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Generally for the Civ games the new one doesn't become overly popular till a few expansions are released. It was the same when Civ V came out, a lot of people were saying Civ IV was better. Civ VI is a good game I think most people will switch eventually, just takes some time.

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It is more about modding outside of the general player base that already played, and dropped it.

The sustained users are ones that have good mods that improve the AI, and other aspects of the game. Civ 6 hasn't released the DLL, so us as modders, are in a holding pattern. Most of the major modders have quit (as have I) until the DLL is released.

As an AI modder, I just can't improve the AI without the DLL.

// The sustained users are ones that have good mods that improve the AI, and other aspects of the game. Civ 6 hasn't released the DLL, so us as modders, are in a holding pattern. Most of the major modders have quit (as have I) until the DLL is released.//

That's it right there. The Civ5 mod(s) "vox populi" is a must in any game I play. And it changes much of the game. Not possible to do in Civ6.

Also, I don't like the cartoon graphics of Civ6.

The way it feels on my 2014 MPBr, I figure one those new, fully-spec'd MBP's ought to be able to play it acceptably... on medium settings.

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