Sepharo wrote on Feb 10, 2025, 22:43:

RogueSix wrote on Feb 10, 2025, 22:00:
Yes, the base game. That is their very business model: The actual meat will be in the DLCs. The cheap base game is simply bait.

They did that with 5, not with 6.
6 had all the features of 5 at ship time.
The expansions added extra junk but nothing essential/expected like was done with 5.

Civ5 expansions:
-Religion (Religious victory), Spies
-World Congress (Diplomatic victory), Great Works (Cultural victory), Trade Routes

Civ6 expansions:
-Golden/Dark ages
-Natural disasters

There wasn't really any meat in the Civ6 expansions... unlike Civ5 where you had to get those to really complete the traditional/expected game.

Thanks for the clarification. To be honest, I bought the Civ VI Anthology on sale (after having played at least two free weekends) and just kinda assumed that they did it the same way as with Civ V . For the record, I liked Civ V a lot more than VI. The cartoony style of VI wasn't really my cup of tea and the game just left a poor first impression with the overdone barbarian harassment (barbies need to dial waaaaay back on the amphetamines) and many other questionable design decisions like the annoying World Congress... yes, I know you can turn it off but still... meh.

I'm sure I will revisit VI one day and give it another shot but as it stands, I could only endure it for ~30-ish hours while I have a lot more hours in V (nothing crazy as I'm not a huuuge Civ fan but substantially more for sure).