When Civ V came out, I didn't buy it because I was linux only at the time. and it only got better with its expansions. I was less than impressed with Civilization III, but I still played it to no end.Ĭiv IV was great. (ok, I did a little research and the original was not voiced by Nimoy. World Generation took so long that you had to listen to Leonard Nimoy recite the intro(iirc) until your computer finally completed map generation. Now that the 2nd expansion is on its way, will Civ VI start being good? You may also wish to check out Liam’s thoughts on the game at launch or my thoughts on the first expansion. You can get Civilization VI on the Humble Store or Steam. I sincerely hope it’s not a long wait as the new content looks interesting. We’ll also be getting a new expansion early next year, titled Gathering Storm, and Liam has reached out to Aspyr and got them to state that a Linux release will follow shortly after. The Spring 2018 update that we had been waiting on has a number of balance and bug changes and I’ve been eager to get my hands on it before diving into Civ 6 again. LD_PRELOAD=/usr/lib/libfreetype.so %command% If you’re having the same problem as me you can add the following to your Steam launch options: I should also note that there’s a new launcher before you get in-game and, on my Arch install, I had to point to my system freetype library to get the game to work. Aspyr have also confirmed that the Intel i3 processor bug that was holding up this patch hasn’t been resolved yet but have offered a workaround for any potential crashes. I haven’t had a chance to try out cross-platform gaming just yet as getting a group for a game like civ takes some effort, but given that OSX users have had it for a while, I think it’s safe to say that it should work just fine. Today, porter Aspyr Media has rolled out the last hotfix from May of this year and added cross-platform multiplayer for us. The Linux version of Civilization VI had sadly fallen behind in getting timely updates. Expect to be able to spend just one more turn playing with friends on other operating systems. Just in time for the holidays, Linux gamers finally have version parity with other platforms.

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