How 'Civilization VI' aims to improve upon perfection

[Unorthodox]

http://mashable.com/2016/05/11/civilization-6-reveal-details/#RX5fD6hwQ8qo

One of the more in depth articles I've seen, worth the read, but I can't even copy a full sentence for a quote/snippet.  Not sure if that's my computer or their site. 

[vonbach]

Calling Civ V perfect is a stretch. The AI in alpha centauri is better.

[Buster's Uncle]

Yes.

Yes, it is a stretch.  You are correct, sir.  -I thought the exact same thing.

[Unorthodox]

Yeah, I suppressed a laugh, myself.  Don't know if that was just pandering or he honestly feels that way. 

[Buster's Uncle]

One of the more in depth articles I've seen, worth the read, but I can't even copy a full sentence for a quote/snippet.  Not sure if that's my computer or their site.

I clicked on the link yesterday and gave up on the page even loading after half an hour while I did things in other tabs.  I don't usually have that much trouble with Mashable, if at all.  -Some of that's surely on my machine having a bad day, but still.

[Dale]

How they aim to "improve upon perfection"



 

[Rusty Edge]

Okay, that is funny.

[Unorthodox]

How they aim to "improve upon perfection"



 

I really don't get the graphics hate. 

But then I'm still playing Dominions 4 as the last strategy game I've gotten into.

Not exactly a graphical masterpiece

[Dale]

I really don't get the graphics hate.

For me (I won't speak for everyone going off about the graphics), Civ has always been about the epicness of human history, lending a certain amount of respect to ancient and current cultures through graphical representation.  The new style just doesn't do that.  That swordsman looks like something out of a mobile scifi-fantasy game.  It should be the Paladin unit approaching the Orcs.

The other thing that hits me is the saturation.  Games on mobile need a higher saturation than games on a monitor or TV.  The amount of saturation in the screenshots of Civ6 so far just seem the same levels as mobile games.

[Unorthodox]

It's probably the saturation helping my particular form of colorblindness.  Seems all the graphic packs I used to install upped that. 

[Rusty Edge]

Oh. I was too enthralled with the Atlas Colossus to consider it a refection upon the game graphics.

What I found funny was the idea of playing Civ VI on a normal sized smart phone, when I don't even like playing Free Civ on my Galaxy Note.

I'm used to new versions of Civ driving my hardware needs.  My A.I. needs more RAM power for calculatuions. Likewise, a smart phone would need an extension cord to play my idea of a Civ session.

I am into the epicness of it all. Huge, Marathon, 40 hour games and auxillary cooling. Doing that on a smart phone struck me as silly.

And that "PLAY FOR FREE" reminded me of Facebook Civ.

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DALE- I wanted to thank you again for your advice about a Surface Pro for my wife. She is now hooked. Normal keyboards seem awkward. She also converted my niece from i-tech to Surface Pro.

[Dale]

DALE- I wanted to thank you again for your advice about a Surface Pro for my wife. She is now hooked. Normal keyboards seem awkward. She also converted my niece from i-tech to Surface Pro.

No probs. I'm glad it worked out.

[vonbach]

It still has 1 unit per turn. That alone is terrible news.

[Unorthodox]

It still has 1 unit per turn. That alone is terrible news.

Until we have details on how the embedded units stack and the corps work, I'll reserve judgement on that point.

[vonbach]

I have  deep sense of foreboding about this game. The problem with 1UPT is the AI cant handle it.
You just have a massive traffic jam. Its one of the main reasons Civ V and BE were so bad.