9 Civ on Large Map. I played as the Chinese.

China - Hindu
Germany - Judaism
India - Christian
France - Confuouis
Russia -Hindu
America - Islam
Arabia - Taoism
Japan - Islam
England - Islam

:lol: :lol: :lol:

How is that wierd? The only thing even remotely humourous is the Germany=Judaism... but that would be promoting a stereotype against Germans.

So... I'm confused. :confused:

America - Islam

i did laugh at that one

I think he means that it seemed pretty weird to have Japan be Islamic and Arabia be Taoist, and so on and so forth. When you look at them in the real-life, the religions and countries that matched in his game don't match at all.
Maybe he was expecting the religions to be a bit more culturally-affixed as well (such as Japan will [i]not[/b] get Islam so early or Arabia will have the Islamic faith spreading in it faster or something like that)

Yes that would have been good. Of course the developers obivously lack the foresight to do that....and I hear that Civ 4 is'nt very moddable either.

Civ 4 isn't about realism. I mean, where in world history has an empire exsisted for more than 1500 years, let alone 6000? And with immortal leaders? Etc.

Civ is not a history sim, it is a strategy game with historical elements. It was not a lack of foresight that allows this: it is simply all in the game's design.

and I hear that Civ 4 is'nt very moddable either.

It is WAAAAY more moddable than any of the previous civ games.

It is WAAAAY more moddable than any of the previous civ games.

When units, buildings, graphic terrains, scenarios and mods start coming out then I'll believe that. Until then...we'll just have to wait and see won't we?

Civ 4 isn't about realism. I mean, where in world history has an empire exsisted for more than 1500 years, let alone 6000? And with immortal leaders? Etc.

Civ is not a history sim, it is a strategy game with historical elements. It was not a lack of foresight that allows this: it is simply all in the game's design.

The greek states have existed for more than 2000 years. Egypt existed since beginning of civilization. You can argue about when byzantine actually become their own civilization but they come out pretty close to 1500 years. China, of course, has existed since the Shang dynasty since 16th B.C. Japan also exceeds 1500 years. India also lasted for more than 1500 years.

I guess the longetivity of an empire isn't the best argument for Civ 4 not being realistic. I'd say it is very realistic in this respect.

It is WAAAAY more moddable than any of the previous civ games.

I kind of miss the simple world editor in civ 3, I could have easily generate a map a mod a super city location for a 1 city challenge in Sid level. Now I can't really do that anymore.

i had Arabia-Judaism in my current game.

The greek states have existed for more than 2000 years. Egypt existed since beginning of civilization. You can argue about when byzantine actually become their own civilization but they come out pretty close to 1500 years. China, of course, has existed since the Shang dynasty since 16th B.C. Japan also exceeds 1500 years. India also lasted for more than 1500 years.

I guess the longetivity of an empire isn't the best argument for Civ 4 not being realistic. I'd say it is very realistic in this respect.


I said MORE than 1500. Let alone 6000 years of history.

Greece and Egypt have constantly been parts of other empires, China's dynasties were, in effect, separate kingdoms entirely. India has NEVER been a fully unified state (the Mauryan Empire lasted what, 200 years? And even then it didn't even close to have control of all the 'Indian' nations around it).
Empires do not last for 6000 years.

Furthermore, stop being a know-it-all. Civ is not a realistic game. The religions are in it only for their strategic value in diplomacy. That was the main gist of my previous post.

it's actaully the most moddable civ yet... if you don't mind tampering with the game and you know XML and Python (let's see how many leaders each civ REALLY can have...)

That's so funny. The Arabian-taoism and the America-Islam.:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rotfl: :rockon:

I find it odd that the most wide spread religion is Islam. That shows up way to late for that to usually happen, and no Buddhists? Strange indeed.

Normally Im lucky if ANYONE gets Islam. But those countries getting it is a very odd coincidence. Unless of course, you lied and just said those things to draw attention to yourself. ever thought of that. JK :lol:

Strange. I assume "Choose Religions" was on, but wahtever..

The only "strange" religious choice I've had was a Christian India and a Hindu Rome.

lol major thread resurrection

Yeah. I was bored so I decided to post on this one.