When comparing Aurora 4X vs Civilization 6, the Slant community recommends Civilization 6 for most people. In the question“What are the best PC 4X games?” Civilization 6 is ranked 5th while Aurora 4X is ranked 10th. The most important reason people chose Civilization 6 is:
The new district system introduces sprawling cities for the first time in the series and makes city planning much more interesting.
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Pros
Pro Detailed ship design
Most things in Aurora are very detailed, especially the ship design. Parts are individually designed and researched, and come with trade-offs and benefits.
Pro Easy city planning
The new district system introduces sprawling cities for the first time in the series and makes city planning much more interesting.
Pro Civics and government system
Replacing Civ5s Social Policies is a system of Civics, researched with culture unlocking policy cards of several categories and governments with different amounts of policy card slots.
Cons
Con Not as accessible as more popular titles of the genre
The game is mainly text based, which may not be appealing to many. On top of this, the game is incredibly detailed to the point that you could spend hours just tweaking one small aspect of the game, such as design specs of a laser. With little hand holding or explanations on how to play, it will take a lot of forum reading to figure out much of the game, as well as tons of trial and error.
Con Bad AI
The AI is not very good right now, often building obsolete units and hating player in 9 out of 10 cases.
Con Exploits
There are many exploits that still need to be ironed out, giving players a lot of ways to gain infinite money.