Civ6 - Game length?

[V. Soma]

Here:
http://franchise.civilization.com/en/news/2016-06-civilization-vi-envoys-and-city-states/

you can SSs on which it can be read:

turn 33. 2720 BC
turn 53: 920 BC

So we can make guesses on game length...

My first thoughts:

Game can begin in 6000BC

my guess:
turns 1-20: 110 yrs leaps, 6000BC to 3910BC
turns 20-53: 90 yrs leaps, 3910BC to 920BC
maybe turns 20-60 with 90 yrs leaps...? turn 60: 290BC

(will be edited)

 

[Nikolai II]

Do we have any reason to think it's not a regular 4000 BC start?

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

The game is far from being finished, getting the timeline right is probably the LAST thing they will do, I wouldn't jump the gun on this and make assumptions.

 

[darko82]

I would like them to expand the pre-historic era a bit. Actually, civilization (first people) has appeared long before 4000BC.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

The game length is approx. 6000 years.

 

[Barathor]

The game length is approx. 6000 years.

6,050 years.

 

[inthesomeday]

It's possible those two shots were from different playthroughs on different game speeds

 

[V. Soma]

The game is far from being finished, getting the timeline right is probably the LAST thing they will do, I wouldn't jump the gun on this and make assumptions.

well, OK...

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

well, OK...

I mean, what date it is doesn't influence game, and most of the time it's skewed anyway with the pro players.

But given that they're balancing costs of everything I would doubt that it's accurate.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

6,050 years.

Ha, will I did say it was approximate.

 

[m15a]

These are the dates in the 3-minute demo video:
Turn 8 - 3580 BC
Turn 28 - 2380 BC
Turn 35 - 1960 BC

The numbers could of course change, but extrapolating from those dates suggesting the typical start date of 4000 BC, with 60-year leaps at the start of the game.

EDIT: I'd guess the screenshots are either not representative of the game or there are two speeds being shown: one that starts with 40 year leaps and one that starts with 60 year leaps.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

These are the dates in the 3-minute demo video:
Turn 8 - 3580 BC
Turn 28 - 2380 BC
Turn 35 - 1960 BC

The numbers could of course change, but extrapolating from those dates suggesting the typical start date of 4000 BC, with 60-year leaps at the start of the game.

EDIT: I'd guess the screenshots are either not representative of the game or there are two speeds being shown: one that starts with 40 year leaps and one that starts with 60 year leaps.

Remember that the increments change as time progresses to.

 

[Zaarin]

On a related note, I hope there's a game speed between Epic and Marathon. Epic still feels a little too fast for me, but Marathon is painfully slow--something in between would be nice.

 

[Leathaface]

On a related note, I hope there's a game speed between Epic and Marathon. Epic still feels a little too fast for me, but Marathon is painfully slow--something in between would be nice.

I agree 100%.

 

[shaglio]

As I mentioned in the stickied thread, IIRC the previous Civ iteration releases had Screenshots/Videos/60-turn Demo all in Quick speed.

 

[m15a]

Remember that the increments change as time progresses to.

Right, but looking at the numbers from the demo and the numbers listed in the first post, combined with the fact that Civ has traditionally started at 4000 BC, it seems reasonable to me that:

- the demo video starts at 60 years per turn (say, quick speed) and remains so up to turn 35, since the 3 values are linear and would suggest a start turn of 4000 BC

- the screenshot reading "turn 33. 2720 BC" starts at 40 years per turn (say, normal speed) and remains so up to that point (which would place the start turn also at 4000 BC)

- the screenshot reading "turn 53: 920 BC" starts at 60 years per turn (again, "quick speed") and then switches over to 40 years per turn after 50 turns.

This isn't definitely the case, of course, but to me it seems to resemble older Civ games in the 4000 BC start time and the "rounder" turn increments more so than what is suggested in the OP. So, personally, I feel it is more likely.

 

[kaspergm]

Right, but looking at the numbers from the demo and the numbers listed in the first post, combined with the fact that Civ has traditionally started at 4000 BC, it seems reasonable to me that:

- the demo video starts at 60 years per turn (say, quick speed) and remains so up to turn 35, since the 3 values are linear and would suggest a start turn of 4000 BC

- the screenshot reading "turn 33. 2720 BC" starts at 40 years per turn (say, normal speed) and remains so up to that point (which would place the start turn also at 4000 BC)

- the screenshot reading "turn 53: 920 BC" starts at 60 years per turn (again, "quick speed") and then switches over to 40 years per turn after 50 turns.

This isn't definitely the case, of course, but to me it seems to resemble older Civ games in the 4000 BC start time and the "rounder" turn increments more so than what is suggested in the OP. So, personally, I feel it is more likely.

Agree, this fits the data too well NOT to be true.