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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
Civilization 6 is so awful that it is the first civ game that I have not played the guts out of. It is so bad that I am seriously considering taking it off my HD. It is so bad that I didn't buy the 1st major expansion, something I have never done with any other Civ game. Awful.
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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
The AI is truly terrible. The religion system just spams units so you're in religious combat for 3/4 of the game. The map feels crammed together. The entire pace of the game feels constipated. Somehow it completely lacks all fun and "play one more turn" factors.
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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
I like some of the things Civ6 did in theory (like city districts), but in practice, it somehow just doesn't work.
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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
I hate the religion system so much that when I played I stopped trying to get a religion, despite the benefits. I'm not the sort of player who usually complains about micro, but the micro was insane and uninteresting.
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Cinder
@Triquetrea
Replying to
@iwelsh
I recently had the experience of going back to Total War: Shogun 2, and saw instantly how much the subsequent, pre-Warhammer games had lost that charm. I'm glad to know it's not just me, though: I hate Civ 6 so much I refused to play it with the friend who BOUGHT IT for me.
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Ian Welsh
@iwelsh
Replying to
@Triquetrea
Honestly, I think Total War: Medieval (the first one) was the last good one they made before Warhammer. I'm waiting for Warhammer II to drop in price (I'm a high elf fanboy, and the tomb lords and Slann look great too.)
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