Recent content by Belcarius

China just banned all PvP games to minors... communism dead you say?

As I recall, Barbarossa extended the borders of the Holy Roman Empire more than any other leader. Why is he not a good choice? As it's been pointed out having too many female rulers might give the wrong impression about women in history. Perhaps then England shouldn't have two female leaders...

The choice of which leaders will represent each Civ is an interesting one. I'm sure I'll enjoy whatever combinations Firaxis pick to put in, but here's some ideas for what leaders should be put in charge this time around. For the record, I think the best way to go about it is to aim for three...

If you think attempting to sell copies of the game in Germany is 'misguided', you wouldn't make a very good businessman.

Dudes! Calm down. It is natural to feel that you would like to be able to play as your home country and do a better job running it than those in the past, but the simple fact is: the Civs that get put in are the ones most people are familiar with from history books. You can keep espouting...

Why does it have to be Canada? What makes Canada so much better than Australia?

I actually think this is one of the cultural groups that should be represented in the game, as there are no proper South-east Asian cultures so far (India maybe counts... but Indochina deserves to be in there). It won't make it into the first edition, but hopefully this will be one of the first...

You can be as sick of it as you like, my friend, but after the month's events with GTA San Andreas, I think Firaxis has every right as a company to make sure all ethical bases are covered. The last thing they need is some stupid lawyer organising a bunch of holocaust survivors to sue them for...

It is kind of hard to dispute something written by Hitler that mirrors his actions, but remember he is a politician. Certainly he did intend to invade Russia and create a pure Aryan race. However, it is doubtful that he really always planned the genocide and the Second World War. I recommend you...

I'm beginning to understand better what is being proposed here. It's a fair and do-able idea to have religious leaders within your state who could be contacted like governers to set the tone for your religion. And in hindsight, you could possibly not have to use the state religion, seeing as how...

I think that if you wanted to make religions distinguished, there would be more historically accurate ways of doing it than by them providing 'bonuses'. Becuase let's be realistic about what it means to give a bonus. If a place like the USSR was to change from being communist to democratic, you...

You're right, but I don't see why if that is the case religion needs to give you bonuses. Bonuses currently only exist in two forms: those from different civs and those from different governments. Different governments it is fair enough to make those distinctions because there has been all sorts...

But that doesn't make sense. If the bonuses are determined by what sort of civilization you build, then the bonuses do not actually come from religion, do they? You can't determine what bonuses you get based on how you play each different game - it is neither logical nor practical.

While I still am opposed to having Hitler on the merits that there are other, less contraversial Germans than him, I read something that really made me sat up and think the other day. Many of you I'm sure will have heard the name Pol Pot. He's infamous for being responsible for the deaths of...

Aside from being very complicated, that too would probably draw up anger from people. I know several Christians who would take offense to their religion being categorized as 'Militaristic'. You just have to understand: Firaxis made the extremely wise decision to not give religions any bonuses at...