This game is pretty K, it has many goods, and some bads. The primo bad is as follows, the AI is dumber than a sack of fresh Idaho potatoes, and diplomacy is broke. I'll get into the good stuff, but I gotta rant a bit about this first. Every civ has an agenda, which is basically something he values, and will get mad about when other civs do said thing. The thing is in a game with multiple civs there is no physical way to avoid these agendas unless you sit in your capital and punch rocks all game, (but even that will make Rome mad because Rome doesn't like small civs). The end result is everyone hates each other and war happens every 12 seconds.

In civ 5 I had this problem, I accidentally became friends with everyone and had no justification to use my massive army I built up because I'm not a heartless bastard who attacks his allies. Oh boy how that's changed.

If you build a wonder, China hates you.

If you get a great person, Brazil hates you.

If you found a religion, Arabia will hate you.

If you don't like Sumeria's friends, Sumeria will hate you (but that one's OK because Gilgamesh is a ♥♥♥♥ and has no friends).

One time I actually managed to become friends with my boy Pericles, I intentionally didnt touch any city-states because it would make him mad. We were best buds, we traded gold and resources for years, had an alliance, it was great... PLOT TWIST, PERICLES HAS A HIDDEN AGENDA THAT SAYS HE HATES PEOPLE WITH UNHAPPY CITIZENS. MY CITIZENS ARE MISERABLE BECAUSE JAPAN JUST INVADED ME, PERICLES DENOUNCES, RELATIONS BREAK DOWN, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!!

Yeah you can't have friends. Also people keep asking me for free resources even though they hate me and I hate them. Their battle game is weak AF, they just ditz around with donkey carts *cough* Gilgamesh *cough* until you kill them all, and if their units take even the slightest amount of damage they refuse to let it attack anything because it might die, and then it dies anyway because it's been ditzing around within range of my cannons this whole time.


K it's time for the good stuff, the stuff that makes this game worth the buy.

Graphics: Some people don't like the cartooney graphics, but I personally love them. Everything is animated and beautiful, theres a day-night cycle, you get to watch a time lapse of your wonder building when it finishes, its great.

Music: The music is awesome, the medieval themes are the best tho.

Espionage: Spies are more in depth, they target specific districts and can steal great works, steal money, steal techs, perform terrorism on innocent civilians, good stuff. Oh but the AI only ever uses spies to steal your money because they always in debt and are stupid.

Combat: The animations are way better, although I'm kinda annoyed they dropped unit sizes down to 4 dudes from Civ 5's 18 something.

Districts: Cities can now make specialized districts for stuff which is cool.

Gandhi: Our favorite warmongering pacifist makes a return, now almost as creepy at his Civ 3 form. And now his hidden agenda is always nuke happy, which is just great.

Quotes: They put freaking Monty Python and Garrison Keillor quotes in for when you research some of the techs, This alone makes it worth the buy.

Other stuff: I forgot the specifics but overall I've had a lot of fun with this game and do recommend it. Workshop coming soon too, can't wait to nuke Gilgamesh as Billy Mays and the OxiClean Civ.

This game is pretty K, it has many goods, and some bads. The primo bad is as follows, the AI is dumber than a sack of fresh Idaho potatoes, and diplomacy is broke. I'll get into the good stuff, but I gotta rant a bit about this first. Every civ has an agenda, which is basically something he values, and will get mad about when other civs do said thing. The thing is in a game with multiple civs there is no physical way to avoid these agendas unless you sit in your capital and punch rocks all game, (but even that will make Rome mad because Rome doesn't like small civs). The end result is everyone hates each other and war happens every 12 seconds. In civ 5 I had this problem, I accidentally became friends with everyone and had no justification to use my massive army I built up because I'm not a heartless bastard who attacks his allies. Oh boy how that's changed. If you build a wonder, China hates you. If you get a great person, Brazil hates you. If you found a religion, Arabia will hate you. If you don't like Sumeria's friends, Sumeria will hate you (but that one's OK because Gilgamesh is a dick and has no friends). One time I actually managed to become friends with my boy Pericles, I intentionally didnt touch any city-states because it would make him mad. We were best buds, we traded gold and resources for years, had an alliance, it was great... PLOT TWIST, PERICLES HAS A HIDDEN AGENDA THAT SAYS HE HATES PEOPLE WITH UNHAPPY CITIZENS. MY CITIZENS ARE MISERABLE BECAUSE JAPAN JUST INVADED ME, PERICLES DENOUNCES, RELATIONS BREAK DOWN, WAAAAAAAAAAAAAR!!!!!! Yeah you can't have friends. Also people keep asking me for free resources even though they hate me and I hate them. Their battle game is weak AF, they just ditz around with donkey carts *cough* Gilgamesh *cough* until you kill them all, and if their units take even the slightest amount of damage they refuse to let it attack anything because it might die, and then it dies anyway because it's been ditzing around within range of my cannons this whole time. K it's time for the good stuff, the stuff that makes this game worth the buy. Graphics: Some people don't like the cartooney graphics, but I personally love them. Everything is animated and beautiful, theres a day-night cycle, you get to watch a time lapse of your wonder building when it finishes, its great. Music: The music is awesome, the medieval themes are the best tho. Espionage: Spies are more in depth, they target specific districts and can steal great works, steal money, steal techs, perform terrorism on innocent civilians, good stuff. Oh but the AI only ever uses spies to steal your money because they always in debt and are stupid. Combat: The animations are way better, although I'm kinda annoyed they dropped unit sizes down to 4 dudes from Civ 5's 18 something. Districts: Cities can now make specialized districts for stuff which is cool. Gandhi: Our favorite warmongering pacifist makes a return, now almost as creepy at his Civ 3 form. And now his hidden agenda is always nuke happy, which is just great. Quotes: They put freaking Monty Python and Garrison Keillor quotes in for when you research some of the techs, This alone makes it worth the buy. Other stuff: I forgot the specifics but overall I've had a lot of fun with this game and do recommend it. Workshop coming soon too, can't wait to nuke Gilgamesh as Billy Mays and the OxiClean Civ.