Review: Civilization Brings the Full Experience to iPhone

Civilization VI has come to the iPhone! See the AppleInsider review of this popular turn-based strategy game.

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[kindofhuman]

There is only ONE thing the phone version is missing, and that’s the leader animations

[bruhmoment]

Either they bring it to Android or console.

[thestamsvideoproduction]

Was I the only one that felt the shot was out of focus?

[whodakat]

My favorite game for the last 25 years! Hands down, the best iPad game. Can’t wait to try it on the Max.

[glarder]

I used to have a Mac desktop. Civ 6 didn’t work on it.Bit it does work on an iPhone.

[BreatheDigital]

The game is currently discounted at 60% off. The normal price is £54.99 and the IAPs total to £39.94. So the full experience will set you back £92.93.

That’s almost £100 for a mobile game.

You failed to mention that it’s currently rated at 2.8/5 on the App Store for being way overpriced among other technical reasons.

I guess these aren’t concerns for those who will be playing on the latest and biggest and most expensive iPhones, like the one used in this video to review the game.

Why not have a conversation about the state of mobile gaming especially regarding In-App Purchases and even more so when the consumer has already paid a premium price for the base game.

[QuantumGridPixel]

Started on Windows, ported to consoles, and then Macs and iphones got it.

[nathanhyatt]

I’m curious to know about optimal game setups. Like does it run better when you’re only facing one or two opponents? I’d assume it runs best when playing a match with smallest map and least amount of players?

[thearakh]

That's my favourite game but so sad I use android

[daryltulay]

Can you compare the performance of this game during mid to late era on a iPhone X vs Xs/Max. This game is on the cpu/gpu when taking turns.

[jalogrono]

Does the game cause the iPhone screen to get dimmer and dimmer until you can barely see anything?

I find this to be the case with other resource-intensive games on my iPhone XS Max

[VVVVV]

Doesn't work and it never got updated

[zoubilizou]

Hey ai, good video and interesting game. However, there one piece of information that I would've liked to see that wasn't in your video. That is: if someone has already bought it on his Mac, on steam, can he play the full game on the iPhone? Or does one have to buy it again? This is really important and make or break for me. This game isn't cheap and I won't pay twice, no way. I'd rather just play on my mac.

[wm]

2k takes its time for google play ports

[sagnikmaulik]

I would rather buy a GTX 1060 equipped computer with a good i5 processor and some games from steam and would play on very high and it would still be cheaper than iPhone Xs Max + Civ VI mobile.

[opreddawn]

But how do I see how much science culture faith gold the other civs have while I’m in a game

[derekwestbury]

Tell me why there is a mobile civ but not a console civ? SMH 🤦‍♂️

[ilhampurwanda]

This game is already available on Android, but only 60 free rounds. Is this game paid after 60 rounds or can no longer be played?

[liquidrime]

It is disponibile for iPhone X in europe ???

[waffenwaffeln]

Sucks that the whole thing is over €100. I waited for this thing to download for ages then as soon as I saw the price I deleted it.