Civilization 6 Vs Civilization 5 - Comparison

Enjoy some unit comparisons from Civilization 6 and Civilization 5. I have not matched the units completely accurately but tried to give a good indication of the differences in animation / art style etc. Let us know what you do and don't like about each. Enjoy. Civilization 5 and Civilization 6 gameplay recorded in 1080p 60fps with no commentary.

[NarfoOnTheNet]

Something I miss from civ v was how each unit was represented by ten or twelve troops (or five for cavalry). It really helped make you feel you had an army, rather than just a few squads and one or two cavalry (types) like in civ vi

[classicalmusic]

I don't like the art style of civ 6. It's a bit too cartoony for my tastes. The mobile artillery truck looks like something out of Disney Cars.

[GFSuperTrooper]

Civ 6 units look straight out of clash of clans

[egrith]

just feels odd for the older game to look better

[neine]

civ 6 has cooler nukes but in my opinion thats all thats better than in civ 5

[FulesTV]

really bothers me that they chose to do a cartoonish character designs. I thought they were gonna just make it like civ 5 graphics but even better. I still love the game. A retexture mod would be amazing. Atleast for the leaders

[LordOfNothingreally]

Civ5 is my favourite. Civ6 is certainly got beautiful, crisp graphics and I love the 'fog of war' map cartography but Civ6 is altogether too colourful and cartoony

[christopherfisher]

civ 5 was more realistic and had better combat mechanics

[director]

I always love Civ V. It was pretty much the way I was introduction to this great game series. The beautiful graphics, the real texture and aesthetic was beautiful in my eyes. It is truly a hallmark of the series.
Civ VI, well, I had to let it grow on me. At first I was against it, seeing as it was so complicated and I couldn’t even win. Eventually, I learned how to win the game and I began to notice small details. The colorful scheme, the changing night and day, the beautiful wonder mini movies, even the graphics had a sort of charm. They popped out, and quite beautifully in my opinion. The crisp textures, the smooth lines and shading, it grew on me. The two games are both great, and beautiful in their own way. Civ V with its beautiful realistic graphics and Civ VI with its charming and bold look.

[justicetout]

I prefere Civ 5 graphic but Nuke bomb is better in the 6.

[KITLAW]

Civ 5 looks much, much better. Civ 6 looks like disney cartoon, very annoying

[maelstrumyes]

do Vehicles have to spin around everytime they attack

[innervoice]

When i grow up with v, i prefer v
When i grow up with 6, i prefer vi
So just shut debate whois better

[FX]

Why does Civ 6 look like a cheap IOS game with lazy cel-shaded graphics and even lazier animations? I was thinking about getting it, but nah I'm good with Civ 5 and the epic mods...

[KingOskar]

Civ 5 had interesting graphics overall for me, the leaders, the cities, battle animation, even when it got glitchy in longer games and larger maps (troops floating instead of walking or running on foot), but Civ 6 has better looking nukes and some battle animations like Swordsmen and catapult has better animation. In catapult, you can see the engineer placing the boulder after it's fired, same with Bazooka unit.

[guycrimson]

From what I could gather from this comment section, Civ 6 sucks because it reminded them of Clash of Clans.

Really? Is that the main reason? I don't see anybody complaining about 6's gameplay. Rather, some people even thought it was better than 5's. I feel like 6 is getting too much hate for not enough reason.

[zeultimatefrenchy]

I like the sound of the nuke in Civ 6... So powerful ^^

[arthegor]

I'm sry to regret but I love Civ 5 more than CIV 6. Until now the only thing I love is the Casus Belli.

[alexandercummins]

I used to play Civilization Revolution on the xbox 360 (which i loved) before i migrated to civ 5 on PC, so civ 6 was disappointing for me, as it looked visually to be taking a step backward.

[arnoldhorvath]

Civ 6 looks like a PlayStation 3 game, ill stick to Civ 5