Preview: Civilization V
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Funny how the UN means world peace in the game, but not in real life. Also, I kind of wish they had designed monuments and landmarks that matched the nation. It just seems weird to me that the mighty Iroquois nation would build THE statue of liberty or THE Eiffel Tower. Or Stonehenge. Shouldn't they have their own unique structures and design?
That would be cool if they could actually come up with something believable for each, although it wouldn't have the same impact if the Celts had Stonehenge and the Iriquois only had a generic stone pile...and considering that each game is unique, coming up with a universal reason for each would seem near impossible. I mean, The Statue of Liberty was a gift from the French built for a specific event, how do you have an Iriquois version when you can build it at various times for no in-game reason?rsvp42 said:
An alternate system which could be cool is if you didn't build specific wonders, but instead you could focus resources to "Monuments", and it would lead to generating a monument unique to your culture and era (Egyptians build Pyramids, Celts build Stonehenge etc) and get a random benefit to represent the unpredictable nature of monument building.
Yeah something like that would be nice. What I love about this game's idea is that it allows you to take a particular culture in history and direct its course in ways that have never been seen (because the culture died out, was conquered, etc). I absolutely love the idea of a Native American tribe ending up as a world power, having an industrial revolution and all that. It's a cool idea. I saw a screenshot from a game like this where ancient Egypt had survived with all its architecture and design sensibility into like, the future or something. Maybe it was a Civilization game? Either way, that idea is more appealing to me. Egyptians should have cool statues, pyramids, and obelisks. Native American tribes could have epic totem poles or some big altar to a wind spirit.ArmorArmadillo said:
But then again, art and design are a big thing for me. I'm sure the gameplay itself will be fun and engaging.
Here come the sleepless nights of play... I must say, I loved the idea of natural wonders. And I hope the buildable wonders are even more than before, because we humans have sure built a lot of awesome stuff. I do miss the city view screen from Civ III. Zooming in in Civ IV wasn't quite the same. I hope they put something like it. I also like how conversation with the other leaders takes a full screen. Now that's more like an audience than a teleconference. I wonder if they'll change depending of current era. The social policies screen also looked quite promissing.
Hm. I always thought in English the janissaries are pronounced with "ya" in the beginning. And I was fairly confident I knew it, since they play a big and sad role in my country's history (it's "enichary" here). Well, there's always something new to learn.
Hm. I always thought in English the janissaries are pronounced with "ya" in the beginning. And I was fairly confident I knew it, since they play a big and sad role in my country's history (it's "enichary" here). Well, there's always something new to learn.
