Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm Reviews

Sid Meier's Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is ranked in the 89th percentile of games scored on OpenCritic.
5 / 5.0
Feb 11, 2019

Put simply, Gathering Storm checks all the boxes of what a great expansion should be and is a must own for hardcore Civilization VI fans looking for a reason to spice things up in an incredibly positive way or get back into the game if they've been dormant.

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93 / 100
Feb 11, 2019

I’m an easy mark for a new Civilization, but I have no fear in saying that Gathering Storm is one of the most creative and significant expansions a Civilization game has ever received.

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9.2 / 10.0
Feb 20, 2019

Gathering Storm succeeds in the difficult task of refreshing Civ VI experience while keeping its spirit intact. The enviromentalist theme is pretty spot on and the renewed diplomatic options will make it the ideal expansion for those who don't measure their success in terms of the length of their artillery.

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9 / 10
Feb 24, 2019

With embellished diplomatic options and climate change bringing new strategic choices, Gathering Storm is a whole new way to play Civ VI.

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9 / 10
Feb 11, 2019

The astute Civ player can shape the history of their nation and craft a story for the ages with with pinpoint accuracy. The Gathering Storm enriches this experience by giving you more ways to add subtle realism to how the world evolves around you and how you can directly affect it. With so many new and returning features, it’s hard not to recommend this expansion to Civ fans, turning an already great game into one for the literal ages.

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9 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

Gathering Storm enhances Civilization VI to such a degree that it is hard to think of this as anything other than the best possible Civ game. The array of new features make every match more interesting, and will keep you coming back for more time and time again.

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9 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

A strong expansion with new and significant additions that refreshes the Civilization VI formula for that one-more-turn feeling.

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9 / 10
Mar 3, 2019

The most important and arguably the greatest Civ Expansion of All Time. Just thinking about it now is giving me the itch to dive back in. Wonderful!

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8.9 / 10.0
Feb 27, 2019

With great changes to to diplomacy, units and new climatic events, Gathering Storm is this year justification to return to Civilization VI.

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8.8 / 10.0
Feb 13, 2019

Growing a small group of settlers into a world-spanning superpower is rewarding at every step

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Gamersky
Top Critic
8.8 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

Gathering Storm makes impressive progress compared with Rise & Fall. The importance of this DLC to Civ 6 is just like Brave New World to Civ 5.

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4.3 / 5.0
Mar 3, 2019

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is a great expansion that adds a number of interesting new world-affecting gameplay mechanics.

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Dan Stapleton
Top Critic
8.5 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is a strong expansion that turns disaster into opportunity.

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85 / 100
Nov 29, 2019

The Gathering Storm is certainly worth the price tag to me and I’ve lost sleep and been late to work in order to squeeze a few more turns out. If you’re dedicated to the 4X genre and enjoy Civ VI already, it’s well worth the price tag.

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8.5 / 10.0
Feb 22, 2019

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm is not perfect, but it made Civilization VI better overall, and that's pretty much what people want from an expansion.

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81 / 100
Feb 11, 2019

Gathering Storm is an ambitious expansion full of welcome additions, even if it does falter at the end.

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Metro GameCentral
Top Critic
8 / 10
Feb 12, 2019

The latest Civilization VI expansion handles a difficult subject matter with great insight and in a way that improves the game and makes you think of the world beyond it.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm makes Civilization VI feel complete, thanks mostly to the great new civs and small quality of life improvements.

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Mar 18, 2019

While Gathering Storm still carries a lot of the issues presented by the base game, its new mechanics – especially with some in game tweaking – shakes up significantly the metagame, how to treat territorial expansion and give a new perspective on diplomacy. If you haven’t tried Civilization VI, now it’s the best time to do so.

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8 / 10.0
Feb 20, 2019

Gathering Storm is a great expansion. The quality of leader designs leaves me in anticipation for an upcoming DLC, and potentially, another expansion on the horizon.

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