Re: FREE GAME: motherfucking CIVILIZATION VI Platinum

On Fri, 18 Jul 2025 14:55:00 -0000 (UTC), in
comp.sys.ibm.pc.games.action, Ross Ridge wrote:

Mike S.  <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:

If the series ended with 3, I think your opinion would be more
widespread.

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I've enjoyed every Civilization game up to Civilization V.  The sixth
game was disappointment for one simple reason: the AI was dumb as
a rock.  Civlilzation always had the best AI of all the 4X games, it
wasn't really close.  When a message popped up on your screen saying
a computer player declared war on you, you knew there was a huge army
sitting just outside of your vision range.  In Civ6 you'll be lucky to
find a couple of weak units at your border.
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I didn't have a problem with how they changed the systems up thoughout
the series.  I enjoyed Endless Legend's district system and I liked
Civilization VI's take on it.  That's why I was able to spend way too
many hours playing the game on the hope that maybe this time the AI
would be fixed.  It'll be why I'll give a try now that I have access
to the expansions.  Maybe the AI is broken because it expects all the
features of the expansions to be in play.  Probably not though.
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When playing a new Civilization game I'm not looking for the same game
but with better graphics.  I'd be happy just playing the original game
if the game play never evolved from that.  I want them to mess with
the formula so I actually have a new game to play.  I think the big
mistake Firaxis made with Civilization VII was not just sticking with
the Civilization VI engine.  Maybe redo the art in a different style,
but no one really cares if the game is using cutting edge shading effects.
Only having to reskin the UI would've also helped with a lot of usability
complaints about the game.

I found the second expansion increased the difficulty level for the
player, as far as empire management, which evened things out a little
more.

But it was the *second* expansion, and I figure once I figure out how to
deal with influence and revolting cities, I'll be back to "gee, the AI is
dumb as rocks."

Influence and fealty seriously inhibit the ability to run over a rival
empire roughshod. In Civ V, you just ran over the whole thing and built
courthouses. In VI with the second expansion, you get more than two
cities in and you've got serious problems with the conquered just telling
you to pound sand and give the city back to its rightful civ.

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