I think I paid about £20-25 for the full package (I got the base for free) about a year ago and despite not having much time to game these days I enjoyed it and haven't felt short-changed.
I played a lot more of 5, but find myself going back to 6 mostly now. I'm a pretty casual player too, so if you're new I think these points will still stand:
It's better for playing shorter games if you don't have an entire week to spare.
The district system rewards planning ahead without being too punishing and it's cool to actually see the stuff you're building.
If you haven't played Civ before 6 is also much better at easing you in and just explaining things in general. Especially the improved diplomacy and war related stuff.
The map editor is fun if you don't worry about getting too granular with it.
The civilisations themselves have a more interesting variety of abilities and play styles, especially some they've add in the dlc (all included in anthology).
Likewise the climate change aspects in the dlc and improved disasters are interesting. There's also sliders and modifiers so if you want to just try and survive on an apocolyptic movie style planet that's constantly trying to kill you and everyone else you can do that for fun too.
I haven't even played with the secret societies and cults dlc stuff yet but it seems neat.
It looks nice and runs well on even my office mini-pc.
The character art is a bit like big headed puppets which freaks me out a little, but that's probably a me thing.
As with all Civ games it's as shit.
But if you play on PC there's lots of good mods including lots of Soviet civs etc.
You could probably pirate it instead if you're not interested in playing multiplayer with anyone.
The secret societies stuff is really fun. Its great for once you already understand the game and want to add some pure fun into it. Definitely worth going back and playing with them on when you have time. Vampires are awesome!
I think I paid about £20-25 for the full package (I got the base for free) about a year ago and despite not having much time to game these days I enjoyed it and haven't felt short-changed.
I played a lot more of 5, but find myself going back to 6 mostly now. I'm a pretty casual player too, so if you're new I think these points will still stand:
It's better for playing shorter games if you don't have an entire week to spare.
The district system rewards planning ahead without being too punishing and it's cool to actually see the stuff you're building.
If you haven't played Civ before 6 is also much better at easing you in and just explaining things in general. Especially the improved diplomacy and war related stuff.
The map editor is fun if you don't worry about getting too granular with it.
The civilisations themselves have a more interesting variety of abilities and play styles, especially some they've add in the dlc (all included in anthology).
Likewise the climate change aspects in the dlc and improved disasters are interesting. There's also sliders and modifiers so if you want to just try and survive on an apocolyptic movie style planet that's constantly trying to kill you and everyone else you can do that for fun too.
I haven't even played with the secret societies and cults dlc stuff yet but it seems neat.
It looks nice and runs well on even my office mini-pc.
The character art is a bit like big headed puppets which freaks me out a little, but that's probably a me thing.
As with all Civ games it's
as shit.
The secret societies stuff is really fun. Its great for once you already understand the game and want to add some pure fun into it. Definitely worth going back and playing with them on when you have time. Vampires are awesome!
I might try it out one evening this week if I can stop randomly falling asleep wherever I am during the mid-evening.