Information Drought?

Eagle Pursuit · Apr 16, 2013

We've had it pretty good so far.

BNW was announced in mid-March. PAX was the following week and more info continued to trickle out for a week or so after that.

Then it was a few weeks later that they started the "Shadows Hint Game". And now mid-April we had a bunch more info drop.

The mid-month stuff came from game magazines. The magazines won't do any more major articles until next month. There are no more major game conventions between now and mid-May.

They have talked quite a bit about the major features now. They could probably reveal more about Ideologies or any new generic units there may be. Also the last 4 civs. Also there are the 2 scenarios to talk about, but there are three months left for them to space it out.

So are we in for 5 weeks of no information? Will they do any community outreach in the meanwhile?

Option · Apr 16, 2013

I think they're going to show 2 civs in May and 2 in June. The rest of the information I can see them trickle through over the course of the time, but I doubt we'll get much more information in July, since then it's about 1-2 weeks left until its release.

nokmirt · Apr 16, 2013

I have a feeling there will be a period of virtual silence. I'd like to learn more about these bazooka men. I hope they are not a future unit however. XCOM squad is already more than enough to make me cringe. lol Maybe they'll add some units for the earlier eras. One can only hope.

Giskler · Apr 16, 2013

Gods & Kings was announced in mid February and by the end of April we knew all the civs. If they follow the same marketing plan then we'll know all the civs by mid-late May.

blackcatatonic · Apr 16, 2013

I quite enjoy the speculation being dragged out, so I hope we get drip-fed information rather than it all being dumped at once. I think we'll know all the Civs by the end of May.

This would be hard to top as a way of revealing the 9th Civ: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthread.php?119443-The-Official-Ninth-Civ-Reveal-Thread

Maybe they could post a video of the music and let us guess based on that...

Eagle Pursuit · Apr 16, 2013

A musical hint would be fun. I think they will do the Shadow Hint Game again. It worked well.

sukritact · Apr 16, 2013

Eagle Pursuit said:
A musical hint would be fun. I think they will do the Shadow Hint Game again. It worked well.

The little bit of posted concept art like what they did with Gustav Adolf was also interesting.

SamBC · Apr 16, 2013

Cryptic clues could be fun, as long as they get them just the right level of cryptic-ness. More cryptic than the hints accompanying the shadows, or at least more cryptic than the Zulu one. An audio clue, a cryptic clue, and a visual clue, perhaps.

sukritact · Apr 16, 2013

SamBC said:
Cryptic clues could be fun, as long as they get them just the right level of cryptic-ness. More cryptic than the hints accompanying the shadows, or at least more cryptic than the Zulu one. An audio clue, a cryptic clue, and a visual clue, perhaps.

What if they gave us the theme music for one of the civs, it'd be awesome as long as it's more cryptic than Sweden's (I can sing the whole anthem and one of the extra passages to that theme without problems!)

blash · Apr 16, 2013

they just leaked on facebook that dr. who will be the 6th leader.

AriochIV · Apr 16, 2013

I'm sure there will be dry spots. There was a glut due to PAX and GDC (I presume that most of the interviews we're seeing this week were done at GDC).

Option · Apr 16, 2013

sukritact said:
What if they gave us the theme music for one of the civs, it'd be awesome as long as it's more cryptic than Sweden's (I can sing the whole anthem and one of the extra passages to that theme without problems!)

Why would a Thai be learning how to sing the Swedish national anthem? x)

sukritact · Apr 16, 2013

Option said:
Why would a Thai be learning how to sing the Swedish national anthem? x)

Eftersom jag gillar Sveriges nationalsången! (Because I like it)

I can also sing "I Vow to thee, my country" and "Drømte mig en drøm i nat" (England's and Denmark's themes).

HeraldtheGreat · Apr 16, 2013

In the meantime we can share lame jokes and near-death experiences!

Bechhold · Apr 16, 2013

Developer Diaries tend to surface when the so called "Information Drought" hits.

kingchris20 · Apr 16, 2013

Eagle Pursuit said:
A musical hint would be fun. I think they will do the Shadow Hint Game again. It worked well.

Nearly everybody got Shaka's shadow, but did anyone guess Maria I?! LoL I don't think so, but it sure was fun with all the guessing!

And this resource linked to a civ, is still fun!

Option · Apr 16, 2013

kingchris20 said:
Nearly everybody got Shaka's shadow, but did anyone guess Maria I?! LoL I don't think so, but it sure was fun with all the guessing!

And this resource linked to a civ, is still fun!

When the shadow image of Maria came out, somebody took only a few minutes to find out the pillars were on some Portuguese building, lol.
But people thought the hair was a turban, so the initial thought was Moors.

AriochIV · Apr 16, 2013

kingchris20 said:
Nearly everybody got Shaka's shadow, but did anyone guess Maria I?! LoL I don't think so, but it sure was fun with all the guessing!

I guessed Portugal (due to the architecture), but I've honestly never heard of Maria I.

seancolorado · Apr 16, 2013

kingchris20 said:
Nearly everybody got Shaka's shadow, but did anyone guess Maria I?! LoL I don't think so, but it sure was fun with all the guessing!

And this resource linked to a civ, is still fun!

Yeah I guessed Maria exactly

Louis XXIV · Apr 16, 2013

blackcatatonic said:
Maybe they could post a video of the music and let us guess based on that...

I like that idea. Although I suspect it'll either be quick or slow. It'll either be a famous song associated with a civ or something made up that's related to the civ.

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