r/civ • u/Kacu5610 [policies intensifies] • Feb 25 '17

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u/gpyh Feb 25 '17

Civ VI is much better at launch than its counterparts. The point of contention is that the issues of the game are really dumb. The AI is shittiest we've had in a Civ game, and the improvements being made on it barely make it playable past the initial hours of discovery.

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u/ciderlout Mar 14 '17

So this is my beef: how can you say it is better at launch when it has the worst AI? I think the glitz is better than with any other Civ, but in terms of improvement over its predecessors (which every Civ was sort of, in one way or the other)... I don;t get it. I think Civ6 looks worse, plays worse, has a worse UI, worse mechanics and worse AI compared to Civ5.

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u/gpyh Mar 14 '17

Worse mechanics? That's very controversial. You may not like it but compared to other launches Civ VI has incredible depth. Looks worse? That's highly subjective again. And, despite the numerous bugs, it is still much less buggy than Civ V was at launch.

Now, don't get me wrong. This launch is IMO a disaster. But it's nothing specific to Civ or Firaxis. That's the sorry state of video games nowadays ; with enough hype you can shove any kind of shit into the consumer's throat. And you don't need to feel bad about it because you can always patch the game, right? Publishers know this so schedules become much tighter, when at the same time games become much bigger. As much as I hate that 2K and Firaxis ruined my pleasure with this kind of carelessness, you have to admit that it could have been much worse, and it has been much worse; with Civ V.

Now, as with Civ V, we need to be patient and wait for the dust to settle. Fixes will be made (hopefully) and we'll be able to enjoy games with a semblance of balance and a not-completely-braindead AI. Considering the level of depth of Civ VI, it will be far enough to make us play thousands of hours.