http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/civilization-v-interview?page=2
I don't know but could the person on the screen behind Dennis Shirk be Isabella?!
I hope not. I want to see the Vikings in there from the beginning ...
Cum deo et victricibus armis.
I apologize if this posting is better suited in another thread.
Anyway, I just wanted to state that one of the things I liked about CivRev that i hope makes the transition to CIV V is the territory naming. (First discoverer names Grasslands, Rivers, Forests, Seas etc). I think this adds a lot of flavor to the game, and has the potentitial to add even more in more strategic title. Landmarks could offer other bonuses (other than just money, maybe culture or unit bonuses when in a named tile). Has there been any word yet if this feature is coming to cIV V?
That's so true. Who can forget the great exchange of Egyptian construction methods for Hittite gold?
Or when Hannibal graciously offered the secrets of Elephant riding so they could learn the Roman code of laws?
Ooh! And when Napoleon offered most of Europe the secrets of emancipation in exchange for... alright, I can't keep this up. What the heck are you talking about?
Technology has always worked more like the Internet WW from Civ4 - by diffusion. Some civilization would develop a technology, and when it provided a great benefit to them (such as say... gunpowder) then other civs would either try to steal that technology, develop their own, or the merchant class would see profit potential and develop similar technology in other civilizations for huge profit. None of these are civilizations trading techs with each other. C'mon, now.
Maybe governments don't usually directly exchange technology with each other. What I meant was that technology naturally gets disseminated as cultures come into contact with each other. The spread of the printing press, gunpowder, the compass, and other innovations from China to the Middle East to Europe is a prime example.
At least in my eyes this is already represented by the discount on tech costs.
I am not a historian, but I think that printing press and gunpowder was not really disseminated from China to Europe. It was just another (re-)invention of the same in a different time on a different place. Well, for printing press this is not fully accurate, as Gutenberg was the first who invented a flexible printing press which allowed to print different pages. the chinese printing press could only print the same page again and again.
Venice confirmed as city state
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=238687