Recent content by Bergest

First and foremost: Cheruscans/Goths/Any other germanic tribe; It's kind of annoying that the Romans are everywhere while arguably their fiercest enemies are usually pushed to the side. Carthage Babylon  Sherden Celts

I was actually looking forward to getting back into the series with the next Civ, but being able to play my chosen civ to the end is a make or break feature for me. So unless there is a satisfying change or an added "classic mode", I will not buy the game.

But that's the problem. Turning from Egypt into Mongolia is not evolvement, it's erasure. Having an egyptian civilization stand the test of time by adapting and gradually changing throughout the ages could have been interesting. Just replacing it with an entirely different culture, with only a...

I hate it. Having the option to play my chosen civ from start to finish is a make or break feature for me. It could have been bearable if there were reasonable civ trees, that would at least somewhat keep the identity of your civ intact. So for example you would start in antiquity as the...

What are you doing when you create Civs that are more or less heavily inspired by real peoples but of course with their own leaders, names and maybe a few cultural peculiarities and special buildings? Yes, you are creating your own lore. Those two things are not mutually exclusive. I also never...

No, I'm mainly arguing for Civs that are more or less heavily inspired by the real peoples without the burden of real names and thus pseudo-historicity. Blank Civs would actually also be a very cool concept.

Except that there is nothing historical about Civ factions, or how does a Germany almost completely devoid of any consistent personality starting in a random desert and building the Chinese Wall appeal in any meaningful way to the historical appeal of playing Germany? I would bet, that there are...

Nonsense, of course you can have more than enough variability. Creating your own lore and cultures (inspired by real peoples) takes nothing away from variability, it only makes the variability less weird and prevents these slob world states, because then the world has its own authenticity.

I will never get this strange obsession by Civ-like games to use real peoples and then just butcher them until there is only a weird slob without real character to it. Just create your own factions that are inspired by real peoples, that have some actual personality to them instead of creating...