I've been a fan of the civilization series since II. However I haven't played all of them due to being busy at different points in my life. Didn't play VI for example, but I did enjoy V, some of the DLC for it was good IIRC.
I'm concerned about the pre-order push, and that there is going to be a Switch version. But it does look like it could be good? No way I'm pre-ordering, but would like something to look forward to.
Doubtful. I'm probably not going to get a lot of support in this view but I think the Civilization games have always been trash but were remembered fondly because most people played them as a child before the era of people having access to all the best strategies online. When you knew nothing about how these games worked mechanically and you were too young to truly understand, the games seemed massive/complex, strategic and fun. Nowadays with all these strategy games, everyone has them "figured out", as in they all play them like crazy, post videos, share strategies and before you know it, the best strategy is found. The problem with civilization games is the best strategy always involves some sort of cheese which makes the game not fun and always exploits the AI's retarded intelligence. Once you figure out the core strategy behind how you play to win, the game stops being fun because you realize, it's actually retarded. So then you "role-play" your own handicaps into the game to try to make it fun which it is for a few more playthroughs and then you're like okay that was that, then move on. Civilization would actually be a fun game if you played multiplayer with friends at a LAN party but it's not a fun single player game.