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I got into Civilization rather late with their fifth entry. I was hesitant because as I get older I need more time to game than I do new titles. Still I picked up six with all DLC during the last sale. I have to say I am liking the changes. It was good to wait because Civ does need its DLCs to feel complete.

On a side note, it runs quite nice on the Steam Deck (In desktop mode docked)

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[–] [email protected] 8 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago) (2 children)

5 is superior imo, it's more simple to understand but has a lot to master. It's more visually appealing too, Civ 6 throws so much extra crap at you.

5 is more depth from simple mechanics. 6 is adding mechanics to try and make depth. I'd recommend 5 for sure, though 2K are kind of scummy and put 6 on discounts to try and force players into that and no longer really put Civ 5 on sale cause they know people would rather buy that.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 6 months ago (1 children)

6 also has a really bad habit of trying to hide a lot of stuff away from you for idk why, cleaner aesthetics? In 5 almost all the numbers are there out in the open ready to be looked at in-game and it makes approaching everything much easier for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 6 months ago

Mods are great for fixing this.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 6 months ago (1 children)

I think 5 is what I'm looking for. Sometimes Civ (in general) gets out of hand with the micromanagement. I want something that's kind of casual.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 6 months ago* (last edited 6 months ago)

Yeah, 5 isnt too bad unless you got loads of units late game. 6 overwhelmed me from the get go.