Can I disable districts?

[nyyfootball]

Civilization is Abstract.... put down your phone and look around, is the space divided into uniform tiles (hexagonal or rectangular) does your city have one library, one factory and 10 people in it.

What is the historical precedent for a scout that took 1000 years to travel from France to China, provided instant information the whole way and then took another 500 years to get back.

Why is gold still used as a currency after telecommunications and computers are developed.. why don't we have credit cards?

How many 'points' of influence does Protestantism have in your city...is there enough faith points for a missionary to get purchased?
Does a Protestant city provide the faith for the empire to buy Buddhist Inquisitors that will remove Protestantism from the Protestant city.

Why isn't your monarchy forced to change policies because of succession, or your democracy forced to change policies every election cycle?

Do you live in a civilization or a CS, I would be interested to visit your 6016 year old capital (maybe 5000 or so if the very first of your people moved from where they first sprang into being)


Civilization is not as abstract as Go, but it is abstracted from the reality it is grounded in.

The abstraction allows it to be a game...just like Monopoly, Risk, Chess, Counter strike, are all loosely based in reality, but abstracted to allow them to be games.

From the beginnings of civilization, since humans started writing things down, it took europeans at least 5000 years to make it to China and possibly even longer. Long term human migration in antiquity is most certainly in line with real life.

I am against the "hit point" formula, as stated prior.

Damascus is over 5000 years old. Byblos is 6000 years old. Aleppo is 6300 years old. Sidon is 6000 years old. Beirut is 5000 years old. Jeruseum is 4000 years old. Homs is 4300 years old. Gaza is 3000 years old.

Athens is 12000 years old!

Ancient cities are nothing new. punny.

 

[UncivilizedGuy]

The districts remind me of Los Angeles where everything is spread out.

 

[Zaarin]

From the beginnings of civilization, since humans started writing things down, it took europeans at least 5000 years to make it to China and possibly even longer. Long term human migration in antiquity is most certainly in line with real life.

I guess the Silk Road was just Roman propaganda. Or Chinese propaganda. Sogdian propaganda?

 

[nyyfootball]

Los Angeles has more than one university and more than one theatre.

The districts remind me of Los Angeles where everything is spread out.

Is Manhattan now an impossibility in Civilization?

 

[King Jason]

Los Angeles has more than one university and more than one theatre.

Which has never been possible in any incarnation of the civ series.

 

[nyyfootball]

Which has never been possible in any incarnation of the civ series.

Civ IV actually allowed you to build suburban towns and cities. They even grew on their own.

 

[Zaarin]

I think Civ6--or 4X games in general--may not be for you. Maybe try a city builder like SimCity or City Skylines instead?

 

[nyyfootball]

Civilization began around 5500 BC, the roman kingdom began in 750 BC, the silk road didn't start until 114 bc. Thus it took about 5000 years for humans in Europe to go to far eastern Asia. What am I missing?

I guess the Silk Road was just Roman propaganda. Or Chinese propaganda. Sogdian propaganda?

 

[King Jason]

Civ IV actually allowed you to build suburban towns and cities. They even grew on their own.

Oh really? that's cool.

New York still only had one Library, Bank, and Hospital for the entire city.

Civ4 was so dumb. It's rooted in reality because the city is named New York - but I can only put one supermarket in the city? Pffft.

 

[nyyfootball]

I think Civ6--or 4X games in general--may not be for you. Maybe try a city builder like SimCity or City Skylines instead?

I love Civ IV. I also loved Cities:Skylines too. I love good video games.

 

[UncivilizedGuy]

Los Angeles has more than one university and more than one theatre.


Is Manhattan now an impossibility in Civilization?

Earlier versions of Civ are no different when it comes to building types. Each city would house one Workshop, one Factory, one Museum, one Theater, etc. How is this any different?

 

[stoferb]

I don't think districts like holy sites and encampments are too unrealistic, before the industrial revolution industry was largely rural too, and it's still common to have factories in some suburb, but what really is utterly ludicrus is the "commercial district". Duh, the city center IS the commercial district, that's what city centers are!

 

[Browd]

Moderator Action: The OP complained persistently about the district system when it was first announced, and has not raised any new issues or concerns, so this thread had run its course before it began. Thread closed.