Sid Meier's Civilization VI is currently free (Epic via Prime)

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• HollowNaught@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Epic (ew)

  Prime (ew)

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    If you buy games from Epic you give Epic your money. If you redeem free games from Epic, you support the devs and cost Epic money. Win/Win.

    As for Prime, if you have to pay for Prime for other reasons, you might as well as expensive a customer as possible. If you don’t have to have Prime, then I agree. Avoid it and Bezos can rot.

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    • usrtrv@sh.itjust.works ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not really, you cost Epic money but give them more users. Which is what they want. Only get free games from them if you want to support Epic.

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• FinjaminPoach@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I got excited by this then realised i think i already have it from a prefious epic sale. Thank you nonetheless!

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  • durindana@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    Lmao. Epic can’t give them away fast enough

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• MonkderVierte@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  It’s always free. 🏴‍☠️

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• who@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  I played the tutorial, and continued the game for several hours after the tutorial part ended.

  I struggled to stay awake. It was by far the most boring slog I have ever experienced in any edition of Civ. (I haven’t played Civ 7, though.)

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  • JoMiran@lemmy.ml ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    It bored me too and it was my first Civ. Which one do you recommend for a first timer? I also have a bunch of Anno and Tropico I got free or near free, so any recommendation for the genre would be appreciated.

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    • hoserhobbes@lemmy.ca ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Best civ is Unciv. FOSS civ 5 with way better performance and a lot of QoL changes

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    • who@feddit.org ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Civ 4 is great.

      Civ 5 is mostly great if you add the Brave New World (or maybe Gods and Kings) expansion. My main complaint is that I don’t like how religion affects the mid-late game, but the game is still great overall.

      Both can be had for cheap when they go on sale.

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    • Schmuppes@lemmy.today ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Anno 1404 rules and is very playable still. I was never really interested in the series, but that game really got me.

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    • mcv@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      I like Civ 6, but it helps the set it to ‘online’ speed.

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  • SuperSpruce@lemmy.zip ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    From my experience, the first 50-100 turns are kinda boring (unless you’re fighting barbarians) but things get more interesting when you have many cities and things to manage. The game takes a long time to hook me, but when it does it hooks me good. :)

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• glitchdx@lemmy.world ⁨3⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Civ 6 has some cool modes that are interesting, but if you just want a good old game of civ rhen stick to 5 or 4.

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