My Dedicated Review of the Civilization VI Anthology Edition: kzread.info/dash/bejne/gIqcrsyjgLGyXdY.html

I am totally with you on the graphics. I was a Civ V fanatic and was very disappointed in how Civ VI looked. That’s why I haven’t played Civ VI up until recently that is until the New Frontier pass. Now the graphics have grown on me, especially in late game when every tile is occupied. Overall I love Civ VI so much now that I can’t stop playing it.

@freedomf1ghter77

2 жыл бұрын

Your comment made me buy civ 6, I despise the new graphics but in reality I want to get over it and enjoy the game

@kubaosuch97

2 жыл бұрын

@@freedomf1ghter77 that’s great to hear, enjoy

@freedomf1ghter77

2 жыл бұрын

@@kubaosuch97 There is actually a mod in the steam community if you filter the most subscribed ones that gives you civ 5 land textures made from someone who works for Civ. I also enjoy red death vs the ai. Definitely not gonna refund it

I've been playing Civ since 1991... 30 years! My favorite of all was Civ2 in terms of ease of moddability - I made an all Texas mod for it. Civ 3 was disappointing, Civ 4 was much better, if cartoony, didn't play Civ 5 because I was doing tons of EU4 and disparaged ahistorical games, but I've come back to Civ 6 because I can see it for what it is - there's fun historical flavor, but it's essentially a board game with a random board and tons of math puzzle mini-games within the overall game. The district puzzle is one of its best features, and always satisfies when you can find a way to get a +4 yield or greater from a tile.

@kickatorch9151

2 жыл бұрын

goodness you're old!

@EzMackinCheez

2 жыл бұрын

@@kickatorch9151 lol aren’t you glad you immortal? Oh wait! You will age aswell. Be humble young buck. Karma is a bitch

@claytonchris1984

2 жыл бұрын

Civ 2 was amazing in its day hours of my life lost in that game.but never found the other games to hold my interest, think it just moved on without me

@stephenthedude4383

Жыл бұрын

I've never played these games so what do you mean by math puzzles???

@An_Economist_Plays

Жыл бұрын

@@stephenthedude4383 the earliest computer games included King and Hammurabi, which were stories wrapped around an algorithm that had a range of conditions that allowed for stable growth. It was up to the player to discover those conditions to successfully solve the game. In the years since, additional complexity and variability was added to make the game have good replay value. At the heart, however, was the player searching for those stable operating conditions needed to win the game.

I like the stylized graphics, because they age so much better than attempted realism. Games that attempt realism show their age far more quickly.

Suscribed very recently, I like these Civ vids a lot, very comprehensive and entertaining. Thanks for covering 6, I need to pick the whole collection up at some point.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Oh awesome, cheers for your support. I really appreciate you taking the time to give this feedback 🙂

The anthology is -85% now on steam. You can pick up the base game + all dlc for a total of $30 USD.

I just got the full package deal on PS4, and for any of my console brethren seeking answers, here's my initial thoughts. (Played on a PS4 pro) Game runs well, smooth animation, no stuttering or noticeable bugs. The controls are highly unintuitive, you really do have to play the tutorial on this one, and if you've played Civilization Revolution you are in for a rough first time as many features from that game don't exist in civ 6, such as combining 3 troops into an army, or everything having big, obvious button prompts that make actions self explanatory. you really have to learn civ 6 more than revolution (yes I know civ rev is old, it's the only real comparison I have). The DLC is added in a weird manner, you don't just play with all your DLC, you choose which ruleset to play under, leading to some confusion as to which to play and how they play. Overall, I'm enjoying the game, it's providing everything I wanted out of a new civilization game, it just does so in a slightly inconvenient way. I'd give it a 7/10 if I had to score it.

I can't believe you're only at 3.5k subs. You should be at 100 or more because you have been more then helpful for the whole civ community. I was a newbie a couple of months ago and you helped me fall in love and learn this game.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Oh that’s awesome to hear!! Glad I could help 🙂

@itspovvy

Жыл бұрын

Two years later..

This is my favorite channel lol. Loving the consistent and interesting content. Please keep it up!! 😭

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Awww shucks I’m blushing! ☺️

Civ 6 is my first Civ game and I'm loving it. Have put many hours into it. Learning curve wasn't too bad. I didn't mind losing while I learnt the ropes

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah you could say I’ve put a few hours in

OK, you've convinced me to give this a shot. I haven't played a Civ game for more than 20 years -- 4 computers ago, so it was probably Civ 2 (???) -- and I was a bit apprehensive of all the tech improvements and game revisions/enhancements since the 90s, whether the newest version of the game would be easy enough for me to re-learn. But after watching your video and hearing your praise for the overall game -- the excitement in your voice was rather contagious -- I cannot resist giving it a shot. Of course, having the game on sale at Steam for only $8.99 certainly didn't add any deterrents either. :) Nevertheless, thanks for posting this review, even though I couldn't quite figure out at first what the heck you were talking about when describing something called the "tick" trees - and then it finally hit me when you mentioned New Zealand - "Oh, he's talking about TECH trees, as in 'technology' and NOT an insect." Now that all makes sense. Haha

@zapniles8609

2 жыл бұрын

Ah, sad to say, the game won't even work / install on my computer. Oh, well...

always like your reviews and stuff Jumbo, can you review more?

Nice video. I've subscribed! 😊

I think the City Building and districts is what makes this game's system unique enough to hold its own even with some shortcomings compared to other titles.

Fundamentally this is a good video, thank you mate

What do you think about the new Humankind? Is it comparable with Civ?

Nice video, bro! 👍

Civ 6 art is so clean so better for me!

I appreciate the video, jumbopixel! I have a question, why do you prefer civ 5 over civ 6 ?? Can you make a video about it ??

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

I already have one on the channel! I’ve always preferred Civ V, however now 6 is out and ‘complete’ it’s a very close call for me.

Great review dude

@JumboPixel

2 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

I play Civ since civ 3, and I will say I can say which one is the best till today it is Civ V by far...I have in Civ 6 like 700hrs. But it never grew to me it's missing that one more turn feeling

i want to Buy this Game but i heard the game crashes now a lot because you have to use 2k Launcher on steam , is that True ??

I agree that the depth of the game, one of its biggest strengths, is also a barrier to a new player with an unwillingness to learn anything with depth... but since there are so many difficulty levels, any new player actually willing to give it time will still be able to play an enjoyable game on lower difficulties as they learn the finer intricacies.., resource wasting is much more forgiving in chieftain and settler playthroughs than in the upper difficulties where maximization is the only way to survive. So I think it accommodates a new player rather well... that the depth is, well, just that, is what makes Civ a VERY worthwhile experience... and I think for some of the more "casual" gamers, they would much rather LESS depth. Thankfully, this game is not made for them.

What do you think of the platinum edition without the new frontier? I have civ 5 and I'm on the fence on getting 6. I like the civ 5 graphics and the mobile graphics is a real turn off for me but I do feel like civ 5 interface is really outdated.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Go with whatever option gets you the best value - but ensure whichever option you choose includes the Gathering Storm dlc pack. Yeah I think after you’ve sunk a few games into Civ 6 you’ll begin to adjust a bit.

@jonorgames6596

2 жыл бұрын

Theres an awesome mod in civ 5 called Enhanced UI I belive.

The graphical comparison vs Civ 5, also had me holding off buying Civ 6. With the winter sale on Steam, I was able to get a complete game at a great bargain. All the new features, it can be overwhelming and confusing sometimes. I like the Eureka for the tech and civics tree, but do think that they went to far with the complexity. Quite a lot of civics have what arguably should be a technology upgrade and a lot of the civics cards are basically unused or highly situational.

You mentioned the importance of city specialization....has something changed in patches or DLCs? Last I played, one of the reasons the game lost me was because it seemed the best strategy was to simply spam cities, similar to Civ 3, since they'd done away with corruption. Further, I did not get the sense that there was any point in specializing cities since each district and item gave a flat fixed bonus rather than a percentage....In other words, +5 science is +5 science no matter the city. Barring some other need or critical adjacency bonus, there's no reason not to build every district in every city so long as you can fit them, no?

@winged_destro

2 жыл бұрын

City districts are capped by population. When he said in the video a city at its hight could build 10 districts, that would have to be a 30 pop city

lol, a week ago I and my mates started to play civ 5 again, and here I am wondering whether we should upgrade to civ 6 and you are saying civ 7 is most probably around a corner xD

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, I’d be very surprised if we don’t hear about Civ 7 soon(ish). That being said it could still be a few years out so I’d recommend picking up 6 when it’s free/ heavily discounted.

@kubaosuch97

3 жыл бұрын

As a massive Civ V fan I have to say give it a try now that it’s complete

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Would recommend!

I actually think the graphics fit the game perfectly. They are a joke, just as the game itself is a joke with regards to history. Apart from the mobile game graphics, it introduces city districts, which is a perfectly accurate depiction of the way cities were organized in Antiquity. This fits right there with the graphics and the tone of the game. In all seriousness, if you're looking for a good strategy game, or even a good historical game, there are better choices out there in this day and age. Civilization series, to today's standards is just a mindless slot machine where you pull the "next turn" lever every few actions, in the hope you'll get something interesting. The game doesn't provide any meaningful decision making, and the AI is nonexistent.

I've never played any civ game but I enjoy strategy and board game type of games? Would you guys recommend civ 6?

@Batman-jc5uc

2 жыл бұрын

Not unless you get your PHD before buying this game. One of the most complicated games I ever tried. It has a useless tutorial. You will literally have no idea what your even doing.

I loved Civ6 pretty much from day 1. I was never a fan of Civ5's civics system.....& definitely felt the Civ6 Civics Tree made a lor more sense. I also loved how governments & social policies worked together, though I do wish the system had been more granular (the way it was in Civ4). Speaking of Civ4, I wish that religion had more impact on diplomacy & politics, like it did in Civ4. I also liked how Civ6 brought across a lot of the best things about Civ5-like City States, 1UPT, & the Religion & Espionage systems. That said, there were some things dropped that I wish had been retained-like bullying & protecting City States, the timed City State Quests & having City States being naturally friendly or hostile towards eachother. I also wish they'd retained Ideologies and the theming bonuses for Great Works placed in Wonders. Overall, though, I play civ6 more often in 2021 than I was playing Civ5 in 2016, so I definitely feel Civ6 has the greater longevity (even if they still refuse to release the .dll file).

My biggest problem with graphics was not that they are cartoony. They are just not easy to look at and take the information you need. Especially the fog of war colour.

I actually love the mechanics of civ 6. But I like everything else about 5. The music, leaders choices, graphics. I wish I could somehow mod them and make the perfect baby. That and getting firaxes to stop putting launchers and ads in

@rileyrose5166

2 жыл бұрын

There's actually a mod that gives civ vi the civ v terrain graphics! Maybe there's a music mod for civ v soundtracks too?

While I don't really mind the euro centric focus on civs and leaders I can't deny playing as Argentina with San Martin as lead would be sweet

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah that would be interesting!

5:53 I wouldn’t say Humankind looks like Civ6, maybe more like Civ5. Civ6 looks like I’m playing a board game, but Humankind does not. 17:00 I found Civ6 to be weak compared to Civ5 & Civ4. I dunno, something was lost along the way.

i use civ 5 graphic tile mod. my favorite mod but R.E.D mod do not work :'(

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

I haven’t tried that one!

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah I do - thank you! Really keen to see what it’s like

The only one I have ever played was Civilization Revolution on my 360 a long time ago lol.

@williamrapp6676

2 жыл бұрын

Your missing out, that game is some hot garbage

may very well pick it up, thanks

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Hope you enjoy it!

What to buy Eu4 or civ6 which game is a better to learn governments and mature your mind

@JumboPixel

2 жыл бұрын

Civ is much more accessible but still historically rich. EU4 is a much deeper simulation, and over a more narrow period of history. If you’re newish to this genre, I’d recommend Civ 5 or Civ 6.

@inamali9217

2 жыл бұрын

@@JumboPixel my original plan was to buy civ6 platinum edition as I already have base game for free from epic games, but after watching your reviews and comments, I came to Ai is pathetic that just takes the whole point of the game away , I mean the main point of this game is to develop your civilisation from scratch to a superpower but if ai is meaningless then what is a challenge there is no learning curve. So far I see that Eu4 has positive reviews and no such problems so ya I may buy Eu4 What is your opinion? What do you think?

I'm convinced JumpoPixel is actually Hello Future Me.

I have both Civ V and Civ VI installed on my computer currently and I don’t even see that changing when Civ VII comes around For me the graphical style is real winner. It’s just so nice to play

@wolfshanze5980

2 жыл бұрын

If you have Civ V and VI installed, which do you play, or do you play both?

@manic221

2 жыл бұрын

@@wolfshanze5980 I play them both. V has more hours in it but that’s only because it’s been in my library longer. I’ve been playing them pretty equally since VI came out.

Yaaay!

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

🎉

beyond earth was the biggest waste of money I've ever spent on a game

im a big civ V player myself, bought civ vi when it first came out as well. and hated it for the longest time. then i learned about a couple of tweeks you could play, that changed the game from night to day, it was an epiphany, and im quite proficient at it now and the game has never played better, but sadly i find the game boring now and it doesnt excite me as much as it use too. i still get that twing to play now and again, then i switch to yt, then come back a month or so later, and try and remember were i was when i ended the game, i have over 4800hrs in civ v and only 530 in civ vi, and yet i also have over 1400 hrs in beyond earth, lol, and i still can build a community in dawn of man, or surviving mars, etc but i can play a mean game of civ, theres a lesson in there some where ............

I just came from playing civilization II, IDK... Civilization 6 has good things but I've got really familiarized with civ II.

Why does the tech and culture trees so dated

Thank you from France for making a review on this game. Because of you i'm gonna buy it ! :)

@Ze_Techno

2 жыл бұрын

I think you deserve more subscribers !

@destroyer2670

2 жыл бұрын

@@Ze_Techno I am also gonna buy it although I have this game in epic but it was free Would like to buy platinum edition which contain two major dlc s.

@Nietzsche_K_Gote

2 жыл бұрын

@@destroyer2670 hey man if you are seeing thins and you are in India get the platinum bundle it’s on 92% sale on Steam for the next 20 hours or so. I had the base game already so I got the platinum bundle for just 430 rs that’s About 5 dollars

I've always liked Civ VI graphics. But I dislike the many complicated or outright annoying new mechanics that come with it. At first it's like DUDE I CAN DO THAT NOW?! But after you've done it a few times it just becomes so tedious and annoying... like religious units, governors, age points etc. I bought all content at full price but only played the game for some 250ish hours, with still no real clue about any details I'm just playing and building. The one thing Civ VI has done for me is appreciate Civ V more. Because back in the day I was disappointed with its lack of statistics and info screens compared with IV. But somehow VI is even worse at it. Like... why can't it remind me of trade agreements? Why can't I sort my cities by production?

Therw are so many bundles and packs for this game now. It is a mess fir me who started playing again recently

12:52 I find the huge number of playable civs in the newer Civilization games to be off-putting. Firaxis should focus on fewer civs and make them more interesting (more special traits, more leader choices, etc.). There's no need to pander by making every little country in the world (Colombia! Jamaica! Switerland!) a playable civilization when it should really just be a tribe of barbarians. And barbarians are actually pretty cool, right? 😀

I'm not fond of the district system, I think the complexity it adds isn't very interesting and it's a nuisance to manage.

I just love how much more complex cities are in this game over the one tile building piles that were the civ 5 cities. I love that game, but going back and replaying it, it just feel so much less complex.

drink every time this min says i instead of e

Forget about CIV6, Humankind is coming !.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

You're preaching to the converted!

The board looks great imo but I really wish the characters looked less cartoony like Civ5

@JumboPixel

2 жыл бұрын

Fair enough! I’m always stuck on that.. but mainly just because the Civ 5 ones are old and low-res. I also like the realism to them.

Where are you from? You have like three accents lol

Civ 6 has better Giant Death Robots. Otherwise, Civ 5 is better.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Oh their animations and stuff are awesome

Actually, they specifically have said that its the final update "of the season", in several different videos. To me it feels like they're leaving the door firmly open for another season etc.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yes, but the devs have also laughed that off on Twitter as fans seeing hope where there is none... we shall see! 🤞

@kelleren4840

3 жыл бұрын

@@JumboPixel ooh, I didn't know that! Interesting! Thanks for sharing. :)

Your greeting is horrifying when relying on closed captions. D:

@JumboPixel

2 жыл бұрын

I take it ‘kia ora’ isn’t interpreted well :(

World maps are simply too small. Your city is literally 1/8th the width of the world. And while districts might add some new gameplay mechanics... I feel it just destroys immersion and hurts the reason I've always played Civ for. I just can't get immersed in 100km plus wide cities especially in comparison to small world size. Improvements use to feel like outside towns, which I don't know why they didn't just implement those. Or make improvements not take up entire tiles. I mean, I played Civ 3 games with larger maps than even modded civ 6 has. Game is also buggy and shit and I cannot tolerate the DLC policy. And I personally just don't like the development concept of adding all these mini game modes and shit. Like... maybe I'm weird but even if you are someone who does that sort of thing (small minority I'd imagine) it's a one and done sort of thing in reality. Why waste development time doing such things? Also I don't like the balance of civilizations. They don't ALL have same amount of unique units, buildings, districts etc. Oh and yeah, agree, graphics just don't work for me. I use CIV 5 graphic mod and it's a little better. But it's not the colorfulness I dont' like but the cartoony nature of it. Hugely disappointing direction they took the game. It's basically a historical themed board game now instead of a historical arcade-ish strategy game. Played since Civ 2.

so your a FO4 player who likes 76....got it

I really hope civ 7 doesn't have kiddy cartoon graphics... I really want to enjoy a new civ but just cannot enjoy fortnite graphics on Civ. I'll just stick to Civ 5

oooooo maaaa gaaaaat

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

He did it. The champ.

Civ 5 just has a more timeless look to it. I can't bring myself to play Civ 6 because it looks so horrible. I really really hate it.... and the fog of war is horrible. Why the fuck am I not allowed to see the tiles I already explored ffs?

Eh.. looks like a mobile game

If you count all of the civilisations in the game you will find that more than half of the leaders are not from Europe.

@JumboPixel

2 жыл бұрын

More than half the leaders are not from any continent. Would be strange if they were.

@seannewbon9606

2 жыл бұрын

@@JumboPixel my point was that I don't think the game is biased towards European leaders I was actually very impressed with the diversity of leaders.

I hate the art style of CIV6.Thats why I will never play it again, for sure.The art style is everything sometimes ;].Humankind has great art style

only took em 6 years to make a decent playable game ey lol

Hated this game. It was just too complex to play on a switch and the game never really teaches you how to play.

Talking about graphics, and not AI. please.

This was the worst game in the series for me. The only Civ game that was never stable, and I've played them since Civ 1. No matter what I did, the game would regularly lock up and crash to the desktop. It was the only game I own that did this, and I was always running current drivers etc. I just finally gave up on the game.

I would disagree on the diversity of civilisations and leaders. Europe obviously played a crucial role in the world’s history and you could still make arguments for civs like Belgium or Bohemia (the Czechs) to be in the game. I am all for more civs from around the globe as long as they don’t replace the ones that we have but are added. Also, I get the feeling (controversial!) that some women leaders were kind of forced. France’s Eleonor and Catherine are probably the best example.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough! I was not suggesting EU civs don’t deserve to be in the game. Very important. Haha controversial alright! Less than 25% of leaders are female so I think they’re still underrepresented. Sadly this is true throughout history. Historians under represented and failed to record a disproportionately high amount of info for female leaders. Eleanor is a fantastic example of that actually, having been Queen Consort of basically all of modern day Britain, France, and surrounding countries for decades in a highly challenging political climate.

@kelleren4840

3 жыл бұрын

I was really sad they didn't do Wu Zetian. She was empress of china for 50(!) years and had an insane amount of stuff happen. She also was like, insanely ruthless politically, and surprisingly egalitarian towards the peasants (lowered taxes, while significantly increasing national productivity, power, scientific advancement through shrewd policy reforms.) Anyway, I would have loved to see her as a faction leader.

@kubaosuch97

3 жыл бұрын

@@kelleren4840 she was China’s leader in Civ V

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Yes! She is such an interesting leader in Civ 5 too it would’ve been nice to see her again, especially considering we had extra attention to China in the NFP.

@laurencefraser

2 жыл бұрын

@@JumboPixel "Queen consort" explicitly means she was Not the ruler though. Arguably kind of important.

will be the second to say i didn't like Civ VI when it came out... was like a cartoon after Civ V hahahha random stuff: 13:27 The Australian leader broke all the tableware... Ghandi plotting against Wilhelmina, While Teddy turns his back The Cree is probably stepping over the Canadian feet... and seems to enjoy it Pedro is praying to not get involved... Poland be like "please someone change with me... this aztec guy is too loud" Pericles: ohh god! ehhhmm.... not going to say anithing about Corvinus and the Kongo Gerorgia: why i'm next to Mongolia and the Maori? Hojo: Looks at my samurai lineage ahaha Suleiman: hehh that guy thinks he is amazing.... Cleopatra enjoying Gilgamesh missfortune is China trying to looks like a cute idol??? and etc hahahaha sorry, i was bored :P

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Hahah! What an amazing comment 😎

I personally never buy games for the graphics, I buy games for the gameplay and the graphics come last

Civilization 6 = Civilization for Girls. If this is the franchize going forward, I'm done with it.

I hated civ6...cartoonish, foolish statements for new tech, no clouds, feel like a young fool playing this which appeals to uneducated millennials. ..I have stuck with Civ 5.

@laurencefraser

2 жыл бұрын

I generally like 5 five most, though I'd easily accept a solid argument that two was better. People raving about 3 and 4 always baffle me though. Alpha Centauri was also great. I also hated Civ 6: religion is just terribly unbalanced (as of last time I played, at least) and the AI was just so defective as to render the rest of the game unsalvagable. (Mind you, Alpha Centauri, some factions' AI was such that they'd deathspiral from economic mismanagement if they survived long enough, not due to ideological flaws, but just due to AI coding. But that was generally a late game problem, and you still had to deal with their Existing huge armies.)

there is more than enough diversity of thought represented in all the leaders, so pls stop craving for diversity of appearance, this is a racist and counterproductive attitude.

@JumboPixel

3 жыл бұрын

Lol.

Diversity... LOL. Have a dislike.