Unit stacking (sort of) returns in Civilization 6 This means that, instead of following a routine path through the tech tree, players will be nudged towards developing based on their immediate circumstances.ģ. If you fulfil given tasks, it will be quicker for you to unlock certain research points. Talking of organic gameplay, we also spoke about how the research objectives make the gameplay in Civ 6 more emergent. Just seeing your progress as you’re spreading these cities out, and seeing everything grow, that visual cue of how your empire is changing, that’s been very cool to me. It’s almost like a cell, the way all these things are affecting the nucleus… It makes them feel very alive. “That’s a great way to think about it,” said Darney. This makes city planning a game in itself, with players needing to decide where to best place the constituent parts of their urban organism. Put a university district next to mountains, for example, and it will give a leg up to your research output. I do think that we’re going to see a very interesting change in the way people approach city planning.Īs Darney points out, city districts will now have to contend with bonuses for what tiles they’re placed adjacent to. “City specialisation has become such an important part of gameplay. “People that are very numbers-orientated – that want to min max the game and look for adjacency bonuses, are going to find that they have a lot more tools at their disposal than they ever did before,” said Darney.
I chatted this week to Sarah Darney, associate producer of Civilization VI at Firaxis, about how cities inject an element of urban planning into the game. One of the most apparent of these is the change to cities – which will now spread over multiple tiles. The turn-based, historical-strategy structure of Firaxis’ long-running series isn’t going anywhere, but a heap of changes stands to make Civilization 6 quite a different game to what has gone before.
While initial shots of the game showed a similar – albeit more cartoonish – hex-based map to Civilization 5, peer beneath the surface and you’ll find a swathe of crucial differences from its immediate predecessor. We’ve taken a deeper look at the politics of war games, including Civilization 6, here.Ĭivilization 6 (or Civilization VI if you’re feeling particularly Roman) is coming out next week.
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