A new Civilization VI video shows off England, they aren't talking about the Linux release for now

At least we will get it at a discount.

I dont like this scheme that most of the developers are doing

It seems that most of the developers are porting their old titles to Linux but not their newest ones

For example

F1 2015 , Lets port the old title to Linux but not the new one
Tomb Raider Lets port the old title to Linux but not the new one
The Banner Saga , Lets port the old title to Linux but not the new one
Killing Floor , Lets port the old title to Linux but not the new one
Civilization Lets port the old title to Linux but not the new one yet

and so on...

What do you think a Linux user is ? A funding machine for your new games?

Honestly I really hate this ! :><:

Developers, I really want to play your new games not a year after... :><:


Last edited by wolfyrion on 29 Jun 2016 at 2:29 pm UTC

Eh, they said a while ago that they'd do a Linux release. Whether or not it will be a first day release has not much to do with their marketing machine about the game in general instead of the ports. Don't panic just because Linux is not mentioned in every single posting. ;)

XCOM 2 was a Day 1 release. Why wouldn't Firaxis do the same with Civ VI? I suppose it doesn't really matter to me because I see no reason at all to prefer Civ VI over Civ V with its expansions, and I really don't like VI's cartoon aesthetic. Besides, the Civilization series just feels a bit shallow after getting hooked on Paradox's ridiculously deep and complex grand strategy games.

XCOM 2 was a Day 1 release. Why wouldn't Firaxis do the same with Civ VI? I suppose it doesn't really matter to me because I see no reason at all to prefer Civ VI over Civ V with its expansions, and I really don't like VI's cartoon aesthetic. Besides, the Civilization series just feels a bit shallow after getting hooked on Paradox's ridiculously deep and complex grand strategy games.

Yeah, I feel the same about it. I absolutely hate the childish looks, and the other changes I am highly skeptical about, particularly cities requiring more tiles. This will just mean that territorial expansion will become even more paramount than it already is, as space will be even more at a premium. And I had a complete facepalm moment when they announced even more restrictions for placing wonders. Them eating up entire tiles and stuff like "Pyramids only on desert tiles". Really? Yes, the real life Great Pyramid is in the desert, but there is no compelling reason whey they all have to be. There are pyramids in South America. Lots of them. Gah.

I'm guessing England won't be part of the EU in Civ VI either? :P

I'm guessing England won't be part of the EU in Civ VI either? :P

(I'm from the UK if some still don't know this)


Last edited by Liam Dawe on 29 Jun 2016 at 5:19 pm UTC

I'm guessing England won't be part of the EU in Civ VI either? :P

(I'm from the UK if some still don't know this)


There's always a silver lining :D

OT: I'm not sure I'm a fan of the new art-style


Last edited by Psycic101 on 29 Jun 2016 at 5:26 pm UTC

XCOM 2 was a Day 1 release. Why wouldn't Firaxis do the same with Civ VI? I suppose it doesn't really matter to me because I see no reason at all to prefer Civ VI over Civ V with its expansions, and I really don't like VI's cartoon aesthetic. Besides, the Civilization series just feels a bit shallow after getting hooked on Paradox's ridiculously deep and complex grand strategy games.

I feel pretty similar, although the art style doesn't particularly bother me. While this looks like a quite decent game I already have Civ V and all its expansions, and don't really feel the need for a new version yet (though I like that VI is keeping the archaeology, that was a fun addition in V). Discovering Paradox's grand strategy games two years ago hasn't helped me either. Though having been a fan of the Civ series since Civ III, I might pick it up after release when it goes on sale, or when a major expansion comes out.

That might be England's special trait even?

"Cannot join alliances. Has a 15% chance per turn to break every other agreement for no apparent reason."

:p


Last edited by Kimyrielle on 29 Jun 2016 at 6:02 pm UTC

XCOM 2 was a Day 1 release. Why wouldn't Firaxis do the same with Civ VI? I suppose it doesn't really matter to me because I see no reason at all to prefer Civ VI over Civ V with its expansions, and I really don't like VI's cartoon aesthetic. Besides, the Civilization series just feels a bit shallow after getting hooked on Paradox's ridiculously deep and complex grand strategy games.

Feral did the XCOM ports. Aspyr did the Civ ports. Different companies, different workflows, different codebases, different schedules.

The ports of XCOM: EU and Civ V were released years after the original Windows release.

XCOM2 had a day-one release, but it also had some graphical problems. I'm not sure to what extent they've been patched-up yet. Quality of the game itself aside, I'd say their port of XCOM2 wasn't quite as good as XCOM: EU, which was pretty-much flawless.

IIRC, Aspyr had hoped to do same-day release for Civ BE, but weren't quite able to pull it off, and it ended up being a couple months late. Aspyr did a better job of porting Civ BE than they did with Civ V. The complete lack of anti-aliasing in the Linux version of Civ V was a pretty glaring flaw, but this was fixed in BE along with other graphical improvements. In general, BE was much closer to feature-parity with Windows than Civ V was.

If it's not a day-one release, I wouldn't expect it to be more than a couple months behind. If it's a little late, don't sweat it. They're just trying to polish it up for us. Having a same-day port done by an external porter sounds like a really hard task. You're always a little bit behind the original developers, but still have to hit their schedule. The most feasable way to do this would be to delay the Windows release in order to give the porting house time to catch up. Given what a small market segment we are, it wouldn't make economic sense for Firaxis to miss the holiday-season sales bonanza just because a 3rd-party port to was running a little bit late.


Last edited by MajGuano on 29 Jun 2016 at 6:37 pm UTC

I've been playing Civ since the original one on my Atari ST. Played the hell out of that and the second one. Civ 3 never caught my attention much, and I only have maybe finished a single game on Civ IV and V. The problem is the games last too long and I just don't have the time to dedicate to them.

But it saddens me when they remove a bunch of features that you could do in the earlier games. Then the fans complain, so they add them back in for expansions, which aren't free...

Kind of the sad thing about Paradox's strategy games. They tend to have WAY too much DLC.