Civ6 Articles Thread

[Stilgar08]

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Civilization-6-Spiel-56986/Specials/E3-Vorschau-1199537/
German

Interview with Ed Beach. I would rate pcgameshardware as a reliable source usually...

- Espionage is closely linked to districts, too (??) - Maybe a security district?
- You need to capture the city center to get the city, you don't need to "capture" the districts
- building walls gives 1 range attack to the city and 2 range attack to the encampment!
- wonders cannot be destroyed but damaged by nuclear weapons....
- flanking and support boni still in place for combat
- less promotions but bigger/better ones compared to CiV
- only one district-type per city confirmed (so not 3 science districts in one city!)
- Ed states 5 hexes distance between cities seem appropriate...
- "personally I like volcanoes" (???)
- Lead designers meet with Sid Meier on a regular basis and every few weeks he gets a deep insight into CivVI and they discuss the different mechanics of the game...

 

[Stilgar08]

http://www.gamereactor.eu/news/4353...w+Incans+in+Civ+5+prototyped+Civ+6+districts/
Nothing new here, nevertheless a small article (just confirmation that Ed talked about CiV-Incas rather than CivVI...

 

[Stilgar08]

And this for the techies (no final specs, though, of course):
German article: http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Civilization-6-Spiel-56986/Specials/Interview-Technik-1199994/

They're planning for DirectX12-support
other buzzwords:

modern Physically-Based Lightning on all game-Assets incl. Normal-Map-Filter based on LEAN-Mapping. Dynamic sun with Self-Shadowing. more robust FX-System and particles.

 

[Hakan-i Cihan]

I have found this french article:
http://www.millenium.org/civilization-6/civilization-6/actualites/civ-6-civilisations-presentes-guide-faction-nation-pays-mtj-146050?page=1

My french is poor, so somebody who knows french better should check it too. Information that I retrieved is that it stated the name of the chinese agenda as "Envie de Merveilles", which probably means something like "desire for wonders". Moreover it stated that 11 of 18 civilisations are known: America, China, Egypt, Japan, England, France, Greeks, Spain, Aztecs, India and Rome. Veryfing Greeks and Rome which seemed obvious.

 

[GermanSettler]

http://www.4players.de/4players.php...n_und_Gesandte_weniger_Automatisierungen.html

I am not sure how new these information are.

Some of the bigger points:

Automatization

- less automatization (builders have to be handled manually, scouts and ships stop when they encounter ruins or foes)


Envoys and City-States

- envoys can be sent to city states
- the more quests you complete for a city state the more envoys you can place there and the more influence you have
- envoys earn ressources from the city states over time
- if your influence is big enough you become the suzerain of a city-state which gives you extra-bonusses and the loyalty of the city-state in peace and war-time
- you can recruit units from city-states for a restricted time-period (with gold)
- you can send envoys to a city-state even in war in order to try to change their loyality during the conflict
- if you declare war on a city-state you lose all envoys placed there



Again, sorry if this is old news.

 

[Stilgar08]

http://www.gamestar.de/spiele/civilization-6/news/civilization_6,53802,3275714.html
nothin much new here - just Tin confirmed and the title song will be "sogno di volare"...

 

[Cromagnus]

Didn't see this in the list:

http://venturebeat.com/2016/05/25/why-firaxis-decided-to-make-drastic-changes-to-cities-in-civilization-vi/

Included is the most important announcement I've seen so far:

"Beach: We have a whole new AI system. The AI is multithreaded this time."

If this is true, I may actually come out of retirement to play the game.

 

[V. Soma]

"Meet the Developers" article:

https://civilization.com/#news/en-civilization-vi-meet-the-developers

 

[Stilgar08]

http://www.giga.de/spiele/civilizat...n-6-in-der-vorschau-farbenfroh-aber-fordernd/

Early starter played Brazil 100 turns!

Eureka for currency - trade-route

nothin else that we don't know, though...

Spoiler :

Spoiler :

 

[oldnick42]

GameCrate hands-on as Brazil:

http://www.gamecrate.com/hands-exploring-cities-and-city-states-brazil-civilization-vi/14236

"The developers introducing our demo recommended we try out Brazil if we were interested in really diving into the new ways that cities work in Civ VI, and that was all I needed to hear to make my choice. Brazil features a couple of unique benefits that make them good city builders, including a happiness-boosting District (the Street Carnival) and benefits to many Districts when they are placed next to rainforest tiles (which will be feature on most maps in which Brazil appears, thanks to Civ VI's built-in start bias mechanics)."

 

[Cyon]

QA with ed beach from the german civ forum, good questions but most of them got answered by the lp yesterday:

Spoiler :

Link to video.

intro in german, rest in english.

 

[joncnunn]

Moderator Action: As a reminder this thread is only for listing new articles not already in the thread for the purpose of them being added to the first post.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

http://www.zam.com/article/898/our-...ization-vis-senior-gameplay-designer---part-2

Corps and Armies are in the Civics tree
reiterates Pedro's agenda: he doesn't like it when you grab a Great Person he was trying to get
goes into a little detail on modding
Diplomatic visibility is viable for multiplayer

 

[Felrisen]

Just saw this article on the Civs and Leaders

http://www.pcgamesn.com/civilization-6/civ-6-civilizations-leaders-guide

 

[donald23]

WritingBull released a new interview with Brian Busatti, Art Director.
The interview is both in English and German (subtitles for some parts):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fUm68Iw4kTI

 

[sonicmyst]

ESRB rating and explanation:

here

 

[joncnunn]

Moderator Action: Two collection of let's play video posts moved to it's own thread.

 

[V. Soma]

I do hope Firaxis reads this article:

http://www.zam.com/article/1123/six-questions-we-still-have-about-civilization-vi

 

[Stilgar08]

I do hope Firaxis reads this article:

http://www.zam.com/article/1123/six-questions-we-still-have-about-civilization-vi

Indeed a good read, especially for Firaxians!

I looked up some articles, too:
https://www.vg247.com/2016/10/04/civilization-6-play-through-the-road-to-a-religious-victory/
He's content!

I figured over the next few weeks and as my preview build is updated

So they will get updates to their version...

http://www.pcgameshardware.de/Steam-Software-69900/News/Charts-Top-10-Battlerite-GTA-5-1209508/
german article: CiVI is doing well in steamsales on 6...

http://venturebeat.com/2016/10/03/c...-addictive-and-beautiful-but-combat-is-messy/

messy combat... I got the impression he was not that experienced... And he got crushed by Tomyris

you can still do things the A.I. takes its turns. I could inspect cities, look at units, and move around the map, all while the calculations were happening.

http://www.cgmagonline.com/2016/10/03/civilization-6-preview-building-embers-predecessor/

Let's hope Ms Darney is right about this:

Civ is one of those games that has so many levels that you can play it very casually or very hardcore.

http://www.idigitaltimes.com/civilization-6-gameplay-preview-how-i-mastered-art-steal-560443

no more mixed art-and-artifact museums, though theming bonuses still apply

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2016/09/civilization-civ-6-preview-hands-on/

The game even throws your civilisation into anarchy for a few turns if you switch governments too often.

I didn't know that but I like it, if its true...

 

[Stilgar08]

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2016/10/06/civilization-vi-diary-japan/

a good read - almost like the good old Tales-Threads on this forum. I'm gonna keep an eye on that!