Recent content by Abaxial

One of the reasons I won't play Civ VII. (1) It is completely contrary to the basic premise of Civ: build a civilisation that stands the test of time. (2) It is so obviously just an artificial game mechanic with no historical basis.

I confess not to having played Civ VII, so this is based on watching videos or looking at screen shots. I really have a problem with the way the map screen looks, which puts me off. When playing Civ VI, I look at the screen, and though it may be a bit cartoonish, it does look like an actual...

It's hopelessly broken. Even if you successfully place a start location, you can't actually see it. Shame on Firaxis for never finishing World Builder, which would be far more useful than having zombies and so on.

And very useful that is too!

Well, a Worldbuilder was promised for VI and never delivered. The one that eventually appeared was broken and never fixed. Obviously a very low priority for Firaxis, so maybe they will be equally lacking for VII.

Actuallly I strongly prefer the Civ VI congress. In V, I was always stuck to propose a resolution without angering someone or other.

I think it's a shame you can't annexe a few critical tiles from another player.

To say that Civ 5 is more "immersive" than Civ 6 seems to me to be very subjective and arbitrary. One can equally well be immersed in a Civ 6 game. What I understand is that you like Civ 5 more than Civ 6. Each to their taste. Some of the mechanics of Civ 5 I prefer to Civ 6, and some the other...

Well, the original Civilization WAS a board game and I remember playing it. As I have said before, while you can have a realistic game on one period - CK, EU, Victoria etc, I think it is asking too much to conflate them all. Thus, the board game-like approach is a good workable solution.

You say that like board games were a bad thing.

Bear in mind you already have a certain amount of stacking in Civ 6. A naval unit, a land unit, a settler, a great general, a missionary all in the same hex. That's five units to distinguish.

The thing that irks me is that there is no sort of "enemy of my enemy is my friend". If you have caused grievances to anyone everyone dislikes you.

Score reflects really how long you prolonged the game. It's nothing about how well or cleverly you played.

The one time I feel that an undo button would be justified is the case where you make a long movement (typically sea movement) and find you end up next to an enemy, whereas you should have stopped when the enemy came into sight. An undo button would correct a situation that better game...

On the other hand, it says "+3 from districts in <name of city state>", which is a bit misleading.