Rise and Fall’s Loyalty system will get me back into Civilization VI

Like GamesBeat managing editor Jason Wilson, I fell off of Civilization VI surprisingly early. But while Steam Workshop mods helped him sink more than a hundred hours into the game over the past couple of weeks, I’m waiting for the Rise and Fall expansion and its new Loyalty system.

Rise and Fall is due out February 8 for $30. As the name suggests, it introduces more ebbs and flows to your empire with more complicated eras that can go from the Dark Ages to Heroic Golden Ages. I am curious to see how this turns out because I distinctly remember a 2010 Game Developers Conference where Civ-father Sid Meier included the idea of “Rise and Fall” gameplay as an example of one of his biggest mistakes.