used to do with Civ 4.

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47 minutes ago, Celery Man said:

Of all of the different types of critics, I care the least about video game critics, and especially of nerd games.

I'll take video game critics over music critics. I trust PC Gamer - they gave 5 a 93, 6 a 93 and 7 a 76. But I didn't really like 6 at all. 

Guessing 7 will be hit or miss with fans of the series. Which is how 6 was, tbh.

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