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.
8 / 10.0
Jun 13, 2020
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7.5 / 10.0
Feb 11, 2019

With Gathering Storm, Civilization VI gets even richer and turns into a true mastodon of the 4X strategy. However, the "new" diplomacy and the World Congress pay the price of an outdated artificial intelligence that struggles to control all the aspects proposed by the Firaxis game, although it is necessary to attribute to the idea different merits

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Mateusz Zdanowicz
Top Critic
7.5 / 10.0
Feb 17, 2019

Gathering Storm comes with some minor drawbacks, but I can easily recommend it to fans of Civilization VI. Bear in mind, though, that the new additions and tweaks in the mechanics may require some getting used to. Furthermore, the roster of civilizations hasn't been better in a very long time.

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Vadimeys
Top Critic
7 / 10
Feb 13, 2019

Gathering Storm is an interesting expansion, which could have been much better if Firaxis had spent more time working out the AI and micromanagement aspect.

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Feb 12, 2019

Civilization VI: Gathering Storm has new leaders, wonders, and mechanics to freshen up your experience. Unfortunately, some of these features occur fairly late, or are non-factors in your playthroughs.

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7 / 10
Feb 11, 2019

The new World Congress and climate change mirror real-life in that they're partly beyond your control, making them hard to factor into your schemes. The new civs are among the best and most novel in the game, though.

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7 / 10
Feb 20, 2019

Gathering Storm is a good extension, and the ecology/pollution is a good surprise. On an other hand, diplomacy and the National Congress is lack of depth.

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6.5 / 10.0
Mar 1, 2019

A worthy expansion, given you own Rise and Fall first and get this on a sale.

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Yes
Mar 26, 2019

Civilization 6: Gathering Storm is the second expansion to the sixth part of the Primer of the Round Strategy. The name therefore has the addon that the environment plays a major role this time and can significantly influence events through natural disasters. However, humans are not uninvolved because their actions, such as high CO2 emissions, lead to catastrophes, just like in real life. Since it may happen that the polar ice melts and the sea game angel rises so much that our cities are lost on the coasts. Environmentally conscious action is therefore beneficial and rewarded. The use of raw materials has been revised and they are now produced per round and can then be used for building. On the political side, we now have the World Congress, where we regularly vote on events around the world among all parties. As a result, the diplomacy victory is back and our diplomacy value affects how much our vote counts. All in all, Gathering Storm Civilization is a lot better and therefore highly recommended.

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Unscored
Feb 11, 2019

Civilization 6: Gathering Storm offers too little, and costs too much

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Luke Plunkett
Top Critic
Unscored
Feb 11, 2019

Even taking its whiffs and missed opportunities into account, I’ve still loved every hour I’ve spent with Gathering Storm. It’s an expansion that may not stick its landing, but which should still be applauded and admired for the way it sets out to change the very world we play on, and succeeds.

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Unscored
Feb 14, 2019

Gathering Storm is a chunky collection of small remixes that amount to a big difference.

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Unscored
Mar 9, 2019

The Gathering Storm is a great add-on, which once again makes you feel like "Just one more round!". That's all you should know!

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