If you want a really good 4X game, try Stellaris. It’s where I went after 1000+ hours of Civ 5 (and coming to Civ 6 to be disappointed by it, played only like 80 hours), and I’ve been ̶t̶e̶r̶r̶o̶r̶i̶z̶i̶n̶g̶ liberating the galaxy ever since. I especially like the additional nuances to diplomacy, which are further enhanced by mods – Civ’s AI has always been a bit ham-fisted.
y’know, whenever people started getting snippy about pronouns, I often said I was just going to start calling them an “it”.
I never thought ̶s̶o̶m̶e̶o̶n̶e̶ something would want that.