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Lopen posted...

That's an interesting read on Civ V.

I actually kinda dislike playing the game on higher difficulties cause of the arbitrary bonuses other Civs get and would rather stick to normal difficulties and just try to win with something gimmicky if I'm feeling it's too easy

I wonder if I'm a minority among people who have played as much as me though

(I also have an unplayed Civ VI on my Steam shelf. I feel your pain)

I mean, I kind of hate the arbitrary bonuses, but winning on the "balanced" difficulty (which is 4) is so trivial for me under any circumstances, even on my very first playthrough of the game, that I desperately need to be handicapped. The game just isn't playable on any difficulty lower than 6 for me - MAYBE 5 if I'm playing with a very odd ruleset. The AI just... isn't strong enough to stand up to any human player with 4X or general strategy game experience. I have no idea if this is a flaw with the game, or if it's simply not reasonable to develop AI with a better strategy sense (I am pretty sure some of the stuff that AI does is extremely stupid and could have been fixed though).