It's complex, but it's also extremely fun and addictive when you’re in the grips of a sprawling international rivalry between multiple nations. Beyond that, you have to worry about little details like traders, envoys, "Great People," and building monuments like the Oracle at Delphi. Alternatively, if you want a greater challenge, you can found a culture everyone wants to be a part of. You can still brute-force your way to victory with the military, but you can also guide your people from the ancient period to the Space Age by starting and spreading a popular religion.
Never, though, has a Civilization game come packed with so many features at launch as Civilization VI, to the point where it's a little intimidating if you're brand-new to the series.
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This is Civilization VI in (almost) its full glory, so to get an idea of why that’s so exciting you should read our original review of the PC version, which still holds up well a little over a year later.Suffice it to say that Civilization is the quintessential turn-based "4X" strategy series – a genre that involves "Exploring, Expanding, Exploiting, and Exterminating," traditionally through military victory. It's very close to the PC game in look and feel, but designed smartly enough that it's easy to believe it was always meant for a tablet. Aspyr's port gives other developers something to (ahem) aspire to.