![]() ![]() Pixel 3 XL costs a premium, but you do get more features. If you don't care about gaming, you're not going to see a lot of difference in day-to-day performance between the Pixel 3a XL and the 3 XL. I've been using the Snapdragon 670-powered Pixel 3a XL for just under a week, and while I haven't seen any performance slowdowns yet, the Adreno 615 GPU doesn't handle intensive titles like PUBG and Fortnite as well as the Adreno 630 on the Snapdragon 845. Source: Android Central (Image credit: Source: Android Central)Īlthough both devices share the same camera at the back, the Pixel 3 XL has a beefier Snapdragon 845, which is better for gaming. Pixel 3 XL has better hardware and wireless charging The Snapdragon 670 chipset is fabricated on the same 10nm process as the Snapdragon 845, and with the 3a XL sporting a lower-res screen and bigger battery, it offers better battery life than the 3 XL - battery longevity is easily the 3 XL's biggest shortcoming. There's also a larger 3700mAh battery on the 3a XL, versus the 3400mAh unit on the 3 XL. ![]() The phone includes a headphone jack at the top, a welcome move. The Pixel 3a XL isn't without its advantages in this area. The Pixel 3 XL's higher-res screen combined with front-facing stereo speakers creates a much more immersive experience. Both phones also have stereo speakers, but the Pixel 3 XL has them at the front and the 3a XL's speakers are located at the bottom. That said, the Pixel 3 XL has a flagship-level panel - albeit by 2018 standards - and you can stream HDR10 videos on the device. The resolution is also lower on the 3a XL at 1080p, but the panel itself is great for the asking price. My 2 cents? Wait for the price to drop or at least for some mods to show up.The Pixel 3 XL has a 6.3-inch display, whereas the 3a XL measures in at 6 inches. This game has the type of generic crap that you usually hear in Facebook games. Previous Civ games had classical music to listen to as you built your empire. The Main Menu theme is fine and the choice of Sean Bean as the narrator is excelent, but the music in the main game sucks. Look, nobody expected this to have GTA 5 graphics and you can talk all you want about muh unique art style but there is no excuse for a 60 dollar game in 2016 to look like a Fremium iPad game, especially when it looks worse than its predecessor. I think everyone is already familiar with the horrible iPad graphics. I would rate this higher if it wasn't however for the horrible presentation of the game. This is the best addition in my opinion as you are no longer need to put a lot of effort in creating Science and Culture, especially if you like to play Military. For example, building a number of Quaries can boost your Research towards Mansory, reducing the time you need to reserach this tech, or defeating barbarians can boost you research of Bronze Working and so on. One thing that I liked is that you can boost your research of Tech and Social by making certain actions in the game. Again, like in Civ 5 there is no downside to any form of goverment and some of the combinations you make don't even make sense(for example you can drag the Rationalism Card to a Theocracy and you don't get any penalty). The social policy system has been changed as well, for the worse in my opinion, as now you gain some social cards when researching a social policy and you can select the bonus of a number of these cards depending on what goverment you have. This makes you "specialize" your cities as you can no longer build all types of buildings in the city and have to think very well what you build considering the amount of tiles you have available. There are some areas where the game did some modifications though, the most noticeable being the Districts. Combat is the same, trade routes work the same, so does religion, enemy AI is just as stupid, etc. Not a lot of things have changed since the previous title. The main problem it suffers from is lack of innovation. The main problem it suffers from is lack of It's better than vanilla Civ 5 but nowhere near as good as Civ 5 with all the expansions. It's better than vanilla Civ 5 but nowhere near as good as Civ 5 with all the expansions. ![]()
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