Ramblings of a player since Civ 1 back in 1992 I think was the year,
I bought the deluxe version of the game when it was released, tried playing it a while, and disliked it so much that I quit for, I think, three months. Then I started playing it and forced myself to wade through it. The UI was so, so horrible. If I had had the CQ UI mod from the get go I do not think I would have quit. I sometimes wonder if any of the developers had ever played Civ5. If, from the start, I had pretended that Civ 6 was a game created by a competitor to the Civ franchise, I may not have been so harsh in my feelings about it.
The CQUI made the game a lot more enjoyable for me. One example is that I finally could see my units in a window tab, instead of only being able to find them in the tiny window on the lower right that only came up if you had clicked on a unit name.
I do currently like playing the game, even though I had to use the #$@%#@$ UI from the basic game after the summer patch ruined the CQUI one, but I now am using a version of that CQUI that is almost like the pre-patch one.
It took me a while to get used to always being denounced for the slightest offense.. "you have more wonders than me" "you have a different government than I". I just ignore them, and if they bug me too much I just wipe them out.
Wars are different too. In previous versions of Civ, if they declared war on you, then that meant they were close to one of your cities with a good sized army. In Civ 6 I have had random wars declared on me, then later wondered "Where are they?" after not seeing hide nor hair of the enemy. It was so strange to be at war but not see any of the enemy near my cities.
The barbarians in this version are on Meth or something. They suicide at you from all directions. Reminds me of the raging barbarian option in Civ 5 and then some.
There are many things I do like about Civ 6. Builders having charges and insta-building improvements, being able to go wide without being punished by having your science neutered or something. and other things I cannot think of at the moment.