Just some comments, no offence.

[CIV5PLAYER.2016]

Ever since I played Civ 5, I am beginning to fall in love with this game. And after I watched a few videos about Civ 6, I got a bit disappointed.

I prefer the graphics engine of Civ 5 rather than that of Civ 6 which appears to be a bit cartoonish. Can you imagine what players feel like when Mafia III is changed to a cartoonish graphics engine?

Also, I find it uncomfortable that the same political figure for instance, Elizabeth I showed up in 4000BC all the way up to 2050 AD!?

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Your shallow viewpoint of what matters in the game is pretty much the onyl thing that makes you disappointed in it. Not every game needs to rely on fancy graphics.

Compare base game Civ 5 to base game Civ 6 and Civ 6 wins.

If Mafia III changed to a cartoonish graphics, yes then I would throw a fit because games where you are in the first person or third person view really need to rely on graphics more than a game where strategy and careful planning is more important including the ability to read what is happening on every single tile in your viewport

Also, this game is far from as historical accuracy as it can get, it is influenced by realism, but it has never been about realism.

 

[wiggawuu]

Ever since I played Civ 5, I am beginning to fall in love with this game. And after I watched a few videos about Civ 6, I got a bit disappointed.

I prefer the graphics engine of Civ 5 rather than that of Civ 6 which appears to be a bit cartoonish. Can you imagine what players feel like when Mafia III is changed to a cartoonish graphics engine?

Also, I find it uncomfortable that the same political figure for instance, Elizabeth I showed up in 4000BC all the way up to 2050 AD!?

Yeah, the graphics/art style isn't as good as civ 5. I liked how Civ 5 made differen't regions not all look the same. The types of forests ie, deciduous and coniferous.

Art is style is just lazy this time around. Aside from the map fog of war, it sucks.

 

[Krajzen]

Also, I find it uncomfortable that the same political figure for instance, Elizabeth I showed up in 4000BC all the way up to 2050 AD!?

There is nothing bad with it. It's part of the franchise. Civ is, after all, essentially a board game - not 'simulation' or 'historical game' as some poor lost souls maintain.

What would be bad is inventing some leader progression to replace it which means
a) Unique character of ciivlisations and leaders and diplomacy is lost completely
b) Leader progression is impossible anyway because almost all civs didn't exist in some eras and don't have enough leaders to fill the history.
c) 'Eternal leader' is something you quickly get used to and stop noticing that, while inventing some 'realistic' replacement for it would make the 'problem' far more noticeable and potentially much more unrealistic (what about republics, what about lack of historical leaders for most of civs, what about diplomacy etc)


I completely fail to udnerstand why there are regularly some people who want to introduce 'leader progression' or remove leaders. That's perfectly working fundamental aspect of the franchise.

As for the graphics, they are cool and I don't particularly care about the crazy crowd in YT comments section constantly making unfunny 'is this mobile app' jokes.

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Ever since I played Civ 5, I am beginning to fall in love with this game. And after I watched a few videos about Civ 6, I got a bit disappointed.

I prefer the graphics engine of Civ 5 rather than that of Civ 6 which appears to be a bit cartoonish. Can you imagine what players feel like when Mafia III is changed to a cartoonish graphics engine?

Also, I find it uncomfortable that the same political figure for instance, Elizabeth I showed up in 4000BC all the way up to 2050 AD!?

No offense taken.

I think it's just a matter of what you are used to. When 6 has been out a while you will think of it as "normal." People never like the new graphics because they're so used to the old ones.

 

[Thormodr]

No offense taken.

I think it's just a matter of what you are used to. When 6 has been out a while you will think of it as "normal." People never like the new graphics because they're so used to the old ones.

I like your response. People are so quick to attack these days. This was a nice, well thought out, measured response.

I personally like the graphics but they will take some getting used to for some.

 

[CIV5PLAYER.2016]

Your shallow viewpoint of what matters in the game is pretty much the onyl thing that makes you disappointed in it. Not every game needs to rely on fancy graphics.

Compare base game Civ 5 to base game Civ 6 and Civ 6 wins.

If Mafia III changed to a cartoonish graphics, yes then I would throw a fit because games where you are in the first person or third person view really need to rely on graphics more than a game where strategy and careful planning is more important including the ability to read what is happening on every single tile in your viewport

Also, this game is far from as historical accuracy as it can get, it is influenced by realism, but it has never been about realism.

Sorry! I don't mean to under-rate Civ 6. I will buy it anyway, it's just that if Civ 6 can accommodate two different graphics engines (i.e Civ 5 / Civ 6) and it's always good to offer some choices to the players.

Company of Heroes 2 doesn't alter the graphics engine for instance....just some thoughts.

 

[thecrazyscot]

It's fine not to like the graphics, but I truly think for most people it won't even be noticed after a few hours. It's definitely a more cartoonish style, but that's actually more of a return to the usual Civ style (although to a greater degree). Civ V was an anomaly with it's more realistic art direction. I'm personally a fan of the new graphics, myself.

Don't hesitate to offer your opinion on these forums...we all care about Civ quite a bit and though discussions can get heated sometimes a variety of opinions makes the place both better and more interesting Welcome to the forums!

 

[SammyKhalifa]

They also seem to be getting refined as we see newer and newer builds.