HAVE AN IDEA ABOUT YOUR CITIES BEFORE ESTABLISHING THEM: Back in previous “Civilization” games, players could establish a city willy-nilly. This puts pressure on players to not just expand, but they should expand in the right way. If players are deficient in any of these, it curbs a cities growth. They now have to make sure there’s enough structures to house the people and they need to have quality-of-life improvements such as Entertainment Districts and Luxuries resources (coffee or ivory) to keep them happy. Players no longer have to worry about keeping a population fed. These are two new concepts that go into the growth of a city. DEALING WITH AMENITIES AND HOUSING IS A HASSLE: Remember that feeling in “ StarCraft” when you’re building an army and suddenly, you get an alert - “You must construct more pylons.” “Civilization VI” has a similar moment and that mainly deals with amenities and housing. Ships anchor off the coast of a city in “Civilization VI.” (2K Games)ģ. In a campaign, I waited too long to establish a religion and had to cede those benefits to rival countries who kept on spamming out missionaries and apostles. TRY TO ESTABLISH A RELIGION QUICKLY: Unlike previous games, there’s a finite number of religions in “Civilization VI.” If you don’t receive a great prophet fast, you will miss out on a chance to establish a faith, and that could set you back when going against rival nations.įaith is a huge bonus because it can be used to expand culture or quickly build structures and units. To say the learning curve is steep is an understatement, and I’m a longtime “Civilization” player.Ģ. I’ve played the game in different preview settings and I’m still learning the finer points on how to build cities. You won’t get a hang of the idea of unstacked cities or the tweaks to religion until a second or third campaign. Sometimes an overlooked error doesn’t become evident until the midgame. You will discover that you didn’t plan out your cities that well or that you built a district in the wrong area. During your first campaign, you will make mistakes.

YOU ARE GOING TO START OVER AT LEAST TWICE: “Civilization VI” is complex and the best way to learn is by diving in head first. In my hands-on time, here is what I learned:ġ. I’ve spent some hours with the game, and I’m still learning and getting used to the new mechanics. The result is that game is going to be a novel experience for both newcomers and veterans alike.

With the upcoming release, Firaxis carries over and fine-tunes the improvements over two expansions in the previous entry and meshes it with the unstacking of cities and revamped systems. Get ready for change because “ Sid Meier’s Civilization VI” will deliver plenty of it when it’s released on Oct. Six lessons I learned from playing 'Civilization VI'

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