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From: rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge)
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Subject: Re: FREE GAME: motherfucking CIVILIZATION VI Platinum
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Originator: rridge@csclub.uwaterloo.ca (Ross Ridge)

Mike S.  <Mike_S@nowhere.com> wrote:
>If the series ended with 3, I think your opinion would be more
>widespread.

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.

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.

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.

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