Civilization VI

[Martinus]

Could be that Kongo has a hidden random agenda of disliking people who explore more than he does.

[Tamas]

I have come to like the graphics, although I was very critical of them based on screenshots. It is just nice, colourful, and lively.

I have settled down to using my "eureka off" mod and having Barbarians on.

Trying Kongo at the moment. I am starting to gain a lead in points over everyone as I now have my early Neighbourhoods and that has pretty much removed the barriers from rampant city growth.

I am undecided about the AI. I don't remember Civ ever having anything resembling a truly good AI it was just cheating relentlessly, and if this one had the free upgrade of units like the one in Civ4 had (can't recal if 5 had it), would be quite dangerous I think.

[FunkMonk]

This game is a good game. Well worth the $47 I paid for it.

[Tamas]

Some initial Civ4 reactions to keep things in perspective:
http://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/initial-civfan-reactions-to-civ-4.602405/

[garbon]

Could be that Kongo has a hidden random agenda of disliking people who explore more than he does.

Oh no, I definitely know they have that as I've gotten statement before in other games about letting them do exploring. Seems a bit odd though that such is what triggered an immediate war.

[DGuller]

One thing that many people are pointing out, too, the "science rush" people are experiencing may in fact be caused by people playing the game wrong.

"You played the game wrong, you uncultured barbarian", said the pikeman captain to the tank commander.

[Martinus]

I can't believe I just lost the game as France. I was on my way to win the cultural game (and had the strongest military and science) but once I invented Enlightenment I stopped caring for American missionary spam (I was Catholic, America was Protestant, Arabia got wiped out by barbarians, and Aztecs did not found any religion). And fucking Americans won a religious victory. In 1800s.

[Caliga]

'Murica.

[Martinus]

I blame Arabs. If they weren't wiped out by barbarians, I bet they would play the silly game of religion with America and keep the balance, while I would have sailed easily into a culture victory.

[Barrister]

I blame Arabs.

What else is new.

[The Brain]

How the fuck do you win a religious victory?

[mongers]

How the fuck do you win a religious victory?

Superior brain-washing.

[Eddie Teach]

How the fuck do you win a religious victory?

Bring about the Rapture.

[Berkut]

How the fuck do you win a religious victory?

It's just called a "religious" victory. There are actually other, hidden and undelying VP checks happening that actually drive the win, you just can't tell.

[Zoupa]

The game is in serious need of balancing. Wayyyyyyyyyyyyy too strong bonuses for every little thing.

Some UI and gameplay additions would be nice too:

Why can't I have a build queue?
Where is the Alert function for units?
Why can't I adjust tooltip delay?
Why can't I see a city's potential radius when I have my settler selected?
Why don't I get an alert when my city grows or a city's borders expand?
Why can't I tell which tile will be available next and when?
Why don't I get a pop-up saying what bonus was given by the tribal village I just explored?
Why doesn't the map zoom to where my unit is being beat up by a barbarian?

These were all available with Civ 5, seems puzzling why they would take any of these out. I don't want to guesstimate when I play a strategy game, I want to strategize.

Btw if anybody has answers about my list of grievances above, do tell. I might just be ignorant about where to click to get the info.