Critical Miss: #39

Optimystic

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Comic was hilarious, but I am once more reminded of why I have avoided the Civ series like the plague my entire life.
 

odanhammer

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The_root_of_all_evil said:
For some reason Civilization seems to miss out some of the more notable historic rulers as well.

Adolf, Pol Pot, Stalin - but keeps in all the "nice" dictators.

And then allows them to threaten you openly with nukes.

I'm seeing a minor problem here Sid...
maybe what they should do is change your avatar based off your actions
IF your playing germany for example , your avatar starts off as a famous neutral german, but turn into a jewish hating warlord and your avatar turns into hilter , turn into a nice friendly neighbour and your avatar turns into famous nice german.
Sorry i don't know any names its 3am
 

TheBlackKnight

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odanhammer said:
The_root_of_all_evil said:
For some reason Civilization seems to miss out some of the more notable historic rulers as well.

Adolf, Pol Pot, Stalin - but keeps in all the "nice" dictators.

And then allows them to threaten you openly with nukes.

I'm seeing a minor problem here Sid...
maybe what they should do is change your avatar based off your actions
IF your playing germany for example , your avatar starts off as a famous neutral german, but turn into a jewish hating warlord and your avatar turns into hilter , turn into a nice friendly neighbour and your avatar turns into famous nice german.
Sorry i don't know any names its 3am
Willy Brandt would probably work, maybe Helmut Khol or Angela Merkel too ;)
 

mr_rubino

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The Critic said:
Ah, the Civ versions of world leaders. They're so funny, each of them, but for very different reasons.

Some act surprisingly realistic. I remember getting into an arms race against Stalin in Civ IV, and having him remind me that he had nukes every time I entered diplomacy with him. Likewise, Lincoln was suitablly diplomatic, but wasn't afraid to kick ass (usually with me as an ally).

Some of them act like the complete opposite of their historic personalities. Gandhi is, of course, the biggest offender here. Joining him, we have peace-loving Napoleon; Weak-Willed and spineless worms Otto von Bismark and Frederick The Great; meek and mild Genghis Khan; and that annoying nuke-hoarding, back-stabbing bastard: Winston Churchill.

And, of course, some leaders just have such strange and/or hilarious personalities that, regardless of how accurate they are, are a blast to interact with. Catharine The Great is always funny with dialogue. Roosevelt has a habit of being the richest man in the world (somehow), and attempts to buy nearly everything off of me (10000 Gold for Radio? Seriously!?). And don't even get me started on how Shaka Zulu runs the UN...
And of course, Montezuma is a prick (the world's biggest douchebag, bar none).

Man, I love Civ IV...

Can't wait to get Civ V!
I kicked some ass as Eleanor Roosevelt on the PSX (or was it the SNES?) in Civ 1.
 

camazotz

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That was the funniest one yet...I almost hosed my work terminal down with hot coffee....burning sinuses ftw!

The awesome irony is that Ghandi was known for his love of women...he was accused of womanizing...and so 1/2 of this Civ remake of Ghandi may in fact be a case of "Reality is Unrealistic...."!!!!
 

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That was the best thing I've ever seen just imagining Gandhi doing that makes me laugh
that was beautiful
 

Blind Sight

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Actually I don't find Gandhi to be that evil. Rather, I find most of the historical figures in Civ 5 have multiple personalities. They've be fine with you if you're from some far off land that can't threaten them, but settle anywhere near them and they get whiny, and somewhat suicidal. Gandhi attacked me in my first game while he was in the Medieval Age. I was in the Industrial Age. Yeah, elephant cavalry and archers aren't much against World War 1-era artillery and 19th century riflemen.

Also, not sure if the comic was referencing this with the 'SEVERAL' at the end, but Gandhi did sleep in the same bed as naked female followers in order to test his 'purity'. Historians now are pointing out that oral sex wasn't seen as sex back then, so Gandhi might have had a bit more fun then we thought. Gandhi wasn't perfect, at an early age he went to South Africa and there's a TON of documents written by him where he describes the native blacks as sub-human and inferior.
 

Blind Sight

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The_ModeRazor said:
Lol'ed, that's for sure.
Gandhi actually was badass... in a nice and benevolent way. And pulling that off instantly triples his badassery.

But... no Hungary? I mean, we did kinda kick a buttload of arse in the middle ages! (well, until we didn't anymore. Whatever)
Hungary's a city state in Civ 5, well, at least, Budapest is. States that didn't form huge empires usually end up in this category, it's especially hilarious if you play the world map where they move all the civilizations around. In my last game Budapest was in Northern Siberia, and was conquered by both the Romans and the Persians. Who are several hundred years before Hungary, but whatever, Civ's about being Gandhi and threatening the world with nuclear weapons, not historical accuracy.
 

DeadRow

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Haha! Can totally relate as my first game on CivV with everything set to random put me as Gandhi and I owned Europe, Asia and Africa by the 1500s xD
 

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JourneyThroughHell said:
luvd1 said:
... Is that George Washington? Can you time travel in civ 5?
In Civ V, the leaders are basically deities, used to represent you and other players. As such, they never die and never age through the course of the game.

OT: Huh, so he's bad now? I remember him being alright, if malicious, in Civ IV.
I would really prefer if you either had your choice of leader, or if your leader changed with the era.
FDR was significantly more badass than any other president.
Granted his bonus of suped up military, suped up morale, suped up production, and suped up profit would be a little imbalanced.
 

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TheMann said:
Oh that's just completely inaccurate. Everyone knows that George Washington was 12 stories tall and made of radiation.

Yeah, terrible dated reference; I know.
You made my day with that reference!