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Product Review of Civilization VI

By Matthew Lynch
March 9, 2022
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Help the humans survive from the dawn of time, through the Dark Ages, up to this moment. This game focuses on developing players’ critical thinking and creativity. Players use their imagination to help civilizations take the leap to the next stage of development.

Website: https://www.civilization.com/

What Users Love About the App

“I have no issues running this game. I’m on a Samsung Galaxy S9+ (Snapdragon), with Android 10 installed. I’m assuming those running on valid hardware are having issues because Android 11 isn’t supported. Which sucks, but I was concerned when I saw all the negative reviews that it wouldn’t even run on my phone, which is a couple of years old. However, I’ve had no issues running it (except for load screens taking a few minutes, but I expected that). I hope Aspyr updates it to be compatible with Android 11, as one day I plan to upgrade phones and get Android 11, but for right now, this game works great. I even purchased both expansion packs because they were cheaper than the price listed on the initial launch. I’m happy because I’ve been waiting for this game on Android for quite some time now! Though I do realize why others wouldn’t be so happy with the current situation.”

“Game is working great on Samsung S20. There are no issues whatsoever, and it feels like I’m playing on a laptop or Xbox. Is it worth 10€. Well, probably more like a 5, but I still give it 5 stars for the playing experience.”

“I have to give 5 stars because it is a PC/console game that works on a phone. This should be possible for many other great PC/console-level games. Mobile games have a reputation of being terrible, full of adverts, and putting up fake adverts of their own. This game is the best Sim City with Mil Tac I’ve ever played. The only I have with this game is the price of the DLCs considering the prices and offers you can get on a PC.”

“You can mod it just like the PC version. Thumbs up for that because mods that tweak UI usually don’t work as the UI is completely different from PC. I spent $50 on the base game + expansions (R&F and GS). Perfect value, unlike the $80 PC version with an additional $40 for the “New Frontier Pass” disgusting nonsense. Turn speeds are fast, surprisingly. Even late-game, I expected it to take like 5 minutes to compute, but it only takes a few seconds. Thank you for an excellent port and excellent value of 2k!”

“Amazing that they were able to fit this game onto a mobile device. It’s not necessarily the best interface, but it’s got everything that a PC, Console, or Switch would have, and I have experience because I’ve got it on some of the above. Anyway, amazing game and definitely worth the $9.99 when it’s $50 on any other device.”

What Users Dislike About the App

“I suppose I should have done more research before I wasted the bandwidth and money on this. This doesn’t allow offline play (literally the only reason I wanted this, I spend weeks in the backcountry without service), is incomplete on Android (New Frontier Pass is absent), and has no developer intention to make the rest of the game available. The only reason I gave a second star was because of how much potential this port has if they address these two glaring flaws. My fault, I guess.”

“Currently, the game needs to be paired to the 2k account to play multi-player. The 2k account is linked through Google Play, which doesn’t work. So, when you start the game, it won’t let you click or log into your 2k account. I can see this has been a problem for a while now based on a quick Google search. Judging by the last update being ten months ago, I’m assuming support for this game is done. Don’t expect to play with friends as advertised.”

“It’s pretty shameful to have complaints and never do anything about it. People paid for this, and you don’t support them. I saw similar reviews for their KOTOR II port. I’m pretty sure this falls in line with fraud when you sell something that doesn’t work.”

“I spent money to unlock the full game before 15 hours of air travel only to find that the game won’t let you play unless you log in through the internet. The game doesn’t need internet to run, to log in. They deliberately made the game useless in any scenario because you’re more likely to use a phone to play instead of a laptop.”

“It is overpriced and falls behind in iOS. If you own an iPhone/iPad, purchase the game there. Some parts of the game are super weird with hitboxes, so you end up clicking on units you don’t mean to—you can’t even rotate the screen 180 degrees. This has happened to me multiple times, and the game stays upside down.”

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