

I build cities, which grow, making use of more and more of their surrounding hexagons. I gaze down upon a hexagonal landscape of resources, and set about exploiting them through farms, mines, fishing boats, markets and trade routes.

Being British, I usually pick Queen Victoria, but there’s a wide array of options spanning all continents and eras. Civilization 6 on iPhone 2K Games Rule the world The only changes are minor modifications to menus, which have been simplified for the smaller screen.Īt 3.35 GB, Civilization 6 is a beast of a game, with a hefty price tag ($59.99, but currently on offer at a reasonable $23.99) but it shares a common feature to all those freebie mobile games out there it’s seriously addictive. Now, we have an iPhone version, a testament to the power of today’s cellphones and to the ambition of developer Firaxis.Īnd yes, it’s basically the exact same game that runs on my PC gaming rig. Last year I expressed astonishment at how successfully the behemoth strategy game was recast from its original Windows PC home to the iPad. The notion of a massive, deep and complicated game like Civilization 6 on iPhone strikes me as vaguely futuristic, in the way of virtual pop stars and sex robots.
