#Civ 6 on android update#
#Civ 6 on android Pc#

It might not be the best version of the game, it doesn't have the new Rise & Fall expansion, and it's quite pricey. All told there are 24 included in the box, and given how differently they affect your decision making (if you want to play to their different strengths, of course) that's a whole heap of gameplay variety there to explore.Ĭomparisons between the versions aside, the bottom line is this: Civilization VI is a great strategy game and Aspyr has done a decent job of porting it over to two new platforms, with well-implemented touch controls and decent optimisation. If you're looking to get outside of your comfort zone there are scenarios to play (usually) over a set period of turns, and these nearly all have different civs to play as too. You can jump straight into a game with a random civ, although we always prefer to adjust our options a little and create our own. We've already moaned about the lack of the recent expansion, but there is still quite a lot here for players to get their teeth stuck into on Switch. Simply put, it plays just as well on the big screen as it does in handheld, and while it looks and performs best on a desktop monitor powered by a capable graphics card and CPU, the distance between that experience and this one isn't so wide that we're going to be critical especially when considering the added benefit afforded by the mobility of this version. Thanks to some excellent overall design it's pretty easy to see what's going on around you, and while it's unavoidably text-heavy, the UI is colourful, classy, and well-organised.

#Civ 6 on android Pc#

It looks great on the Switch too, and this version stays largely true to the PC original. We tested on an iPhone 7s and this year's standard iPad, and while the load times (both in terms of booting up the game and then between turns) feel a little lengthier than they do on a capable gaming PC, you're not left waiting too long before you can return to your tinkering. We took a look at the iPad version after we were invited to look at the game on iPhone, but then we found out that the game was coming to Switch so we thought we'd kill three birds with one stone. Let's start chronologically and work our way through the timeline because the iOS versions are worth taking a look at too, even if the Switch release is the main reason we're here. We'll not delve into the nitty-gritty of Civ VI as we've already done that here, rather we'll focus on the functionality of Firaxis's game now that it has landed on these new platforms and can be played via both the touchscreen and, for the first time since Civilization Revolution hit last-gen consoles, on a traditional controller. Earlier this year it landed on iPad, this autumn it hit iPhone, and then this month we got another version of the game on Nintendo Switch. Firaxis has been beavering away at its flagship franchise non-stop, and so Aspyr Media has been handed the reins and tasked with bringing this epic strategy game to touchscreen devices.

#Civ 6 on android update#

Civilization VI has been out on PC since 2016, and since then it has been updated with the Rise & Fall expansion - let's get it out of the way right now, for some reason this more recent content isn't included in the portable versions of the game - and there's an extremely interesting update on the horizon called Gathering Storm.