Leave a Review Sid Meier's Civilization® VI
Phenomenal game and an amazing port!
I can’t rave enough about this game, and I bought it when it came out at full price, $60. Ive never paid anywhere near that much on an iPad game in my life, but I’ve been a Civ nerd since Civ 2 and after playing the free trial I was hooked. I’ve purchased all of the expansions thus far released and I have probably played 30 or so standard, large and huge map games and still have a blast. There are so many ways to attain victory, no two games are the same. I can’t endorse this game enough. Just get it. The only complaint I have is that the UI gets a little crowded sometimes, and it’s especially hard to long press a tile to see the info on it, like what district improvements are there. It pops out the tooltip below and to the right, but it’s so long that it’s often below the viewable part of the screen, so I have to put the tile I want to look at in the very top of the screen. But that’s a minor thing, overall an excellent game. Plus I wish they could figure out a way to do multiplayer games online.Show lessIvan E
Love the game BUT...
I’ve loved CIV since it was introduced to me few years back, so having it on my iPad was incredible! I love it so much that I bought the game twice (on my macbook and on my iPad) HOWEVER, today I tried playing multiplayer with my friend and immediately encountered some glitches on both the local and cloud modes.
On local mode, whenever I would create the game, it would not let me choose my own CIV.
On cloud, well its just not the most favorable of experiences. Since its not real time, you would exit out of your current game when its not your turn, and then proceed to the loading screen once more once it is. This process is inefficient, and makes the game run forever with so much dead air. Having the game be in real time would allow users to fully invest in the game and provide more attention to it as opposed to being encouraged to do other things (and maybe even close out of the game) as they’re waiting. To top things off as well, my friend reported having difficulty getting back into the game once he was closed out (my turn) and eventually we just called it. I love the idea of playing with my friends out of range, so please work on your multiplayer options. Thank you!Show lessBella0196
Just One Bug
Probably the best gaming experience I’ve ever had on iPhone, or from any mobile game at all. It’s beautiful, it’s easy to navigate, it’s responsive and it’s well worth every penny. I love the long stand offs against my opponent, fending off every battle and making temporary peace just so I can work my way up to thermonuclear weapons and...well it’s all hell fire from there. One thing though...one very important fix that NEEDS to be made. As I said, I enjoy using the nuclear option. It’s just that it also nukes my game in the process. I of course want to witness the destructive power of the atom in all its classic civilization style glory. But if my camera is aimed at the event, it freezes. And boom, done, that’s it. Game frozen and I have to close the entire app and go back to the save, use the nuke again except this time I can’t watch the city burn to a crisp. This also happens when attack enemy units that carry nuclear weapons, and at that point there isn’t enough time between pressing attack and it actually happening for me to move the camera so as not to crash the game. Please please PLEASE fix this. This is a game breaking bug for me, this ruins the whole experience of the game, and this is probably my favorite strategy game of all time. Please fix this :(((((Show lessElectro Junky
Stoked gathering storms here...but app won’t let me buy it
When I press purchase on any of the downloadable content - be it expansions or civ packs - nothing happens. I’ve force closed the app but still nothing happens. Is this a bug? Otherwise I love this game and it works perfectly on my iPhone 11 (but also worked great on my iPhone 7).phoebebuffay22
Crashes continuously.
Don’t buy it ... yet! It is a good game in the tradition of Civ. But game crashes regularly, and often, usually just shutting down the game app itself, but sometimes even crashing and force restarting the iPad. I tried turning off WiFi, and use airplane mode to reduce possibility of background apps, updates, or notifications interrupting.... And it still crashes all the time. Only the auto save feature makes this game remotely playable. Some serious debugging needs to be done to this app before it is worthy of purchase.Show lessCivFansince96
Mixed feelings
On the one hand, it is impressive that they got this thing to play on mobile and I love Civ 6. On the other, it’s annoying that after buying all the expansions on Steam I’m being asked to buy them again here. $20 is a fair price, but I wish they would have credited me the expansions. Grumble, grumble.
At the moment I’m writing this, I’m also annoyed that I have been forced to stop playing a game I really liked because of a glitch preventing me from recruiting a great prophet and ending my turn. I had a similar problem once with diplomacy which turned out to be bypassed by going back a few turns and initiative the same diplomacy option myself instead of letting them ask for it, but in this case no matter what I do (complete with gold, reduce my points per turn to recruit later, etc) it appear impossible to either recruit the prophet or pass entirely. I really liked this map so I may just load back to an early turn and not build a holy site. I guess this is a known bug they plan to fix in the next patch. Sigh.
On the whole, I do recommend Civ 6. If you can, play it on PC. If you can’t or want it to go then get this and the expansions. Nubia is OP for early domination btw. Gotta love archers that move like scouts.Show lessPerniciousDrow
Best iPad game in existence
Now that they’ve patched it, this is the absolute best casual strategy game available on whatever device you own. It’s perfect for me as it can pass 10 minutes of time in a waiting room, or keep me busy all evening long if I’m on the road for work. It’s the FULL VERSION of the killer PC franchise and nothing has been left out. The latest update looks really nice and added some conveniences as well. The depth of this game is fantastic, but the difficulty adjustments allow it to be as simple or as complex as you want it to be. The game is expensive, but it’s worth every penny. I’ve got every form of gaming available in my household - but the convenience of a turn-based strategy game on an iPad, and this game’s high level of addiction, fun, and challenge makes this my most played game for a year now at least. It’s a must have if you ever liked any of the franchise previously.
Thank you to the developers for coming through with the update. This game was sorely missed. I purchased the expansion as a way of showing my appreciation.
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Developer Response
:( Please hit us up through the support link on the store page. We are desperately trying to get crash logs to help us with a fix. We have been unable to replicate the crash on our end, and without those logs we don't know where to start. Edit: Thank you so much for sticking with us!!!Beautiful single player, multiplayer needs work.
Absolutely the greatest phone game a person could ever get their hands on.
Single player works flawlessly, and is the full game like you’re playing on PC.
IF YOURE LOOKING FOR GREAT SINGLE PLAYER ACTION THIS IS IT. Multiplayer is kind of disappointing due to there only RECENTLY (as of 1 day ago) been multiplayer where you could play with others outside of your own local WiFi. They have added cloud play, meaning you can have a set game saved on their servers, and you can play with others, but the system is VERY buggy as of now. It’s VERY hard to get into a game due to unknown errors because all it tells you is “Error joining Multiplayer Session”. But when you DO get into a game, you have to wait days sometimes a week before it is your turn again. But it’s a step in the right direction, and great for people who enjoy that sort of play. (because there are many who do)
However, I still feel since there is a massive civilization community, there needs to be LIVE play options and servers. Where you play live with people without the need for waiting days and weeks. But I know it’s a work in progress, and these things take time. I’m simply saying you would find your player base growing on this app with that feature. Great work otherwise guys! 👌🏽Show lessAverage-Consumer
Edit: Amazing game!!
Edit: I was able to finally complete a full game without crashing. This legitimately feels like a full port of the game. Even has the hypocritical War weariness and Gandhi the warmongering “pacifist”: I love it!!!. Hopefully they will release some of the expansions from the main game in the future, but otherwise this is the game I was expecting when I first downloaded the app. Thank you to the developers for fixing the game! Keep up the good work.
Old review:
When this game works it’s amazing, but it crashes so often that it’s more frustrating then worthwhile. Originally I tried running a standard game. Crashes started around turn 50 at 150 I was crashing every other turn. Looked at the reviews figured I would try a smaller map my device is only 2 years old but whatever. Get to turn 250 with 3 crashes. Annoying but playable. Now that map is is once again crashing every couple of turns. What is the point of a game you can’t even play properly let alone play to its full potential. I have other full AAA games ported over that play fine. Appears I’ll have to stick with them and maybe one day they will fix the this app to work properly until then maybe try to convince Apple to give your money back.
Side note 3-4 minute wait times to load a map are ridiculous particularly with the crashing.Show lessbiggfoot26
Great until it’s not
Been loving this but later stages of games now it is crashing almost every turn, pretty much makes it a waste of time and money. Hard to know what to rate it as it totally be five stars if it weren’t for this, but right now it just isn’t working so feel like it’s a zero. Wait for updates before spending your cash.Show lessSS88a
