I have civ 4 the complete edition and civ 5 the complete edition. I also have civ 6 for my xbox one s. How does old world compare to these games? Also, I've only beaten these games on the standard difficulty level. I am basically wondering if old world is easy to play for beginners?
there's plenty of tutorial tips ingame to teach you, in addition to the actual tutorials solver mentioned above.
its hex-based and 1Upt like civ 5, but takes the buildings out of the city like civ 6 and places them on the map.
population, in my mind, functions a lot like colonization where you can assign them to various buildings and improvements in your city.
resource-gathering, though, functions more like real-time games you only collect the resources that you're workers have improved, rather than being able to work any tile in your citie's Big Fat Cross (or Bigger Fatter Hexacircle in 5 and 6). [also, bigger fatter hexacircle is my new band name, please don't steal it.]
And then there's the dynasties: you aren't a faceless leader of your civ: youre hatshepsut or romulus or phillip ii, etc. and you have a partner and kids, and they'll inherit your kingdom. and they have traits you can influence, and events that can happen in their lives. it's simpler than CK2, but a bit more than ck3 for now.
there's many other innovations, but as a civ player, that's some of the biggest differences that won't take too long to explain or overwhelm you. it's a fun, complex game, but on a normal level, it's a game where you can just "play" and still win due to fulfilling your in-game ambitions. it's a story-generating 4x game.