I got the game before the premiere, and tried it as soon as it launched and installed. And to be honest, I hated it, I was really into Civ5 back then, and I didn't like the new graphics, which was way too candy-like to what I was used to. Also there was SO many things I didn't understand, it was SO different and confusing, so I just closed the game and didn't touch it again. Until I started playing Civ5 again lately and decided to check out Civ6 again, but play more turns than 3, that I did at launch.
And it's not as bad as I thought! The graphics is pleasing, after you get used to it (if you don't, there's a mod to change it to something like mix between this and Civ5, iirc), some things are different, than in previous games, ofc, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Religion and spies are included (which also had me concerned earlier, because in Civ5 those were DLCs, so "probably they're DLCs here as well"), the AI is - at least imo - much better than in Civ5, I love the diplomacy overhaul, it's much easier to be friends with AIs now, and you can see what you're doing wrong, clearly.

Overall, sure it has differences that might annoy you if you're too used to Civ5 (and I'm sorry I keep comparing it to 5 only, but it's the only other Civ game I played), but it's worth trying out, at least.
Can't wait to get the DLCs when they don't cost as much as the agme itself~

I got the game before the premiere, and tried it as soon as it launched and installed. And to be honest, I hated it, I was really into Civ5 back then, and I didn't like the new graphics, which was way too candy-like to what I was used to. Also there was SO many things I didn't understand, it was SO different and confusing, so I just closed the game and didn't touch it again. Until I started playing Civ5 again lately and decided to check out Civ6 again, but play more turns than 3, that I did at launch. And it's not as bad as I thought! The graphics is pleasing, after you get used to it (if you don't, there's a mod to change it to something like mix between this and Civ5, iirc), some things are different, than in previous games, ofc, but it's not necessarily a bad thing. Religion and spies are included (which also had me concerned earlier, because in Civ5 those were DLCs, so "probably they're DLCs here as well"), the AI is - at least imo - much better than in Civ5, I love the diplomacy overhaul, it's much easier to be friends with AIs now, and you can see what you're doing wrong, clearly. Overall, sure it has differences that might annoy you if you're too used to Civ5 (and I'm sorry I keep comparing it to 5 only, but it's the only other Civ game I played), but it's worth trying out, at least. [strike]Can't wait to get the DLCs when they don't cost as much as the agme itself~[strike]