Yea it’s great for a game that doesn’t have the tag line ‘will your civilisation stand the test of time’. It does not befit the civ series they should have made that stuff a game mode for 6 first and see how it is recieved. But they just went for it. Really alienated me.
I might give 7 a try in a year or two if they take it to a place I like.
I personally love Paradox’s ‘Millenia’ take on the genre but it didn’t so well so they stopped the game. But what they made is awesome, it really could have been something.