Back in December of 2017, Aspyr media brought Sid Meier’s Civilization VI (Free) to the iPad, and it was a pretty groundbreaking moment. The game had launched to critical acclaim on desktop the year before, but I think it was considered to be a little “too much" to port over to mobile, despite these types of games working incredibly well on touchscreens. But Aspyr went and proved the doubters wrong as Civ VI on the iPad was for the most part the exact same experience as on desktop, right down to the pricing scheme. Which was a bold move, because as we are all aware pricing on mobile is a total clown show, so selling a game for a full $60 on iPad (despite it being the exact same game that sold for that price on other platforms) took some guts. Of course the iPad version had intro pricing of $30, and it’s been on sale many times since its release, so I’m not even sure how many people took the plunge on Civ VI at its full $60 price. One thing was for sure though, the game was worth every stinking penny you spent on it, and about 9 months after it hit the iPad a Universal update was released letting iPhone owners get in on the fun.
Just a few days after that Universal update hit, Aspyr confirmed that the Rise and Fall expansion, which released on desktop in February, would indeed be coming to the iOS version of Civ VI. Now the game launched with multiple Scenario packs that you could purchase, which ranged from $4.99 to $8.99 and also have be...