![]() ![]() The VerdictĬivilization VI on consoles is basically the same game that you can play on PC. It just would’ve been nice to see this released as a whole package. The base game is certainly worth the price of admission as it’s likely to give you hours and hours of enjoyment with its lengthy campaigns, and the DLC is also quite good as well. The really bad news is that they come bundled as a stand-alone package for $49.99. The good news is that the base game of Civilization VI will keep you busy for some time, but those expansions have only made the game better and you’ll likely want them once the game sinks its hooks in. While the console version does come with some free DLC, the big expansions: Gathering Storm and Rise and Fall will cost you extra if you want them. Since 2016, Civilization VI has seen two major expansions and bunch of smaller ones. What’s a little bit jarring about the release of this three year old game on a new platform is that it doesn’t come with the big expansions that have been out for some time. We looked at them side by side and the game really does feel like a solid port over on the visual front. At 1080p it’s really hard to tell the differences between Civ VI on Xbox One and Civ VI on PC. As well as I remember the PC handling late game where the map can be populated with nothing but activity. The Xbox One X that we played on seemed to handle the dense late-game maps pretty well. The other trade-offs include a bit of a sacrifice to visuals. The controller does feel a bit clumsy at times But even then things do ultimately feel a little bit more clumsy than the PC counterpart, but that is the trade-off if you want to play Civ VI on the couch. The iconography makes sense and there are plenty of tool tips to help you if you happen to forget. Once you’ve gotten over that learning curve the controls are intuitive and smart at most places. Learning to navigate each turn and what each different icon means on the screen can be a bit daunting whether you’re a Civilization veteran or a newcomer to the series. This is especially true at the onset of Civ 6 on consoles. Navigating through the myriad of options you have at your fingertips is a little bit more difficult on the controller compared to the point and click nature of the PC version. With that said, the game transitions pretty well to the controller though it’s certainly not my preferred method of playing the game. This is a game that was designed for the PC. You will control your civilization’s destiny by guiding it down a series of choices for what things you want to spend your time researching, the types of structures you want to build, and the type of government you want to have. You can focus on brute strength or technological might. You can embrace the arts or lead a militarized civilization hell-bent on physical dominance. You’ll seek out new lands, plan your cities, and create districts within them that give you bonus points in different strategic areas. Civilization VI allows you to control each and every aspect of your civilization as you vye for power against competing AI civilization leaders or online opponents. There have been smart changes made between the last game and this one, and it’s simply one of the most engrossing types of these games if just for the sheer amount of control you have in taking your starting tribe and transitioning it into a world dominating super power. Civilization VI is arguably the best the series has ever been. If you’ve never played a Civilization game before, you’ve missed out on one of the best strategy game franchises in history. Looks and plays almost identically to vanilla Civ VI After putting Civilization VI through it’s paces on the Xbox One, it’s unclear what has taken so long to get this beloved turn-based strategy game back on consoles. Since that release we’ve seen two mainline Civilization games arrive in Civilization V (2010) and Civilization VI (2016). ![]() The maps were smaller, the games were much quicker, it was a Civ for consoles for better in few places and more often than not worse. While I remember plenty of friends swearing by the console version of this game, what I remember of it was a watered down version of the game I had been playing on PC for some time. Civilization Revolution wasn’t a numbered Civilization release, it kind of did some unique things to make it work on the platforms. We have to look all the way back to the Xbox 360 for the release of Civilization Revolution, a game that was well received at the time of release, when strategy games were less common on the Xbox or PlayStation platforms. It’s been quite some time since console gamers have gotten their hands on a Civilization game. ![]()
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