Hey Steemians, Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is released today! I have bought it from Steam and it is being downloaded as I am writing this post. For those who don't know (how can you not know?!?), the Civilization series is a popular franchise in the 4X (eXplore, eXpand, eXploit, and eXterminate) strategy game genre. Basically, you build your civilization from scratch and try to defeat your opponents along the way. I have played the Civilization series since Civ II till Civ VI and Civ VI is arguably my favorite till date. I have clocked 190 hours in playing the game 😅.
Civilization VI: Rise and Fall is the expansion to the base Civilization VI game and it has brought in several new concepts that was not found in the base game. Here are the list of new features:
- Golden and Dark ages: Golden age is not a new concept as it existed in previous Civilization games. But dark age is something new and I am looking forward to that.
- City loyalty: This is a concept similar to past Civilization games where it allowed for cultural flipping of neighboring cities if your city culture is much stronger than the neighboring cities. I guess they replaced culture with loyalty.
- Governors: Throughout the game, governors can be recruited and they can bring bonuses to assigned cities. Interesting!
- More complex alliance types: In the base game, alliance with another Civilization doesn't really affect much of the gameplay. In this expansion, there are more types of alliances and I think it is going to influence the gameplay much more.
- Emergency scenarios: Through the game, there will be emergency situations triggered when certain criteria are met. Players will need to respond to such emergencies and the outcome will influence the dynamics of the game.
- And of course, new civilizations and new leaders!
Below is a video which gives a broad overview of the new features:
I get most of my information from this official announcement:
https://civilization.com/news/entries/announcing-civilization-vi-rise-and-fall/
And you can also watch the official announcement trailer below:
I can't wait to start playing this game! If you see me disappear from Steemit for a few days, I guess you know what happened 😜. Comment below if you are also Civilization fan, let me know if you will be buying the Rise and Fall expansion.
