LGR - Sid Meier's Civilization VI Review

[@LGR]

To those asking about my t-shirt, it was sent to me by a viewer so I don't know where it came from or if it's for sale. *EDIT: here it is!* store.2k.com/store/Tk22k/en_US/pd/productID.332575900

[@TanTacos]

store.2k.com/store/Tk22k/en_US/pd/productID.332575900 Found the shirt

[@Ikelae]

It's sooo goood

[@LGR]

Thanks for the link, Tanner! I had no idea where it came from :)

[@ChippyPippy]

I know this video is old, but you forgot to mention the eureka moments. That is currently my favorite new feature. In past games I always thought it was kinda dumb that people sitting in a library were the ones to invent new forging techniques.

[@shakajolt1173]

On the uranium note about a minute in; if the strategic resource spawns under your district, you get the strategic resource automatically. If the resource is already there, *then* building over it destroys it. That way you can build early without worrying about losing out on resources that haven't been teched to yet.

[@Jimboola]

Sean Bean's in it...and he does NOT die!

[@poposterous236]

SPOILER ALERT: He's already dead. His voice is that of your late father.

[@TouhouGaijin]

About that...he actually does.

[@nocsiou]

Pretty sure the character representing the narrator(him) dies in the trailer

[@historyfreak6591]

Anyone who is watching this right now in late May 2020, they have the game for free download until May 28 on Epic Games.

[@Mr.FastZombie]

I like how you put some Civ games and Civ City Rome behind you for this video.

[@LGR]

Oh yeah, the wall is always relevant.

[@OnyxDeity]

I was googling "Drowned God" the other day, looking for Game of Thrones stuff and not at expecting competing results. I saw that it was a game, read through the wikipedia entry, and thought, "Aha! I have learned a truly obscure piece of gaming history." Now I watch this video and see it sitting there, right on your shelf. Probably a run of the mill coincidence but it feels very surreal.

[@Infernape7890]

The ten Nukements: 1. Hail to the king. 2. Shake it for your Lord. 3. Do not run out of bubble gum. 4. Let your Lord sort the world's ills out. 5. Don't wait for Christmas. 6. Do not listen to disco. 7. Do not steal your Lord's mates. 8. Aspire for balls of steel. 9. Protect our women from extraterrestrials. 10. Before you boast, make sure your guns are big.

[@PixelatedH2O]

I'm currently in the middle of playing a marathon game with twelve civilizations on a huge map. I started playing as Russia because their cities expand faster and it's become something very weird. It started when I realized that while they gain bonuses from tundra, actually building cities on that terrain makes food incredibly hard to acquire. I was also first to acquire a religion which I decided to call leonism, after the constellation Leo. It wasn't for several hundred game years that I noticed the name was unintentionally similar to Leninism. I'm now living in the year 2030 (or there about), in a religious and scientific war with Gandhi, and have fully embraced my rule with a communist government. I have a massive stockpile of wonders and great works, a large number of cities, but several of them are starving or at least hungry. All hail the fictional USSR!

[@kamenkojistonira]

Aaaan there it is. The moment something on the internet makes me reinstall civ for the X time.

[@darktooth347]

War Wagon intensifies

[@aninditapaul9291]

My life goals in Civ.

[@jackstevens7790]

Nukemism, huh. I guess Gandhi starts worshipping right away.

[@LGR]

Haha, yes he does. twitter.com/lazygamereviews/status/791395269975928836

[@xSnakeBerryx]

Lazy Game Reviews Bobby Prince the composer for Doom, Wolf3d, Duke Nukem series has Colon Cancer. Spread this Go Fund me pls. www.gofundme.com/bobby-prince-medical-fund-2vs94pg

[@Pijawek]

@@RiayToons real Gandhi wasn't a pacifist. He had chosen passive resistance since he thought that it will be the most effective way since any violent counteraction from the British will make them look bad. Butt he did once say that if he had an atom bomb he would totally nuke Britain.

[@SammeLagom]

I must say that your channel are one of my absolute favourites, keep up the nerdy goodness!

[@LGR]

Thank you, will do my best!

[@DMT702ACIDRAP]

Been watching your channel for a while now and this review is actually pretty special to me since I helped on QA testing for this game! You are awesome LGR!!

[@akshaydabhadkarofficial5104]

You are lucky to be living in a country where uncles play/recommend video games. That's so freakin cool. In India all I had was them trash talking each other and me getting constant lectures about how video games are not productive.

[@Shenanirats]

Big fan since the first. Very impressed with this. It's an actual challenge for a change. I've spent 20 years developing my tactics for this game, and suddenly they don't really work! It's great! AI is still a useless rube most of the time, though.

[@Whobilly]

Civ 3 still has my heart

[@zaneetue7991]

Whobilly civ 5 is mine

[@gentlesirpancakebottoms6692]

Civ 4 has mine

[@davidtrue3504]

Civ 4 has both my heart and Leonard Nimoy.

[@Agos226]

I grew up playing hot-seat with my dad on Civ 3 :)

[@ValseInstrumentalist]

Civ III was my childhood. The manual was the size of a large novel and I read that entire thing. Still sucked at playing it though.

[@randthor9344]

I just found your channel. Very good, appreciate the thought put into the reviews, and especially the lack of swear words. Subscribed!

[@LGR]

Thanks, I hope you continue to enjoy!

[@gtochld11]

I've heard you mention and given some brief stories several times about how your uncle got you into games. I'd love to see you do a video about how your interest in games developed over time. Maybe a "How I got into games" video. My grandparents got me into games when I used to go over there and play their NES. I love hearing how other people got into games by mistake, a family member, friends, etc. and how their interest and habits changed over time with each new platform.

[@mswilladsen]

"India declares war on Stockholm".... What about the rest of Sweden? :P Great quickie!

[@yostoyou]

I would assume that's because it's a city-state instead of a civilization (as of now), which is kinda disappointing since it was a civilization in Civ 5.

[@pranavjha9367]

Salient Simon but there's Norway

[@oz_jones]

Gandhi at it again, lol.

[@yostoyou]

Pranav Jha I guess it's their time to shine...

[@gryffith1378]

Salient Simon gaaaathering Storm!!

[@Dragonfire511]

I needed LGR today! It makes my day better! :D

[@bmoraski]

Im having a blast with this game. I havent done online play yet, im waiting for the Mac patch so i can play with my friends who are on the Mac. Coming from Civ 3 this game really hit the spot.

[@Ninetails2000]

Nothing better on a day like this than a quickie with LGR.

[@Dholo]

You mentioned the Caesar games as a series of citybuilders you love, but I can't find any videos on your channel. You've gotta make that happen, dude!

[@stephaniec.8415]

Whenever I consider buying a game, I always look for an LGR review. I always appreciate your honesty and the way you don't sugar-coat things. Thanks LGR! :)

[@Crazetex]

I'm glad this seems to include the very recent patch. Thanks for doing this; this is a good video to send my friends who are on the fence, I think.

[@Engel990]

You never cease to amuse me.

[@UltimateDespairHeadmaster]

Did you film this before the latest "big" patch out of curiosity? There were a lot of AI balances and things they claimed. I haven't sit down with it since so I am not sure.

[@LGR]

Yes, this was made a few days after the patch. All my complaints mentioned still stand right now.

[@UltimateDespairHeadmaster]

Lazy Game Reviews Cool, granted this won't stop this game from devouring all aspects of life from me.

[@retrocity5217]

The mods of Civ V made me spend over 1,000 hours. Once mod tools are released for Civ VI I'll play it again and may never be heard of for a very long time.

[@Leyvin]

While the patch does address a number of more 'minor' issues, as well as improving some Quality-of-Life aspects (the English Royal Docks actually giving it's bonus now was nice :p) Most of the key issues that they frankly should've addressed first, really aren't. I mean one of the worst issues was the AI declaring what by now is the fairly infamous Turn 75 "World War" ... which my brother never noticed as he's typically a very aggressive player; where-as I personally don't tend to be. Honestly, I've played all Civ Games at launch now; and while sure the AI isn't exactly renown for being 'Intelligent', even post patch it remains flat out broken. Most of what the Patch does, is soften to blow; but it doesn't resolve fundamental issues. The Pace of the Game is just wonky ... there are Eras that assuming you don't accidentally skip, are blink and you miss them. (Given Great People now Grant Bonus' based on Eras, as are quite a few of the Civic Cards reliant on being in a Given Era; well that's a problem) It's possible to skip certain technologies, while get those that should rely upon said earlier skipped tech. Religious Wars are, little more than annoying Gimmicks that IMO should've just been ANOTHER type of Army; with Upkeep (in Faith), Upgrades, Experience, etc. Support Units are a cool idea, but pre-patch it felt like they didn't do anything ... post patch, well they still don't appear to do anything. I know the Units themselves aren't supposed to, but I mean Battering Ram is supposed to allow "Full Damage" while attacking Walls (Blue Bar) the Siege Engine is supposed to provide "By-Pass to Base Health" ... and honestly I don't see a point in making them anymore cause well that's not how they appear to work; be it linked, unlinked, next to each other, etc. I could probably go on for a while; but what's frustrating is what's good about Civ 6 is so damn good and such an interesting and enjoyable that the issues; which are in some cases absolutely game breaking, are exasperated so much more as a result. It leads to such a Love-Hate Relationship. I also don't see the bloody point in the 2 Greek Civilisations when they're almost identical.

[@benjamenYTDeadTheGamer]

[Leyvin Raven]: So how's everything now?

[@ryankline8188]

Perhaps we could have an updated Civ VI review??? I personally think this has become an incredible title and it has me very curious where they might take the franchise from here with the next installment... CIV VII

[@maggiered7284]

Thank you for your honest review, LGR. I have been trying to look for honest cut throat reviews for this game & I always wanted to play this game on hand held mode & on the go. So I bought the physical copy for my Nintendo switch OLED & I am gonna be picking up the dlc bundle pack for it next month!

[@GapiSlo10]

Hey Clint would you perhaps consider making a review of the old Heroes of might and magic games up until maybe 4 or 3 those were literally my childhood games and i would love to see it on this channel one day, either way great video and have an awesome day! :)

[@MarioFanaticXV]

4 would be a great stopping point, since 5 onwards are a reboot with a different storyline (also, Might and Magic 1-...8, I think? Maybe 9? Are part of the same series as HoMM 1-4, whereas 10 and maybe 9 are part of the same series as HoMM 5-7).

[@AnthonyPero92]

You're the only game reviewer I listen to.

[@Inivican]

I still play Civilization IV: Beyond the Sword.

[@Moistcraictical]

Diggin' the '70s moustache!

[@LGR]

It's that time of the year ;)

[@benjaylemmington6514]

Happy thanksgiving LGR!

[@Esuerc]

I never noticed it before, but you look like my animation teacher. That's a good thing! He's a good teacher, and you're an awesome guy.

[@Manas-co8wl]

I'm glad your review is completely on par with my sentiment for this game. Great review as always!

[@Grumpydrawer]

Yeah I'm really enjoying Civ6. Finally a new Civilization game I enjoy, especially since Civ5 sent me right back to playing Civ4. Liking how the city mechanics and policies work. Even better that the base game has content, unlive Civ5's base game when it came out... Now Alpha Centauri 2 is what we need next! And not some shitty BE type thing!

[@BirdSeedForSpeed]

Oooh the beard is coming back! I missed it a lot! Great video by the way :) i love civ but I can't start a game because I always end up playing it for 10 hours and I need to be a responsible adult that sleeps and eats and all those boring things

[@JoelRiter]

I just realized, ITS ALL MIST CHRISTMAS! Since I began watching this channel about 3 years ago, watching Coint's psychotic holiday doppleganger has become a tradition of mine to usher in the best time of the year secularr otherwise. Also, I see why you went for a quickie review just wish it was a full and hoping for a review of that awful rollerccoaster tycoon world.

[@medoli900]

"As you may be able to tell as I flash you [...]" Not gonna lie, my mind went blank for a minute there.

[@Featinwe]

I have to admitt that Civ VI is one of the most addictive games I encountered in my life...

[@infin1ty850]

I went back to 5. I'm just having a really hard time adjusting to the city planning aspects as well as the new worker system.

[@oniinu]

CivCity!? I see it on your shelf. I have never heard of this. Please review it! Looks cool.

[@LGR]

Planning to eventually!

[@Spider0Web]

I love how Civilisation II is displayed prominently on your bookshelf!! This was the first civ game I played (way back in the 90s) and imo the best one ever made. I really really miss the advisers and the throne room - I wish they would at least bring back the throne room.! Also I love that you have Myst and Might and Magic there as well - also very good solid games.

[@twitchster77]

This game (for the Switch) is being delivered to me today. I'm either going to be too stupid for this game...or else it's about to take over my entire life!

[@Aishcrazy]

you are my favorite reviewer along with angry joe

[@seanvanputten2337]

Once again you made a great review!I did as you said and waited for the price drop.

[@restinpeas1284]

I've never really played the Civ games, which one would be a good introduction if I were to give the series a try?

[@DanielSchaefer2]

IV

[@kingedwin]

FreeCiv is a clone that's open source, so it's free and available on just about everything. It has its own mode as well as modes that are roughly equivalent to Civilization and Civ II.

[@OlaJustin]

Darrark Just start with Civ 6. It's awesome! But all of them are awesome. Civ 1 and 2 is a bit too old now though. I feel Loke Civ 3 or Civ 4 might be easier to get in to but of you've got a computer that can run Civ 6 then try it out. Dont expect to have a life and get ready to forget the time and realize that it suddenly got sunny outside, again! :)

[@restinpeas1284]

Ola Justin I feel as though over time they've been adding more and more complex mechanics. I've tried Civ V but it was a bit confusing. Felt like I understood only the tip of a complex strategic iceberg of sorts

[@DanielSchaefer2]

Begin with IV

[@grill_dad]

Great video my man.

[@dormytorry]

I love this channel too much

[@Malryth]

Great review! Much like you, someone else introduced me into the Civ game long ago. I've played the original up to 4. Sadly money constraints and the fact my last PC died, I haven't played since Civ 4. I am hoping to have a gaming PC built before the end of the year. Civ VI looks like a great game! :)

[@egill624]

Did you get that gaming PC built

[@XenWarriorTheReal]

I love the name of your cities in the beginning of the video! is it an Easter Egg for a future review? :P

[@CattoRayTube]

Oh shit, now I want to play Civ. Goodbye sleep!

[@InsaneWayne355]

The districts take some getting used to, with the terrain adjacency bonuses, with it's well worth it. This Civ seems to shift from so much micromanagement to more planning

[@brandonb1681]

I love this series. Civ 2 was the "killer app" for me. Bought my first PC just to play it.

[@josephxp96]

Was introduced to Civ by my father when i was 6 with Civ 3, then shortly after slaughtered him. My biggest gripe is religious victory seems to quickly to achieve. Loved nuke happy policy for Gamdhi.

[@MagisterCobb]

As much as I love this game, Firaxis will have a hard time coming close to the awesomeness of the advisors of Civ Ii

[@Flutterwhat]

wow I didn't even know I could rename cities at all!!!! Proved your point with the UI instantly!

[@maxlarivee3663]

You should consider doing a complete Civilization retrospective. You've only reviewed Civ1 so far.

[@Abraxis86]

LGR, you should review Caeser and/or Pharaoh. Also on that note, I'm surprised that with all the reboots we've been seeing lately no one has pick up on and tried to remake these great games, with the license or not.

[@jackmitcheltree4517]

Some 2021 thoughts: - UI mods in the workshop definitely help this game - base game and dlc go on sale almost every steam sale, so worth waiting until then - gathering storm is a must have, base game + GS is the best civ experience money can buy, imo. - AI balancing still not amazing, ~king-emperor is the sweet spot for solo play, I think.

[@ErinTurco21]

LGR Quickies The "series" I always forget until it pops up again.

[@sensibleGamer]

Notifications could REEEALY do with an overhaul. My first game I didn't even know America, my NEIGHBOUR, had been conquered until I noticed all their cities had changed colour on the map.

[@Cannabest]

Great as always~

[@DOSBoxMom]

I love the Christopher Tin theme music for this game (and Sean Bean's voiceovers); however, although my spouse has played a lot of this game (and is looking forward to the 1st expansion), I've only played a little of the tutorial (too different from Civ 5 & earlier). It was good to hear a review from someone (other than my spouse) who's spent a fair amount of time with this game, though.

[@Dayvit78]

Thanks for your honest review!

[@Krtica78]

So many hours, days, years i spent with all CIVs. And now ill try CIV 6

[@Armadurapersonal]

So Civ V: Space Edition is all but forgotten now?

[@JohnSmith-dd8bf]

what's that?

[@lennartvanderwal4687]

beyond earth, it was the most shit game in the franchise

[@GlRecTV]

Hey LGR, do you play Starcraft? if so - is there any way you will talk/review it?

[@TleilaxuEyes]

Nice Waxworks box in the background.

[@amshermansen]

Unstacking cities comes at a cost - You need a good amount of meta knowledge to get even decently well planned cities. That is a HUGE detriment to new players - and anyone not willing to dig through Reddit to get decent information. The scaling district cost also works against the player - You're basically taught to pre-plop every district as soon as possible to get them as cheap. But then you discover the only tile of Oil on the entire continent right beneath one of those districts. And the AI... oh boy. Don't get me wrong - I don't dislike the game. But before that first, big patch it had a lot of problems. Problems that I personally don't feel like most big gaming sites even considered - I don't think it deserved near perfect scores. Maybe a 7.5 with half a point or slightly more with the patch.

[@restinpeas1284]

I've only delved into Civilization V a bit, and that confused the heck out of me. It definitely sounds like they've complicated things further than i could hope to understand.

[@amshermansen]

As a Civ player since the first game, I felt mostly right at home. I agree though that it can feel overwhelming (even with the advisor tips)

[@Greyghostvol1]

Mansen this is the feeling that comes with ever civ game since 3. It comes out, some diehard fans hate it, others love it, others are lukewarm about it. civ6 is a further refinement of the game, and little more. In fact, the "problems" peoplr have with this game are almost verbatim the "problems" people had with civ5 when it first released. I, on the other hand, have enjoyed every civ game I've ever played, and I've played since II?

[@amshermansen]

Greyghostvol1 I get what you're saying, but this isn't it. Civ VI had/has issues that are not fair to the customer after this many releases. Firaxis should have learned by now - especially when there are repeat mistakes at work here. Civ VI won't be a refinement until it at least matches that of Civ V, which just isn't the case yet.

[@Greyghostvol1]

Mansen and yet, people said the exact same thing of Civ5, "it won't be as good as civ 4 until at least a few patches." and if civ 4 in comparison to civ3. I've been with the civ community long enough to see this. Civilization has always needed a few patches to get to the level it should be at. If you haven't understood this the twenty plus years it's been around by now, idk what to tell you.

[@TonyFleetwood]

sid mier games in general were a part of most kids life back in the 90's for me it was railroad tycoon :)

[@ArtanisOwns]

definitely has incomplete 'dlc syndrome'

[@TimChuma]

I have playing Civ games for almost half my life. To have only six games in 20 years shows you how much work goes in them.

[@Snolferd]

Waxworks? That sounds really interesting/strange/curious, will you be doing a review on that one sometime?

[@LGR]

Totally planning to, it's quite the experience.

[@Snolferd]

Lazy Game Reviews Awesome!

[@Jymm]

Great review as always. So far I'm having a blast playing it, still like Civ5 with 2000 hours played though. My favorite "mod" right now is actually a collection of maps called "YnAMP - Yet (not) Another Maps Pack for Civ6" forums.civfanatics.com/threads/ynamp-yet-not-another-maps-pack-for-civ6.602050/

[@LGR]

I've got the same map pack installed, it's awesome.

[@Jerv291182]

I’m interested in getting into the civ games. I haven’t seen all of your backlog yet but have you ever played the Anno games? They are some of my favorites in this genre. I’d be curious to see your thoughts on them. Maybe you already have videos I’ll eventually come across.

[@mbm8572]

As a fan of Civ since the original Dos game, I'm looking forward to playing this one!

[@Deucehoru]

You mentioned Ceasar....pleb!

[@JurzGarz]

Is that CivCity: Rome on the shelf? I used to play that game a lot as a kid. I'd love to see a review of it!

[@zaddyzeeseburgnutz]

I see Test of Time in the back there, great game.

[@refractionpcsx2]

Glad I'm not the only one who had issues with the notifications panel, it got a bit annoying not being able to click on it after a while. The thing that really put me off in the end was that it wouldn't let me build medieval walls, saying I didn't have ancient walls, when I did. This happened several times, so I thought, screw it, I'll play it to death when they fix it.

[@geforcy]

Bought it yesterday on steam sale, never player civ before. I did however started play stellaris and hoi4 early 2020. I never played 4x before that. Civ is a Nice addition so far.

[@bobsaggat]

my biggest criticism, is the trading card style government system. "oh you attacked me that activates my fascism third alternative trap card that doubles my production of millitary units" yeah stupid

[@alalalala57]

Joe Bloe That's how real life works.

[@Freerunnerx10]

Is it worth it just for Sean Bean?

[@SevCaswell]

Hey. Love Civ myself, my favourite is Alpha Centuari. Just wondering if you have ever played Tropico and/or Tropico 2, 2 is my favourite of the series because pirates. Also the original Tropico allowed you to code your own senarios, and I've wanted to learn to code ever since.

[@larrote6467]

looking at your civcity rome box on the shelves I realized; we need another Pharaoh!

[@ccarpena05]

Epic shirt dude!!

[@seandraco3797]

Finally somebody says it. Personally I don't call it AI if it operates on a different plain to win. Like that old chess master on my gameboy! Finally winning against the bastard AI suddenly my king is a normal king the computer however has a "super king" that moves like a queen?

[@chrisdixon892]

New civ and gameplay aspects but I’d love seeing things I saw on and old freeware civ. Nuclear winter made the world more arid across the world, even effects of greenhouse gas. That was the free games. I would love to see and update that could make natural disasters. Sea level rises, tsunami turning ground into water, land tearing away making chasms. But the mechanics involved is things now are cool enough

[@Cantimule]

Religious victory should be relatively simple on a small 1-v-1 map, I'll have to give that a try next game! So far I've always gone for huge maps and tons of civ's.

[@LGR]

That's all I've done so far as well. Will have to do a small map my next game!

[@arnoldingo01]

Sick review dude! Made me consider getting this even though it costs that 60€. Well there's always the steam Christmas sales I suppose :P

[@Roxas4ever]

Civ IV was my first Civ game, but Civ V is the one I have all the nostalgia for because it's the game that my boyfriend and I played together a lot when we first started dating

[@JamesRDavenport]

This video proves every game would be better if it had Sean Bean's voice in it. Even a Barbie game. ;)

[@RetroGamingMuseum]

I love the fact that they added a cloth map inside the physical release of this game.

[@LGR]

That's only the $90 25th Anniversary Edition though, and as far as I've seen it doesn't come in the US edition. civilization.com/buy#civilization-vi/civilization-vi-25th-anniversary-edition

[@RetroGamingMuseum]

ohh. maybe that is a european release, I just saw one in my local Gamestop store. Maybe I should just scoot over and buy it, before someone else does, and after seeing this review I am pretty much hyped for the game :)

[@RetroGamingMuseum]

Well I scooped over only to find it sold :( but they guy in the store told me that is was a first sale edition $55 ( not the 25th Anniversary ) or something like that, and it included scenario, cloth map and soundtrack. So now I am really bummed out that I missed out on it :) I have a picture of it here : imgur.com/L0Nx48V

[@nrrork]

Oh GOD! I have to play THIS NOW, too! I built a long overdue new gaming PC this summer, so I have such a backlog of games I wasn't able to play. One more I guess. Oh man, and I think there's a Tropico I missed out on... Damn.

[@rustyshackleford634]

The city expansion reminds me of a more streamlined version of Endless Legend's.

[@VampguyN85]

Civ 3 was my first in the series and I became hooked ever since. I have played through pretty heavy on all of them from 3 and up. I do want to get Civ 6, at first the graphics looked too much like revolution for me which I do like on the xbox and my phone but not on the full desktop pc. But the graphics look better now and grew on me a bit.

[@tompkinssquaretrackclub]

Are you going to do a review for the Rise & Fall expansion? What are your thoughts?

[@HaloBeavs1]

I got the 80 dolor version of civ 6 and I have about 124 hours and have no regrets because I know I'm getting the dlc anyway

[@TheJesterGuy_]

My attention in this video is all turned into that one game on the left shelf, below the Serious Sam boxes with an alien head... (0:01) It turns out to be a game called "Drowned God: Conspiracy of the Ages", which even got a release on GOG. It's almost similar to the classic "Myst" game.

[@McD_James]

I've never played a 4x game before, but I'm gonna try out Alpha Centauri fairly soon. Looking forward to it.