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Latest internet freebie ....Civilization VI

  • 21-05-2020 04:18PM
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,700 ✭✭✭✭


    So this is free to download from Steam for the next week.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,505 ✭✭✭brianregan09


    When is it starting ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭nix


    NIMAN wrote: »
    So this is free to download from Steam for the next week.

    You mean Epic?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,756 ✭✭✭Thecageyone


    Yeah it's free on Epic right now. Next week I believe it'll be Borderlands: The Handsome collection


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,145 ✭✭✭randomname2005


    Thanks op


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,892 ✭✭✭FortuneChip


    Class, was only playing the Civ IV DLC's the last couple of weeks.
    Great lockdown game.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,943 ✭✭✭nix


    I've never played a CIV game, they look fairly slow moving and boring, am i missing out?

    Can I get a summarization up in this muja fuja?!?! :pac:


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,197 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    It’s a turn-based strategy game - games are long and sometimes complex, but always plenty to do and it’s easy enough to learn the basics.

    The main issue is that it’s the video game equivalent of crack cocaine, and you will potentially lose hours and hours without even realising it.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,665 ✭✭✭Dave_The_Sheep


    It’s a real-time strategy game - games are long and sometimes complex, but always plenty to do and it’s easy enough to learn the basics.

    The main issue is that it’s the video game equivalent of crack cocaine, and you will potentially lose hours and hours without even realising it.

    Turn-based.

    The rest is 100% though.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Computer Games Moderators, Entertainment Moderators Posts: 31,197 CMod ✭✭✭✭johnny_ultimate


    Turn-based.

    The rest is 100% though.

    I’m just too used to saying RTS for any strategy game :eek:


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,880 ✭✭✭Canis Lupus


    nix wrote: »
    I've never played a CIV game, they look fairly slow moving and boring, am i missing out?

    Can I get a summarization up in this muja fuja?!?! :pac:

    Turn based empire building. It's ok in terms of slow game play. Free is free either way. I've always found it gets annoying once you expand to a certain point and it become work trying to keep track of everything.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,634 ✭✭✭DeSelby83


    This is cross save on the switch for those who have it there


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,021 ✭✭✭✭duploelabs


    If you have it on steam, is there cross play allowed for those who buy it on epic?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 96 ✭✭Good jib!


    Turn based empire building. It's ok in terms of slow game play. Free is free either way. I've always found it gets annoying once you expand to a certain point and it become work trying to keep track of everything.


    Played the first three Civ games A LOT! However there was generally a kind of mid-game lull where the game did kind of drag out, and yeah, keeping track of all the different cities, units, etc. Is Civ VI any different?

    I signed up to Epic to get Civ VI for free, but I'm still in two minds as to whether I'll actually play it or not. :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,840 ✭✭✭quokula


    Good jib! wrote: »
    Played the first three Civ games A LOT! However there was generally a kind of mid-game lull where the game did kind of drag out, and yeah, keeping track of all the different cities, units, etc. Is Civ VI any different?

    I signed up to Epic to get Civ VI for free, but I'm still in two minds as to whether I'll actually play it or not. :o

    It's not wildly different, it can definitely drag on a bit in the late game, but the fact that you can only have one unit per tile instead of stacks means you don't have the issue of moving stacks of 50 tanks all over the place so there's a bit less micromanagement there.

    I'd definitely recommend it, it's an excellent game. It's better with the expansions which you'll probably end up spending money on if you do play it though.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,431 ✭✭✭✭TheValeyard


    Just one more turn,

    Just one more turn,

    Just one more turn,

    Just one more turn,

    Wait....... When did the sun come up?

    Looks like I picked the wrong week to quit sniffing glue



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