Civilization 6 - This is now a Battle Royale Game

[6souls]

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The next entry in the turn-based strategy franchise is in development for PC and will contain the following features.

• EXPANSIVE EMPIRES: See the marvels of your empire spread across the map like never before. Each city spans multiple tiles so you can custom build your cities to take full advantage of the local terrain;
• ACTIVE RESEARCH: Unlock boosts that speed your civilization’s progress through history. To advance more quickly, use your units to actively explore, develop your environment, and discover new cultures;
• DYNAMIC DIPLOMACY: Interactions with other civilizations change over the course of the game, from primitive first interactions where conflict is a fact of life, to late game alliances and negotiations;
• COMBINED ARMS: Expanding on the “one unit per tile” design, support units can now be embedded with other units, like anti-tank support with infantry, or a warrior with settlers. Similar units can also be combined to form powerful “Corps” units;
• ENHANCED MULTIPLAYER: In addition to traditional multiplayer modes, cooperate and compete with your friends in a wide variety of situations all designed to be easily completed in a single session;
• A CIV FOR ALL PLAYERS: Civilization VI provides veteran players new ways to build and tune their civilization for the greatest chance of success. New tutorial systems are designed to introduce new players to the underlying concepts of Civilization so they can easily get started on a path to victory.

http://store.steampowered.com/app/289070 - $59.99/£49.99/€59.99

[Skai]

Best news ever.

[Tenebrium]

I am so goddamn excited! This game is gonna kick so much ass.

[Jinn]

Just seen this! Love these games!!! Cannot wait \:D/

New art style is interesting, looks a bit crisp and clean compared to CIV5... I'm liking it so far. Love how teh troops look like Giants compared to the structures, I know they've always been larger while moving around the map but it's rather enjoyable now.

Anyone have any idea the difference between the 59.99 and 79.99 versions?

[Destinye]

Now lets see if it lets you mod the damn multiplayer.

[Andalusian girls]

yes please

tho, Civ games usually only catch up with their predecessors after a couple expansions

[Indalecia]

Was super excited. Between Civ IV and Civ V, have something like 3k hours in these games.

Then I saw the mobile-like graphics. What the fuck, Firaxis?

[tyven]

Civ 5 was my first and only civ and i put more hours into it than any other game ever in the history of my life outside of XI. I also didnt end up getting it until it was like 5 bones on a humble bundle. Wow i am pumped for this

[Purrrfect]

Was super excited. Between Civ IV and Civ V, have something like 3k hours in these games.

Then I saw the mobile-like graphics. What the fuck, Firaxis?

This. So heartbreaking when I saw the shots on steam. I really hope I'm able to get over it, but this is the same reason I couldn't handle WoW. Watch it turn out looking like crap but has an amazing AI...

[Indalecia]

http://i.imgur.com/BbxFrSv.jpg

-Fog of war will look like a hand-drawn map of the areas you've already explored.

-Ed Beach (dev of BNW and G&K) says that the Sphinx, Great Wall, Coliseum and an Asian building that I don't know will be in the game- two will be WWs, and two will be a unique building.

-The great work system is back in Civ VI. The Mona Lisa and Starry night artworks will return

-"The great work system and the way you interact with it is gorgeous and beautiful and everything that the system deserves. It's gonna surprise everyone" This is probably gonna be something to do with UI rather than gameplay, as he talks about the UI team.

-Some fleshing out of the agenda system- "we have an agenda system that's gonna drive them to each have things they care very deeply about.

-So, Gandhi's gonna have some friends in terms of interesting characters that you love and hate as you play the game"

-"Liberty Leading the People" by Eugene Delacroix will return as a great work

-Changes have been made to the science victory

-One victory type is gone from Civ V, one new one has been added (fingers crossed it's a diplomacy rehaul)

-The theory that they're using to build the diplomacy system- "As Civilisations grow, warfare becomes less and less the condition of diplomacy" "early on, war will be the natural state of the game"

-Further on in the game you will have to "formally declare war" [Casus Belli system?]

-"Because cities are spread out, you're gonna be fighting in your campus, your holy site, your neighbourhoods, so it just introduces a whole new level of decisions that you have toi make to really defend what's yours"

-The technology boosts are called "Eureka moments"

-It is Sean Bean in the intro. "he managed to make it through the whole recording session without anything unfortunate happening"

-Atlas will not be appearing as a wonder in the base game, but Ed has considered adding it later on.

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Civ V
http://blogs.forbes.com/davidewalt/f...screenshot.jpg

Civ VI
http://cdn.akamai.steamstatic.com/st...g?t=1462984018

[tyven]

the graphics choice is so funny

[Destinye]

the graphics choice is so funny

"what we didn't tell you...was this game will have cash shop features. The graphics? Yeah just so we can spring the fact there will be a mobile version."

But seriously, I know the first mods will be graphical changes lol.

[Jaybar]

-It is Sean Bean in the intro. "he managed to make it through the whole recording session without anything unfortunate happening"

Best part.

[Hellfury]

I think... I'm going to have some kübler-ross time with those new graphics, I don't get it :/

[TheDirtyHobo]

I feel like general reaction has been split between "this is so awful it decreases my interest in buying the game because of it" and "yeah it's really bad but visuals have never been the point of a Civil game, as long as the mechanics are fine I'll deal with it."

Personally I'm on the second camp but maybe the universally negative reaction will spur some redesign. As much as they can really do in 5 months, anyways. Doubtful, though.

[Destinye]

I feel like general reaction has been split between "this is so awful it decreases my interest in buying the game because of it" and "yeah it's really bad but visuals have never been the point of a Civil game, as long as the mechanics are fine I'll deal with it."

Personally I'm on the second camp but maybe the universally negative reaction will spur some redesign. As much as they can really do in 5 months, anyways. Doubtful, though.

Plenty, since while graphics HASN'T been a focus of CIV games, CIV V looked amazing for what it was. This does literally look like one of those mobile games you get slapped with "energy" you have to purchase if you actually like playing it for any length of time.

[Lucavi]

Goddamn you, mobile.

[Indalecia]

I feel like general reaction has been split between "this is so awful it decreases my interest in buying the game because of it" and "yeah it's really bad but visuals have never been the point of a Civil game, as long as the mechanics are fine I'll deal with it."

Personally I'm on the second camp but maybe the universally negative reaction will spur some redesign. As much as they can really do in 5 months, anyways. Doubtful, though.

The thing that infuriates me are the people going "well, you played Civ IV and it looked like that then."

No fucking shit sherlock but it also came out in 2005. It was also a graphical progression on III, in the same way V was a progression on IV. I don't feel that getting a graphical retrograde straight to Civ Revolutions (or whatever that bastardized Xbox port was) is warranted. I'm not asking for Skyrim after 87 mods pretty, I'm just looking for progression. And mobile derp derp graphics is not a progression. It's insulting.

So no, even though I've dropped thousands of hours into this series, as of now, I have no interest in VI. It could be the second coming of Ridill for all I care, if it looks like "Farmville: Now with leaders!", I'm out.

[Cantih]

If you want a Civ with stunning art, get on Endless Legend.

[Indalecia]

400 hours :D