PPQ_Purple
Purple Cube (retired)
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That has nothing to do with hex vs square and everything to do with the fact that 5 and later games are objectively dumbed down to fit a broader audience whilst at the same time 4 is so old that a lot of the more casual players have moved on to other games leaving a hardcore base and a fringe of us casuals.Aside from the above, I think it is ironically the opposite sort of demographic who tends to take issue with the squares in Civ4. The Civ5/6 crowd tend to (though I'm barely familiar with 6, admittedly) seem to be more casual players in general, while the serious players in 4 simply treat it as just another factor in the whole tapestry of the game, and not really that significant ultimately, anyway. (It's pretty easy to think "Diagonal = Faster" lol.)
Either way, as you say I associate hexes with old school tactics games that have lots of stupid rules and dice and all sorts of grinding delay inducing mechanics that turn them into spreadsheet simulators rather than games. Where as squares equals a simple interface and a world map.