Recent content by johnny139

There's SO much that can be done with an Aboriginal Australian Civ. A completely unique culture in a region that's completely unrepresented thus far. I'd settle for an Australian Civ with some Aboriginal flavor at this point, honestly.

A is unlikely (if you look at the bar before he pops it, he's got 0 Faith and +0 per turn), but B is pretty likely - didn't know there were stipulations.

Looks like Faith isn't an option from the Ruins, though? That puts a bit of a damper on the early Religion game if so.

I believe they said the Shoshone Achievement is related to Sacajawea - not entirely sure what that'll entail.

Tough... I'd like to see one less European Civ, but Portugal deserves it most (despite being the least interesting), Venice is the most interesting (despite deserving it least), and I really like Poland's UA.

1) Brazil. They were my first big hope for the game - I've been taking classes on Brazilian history recently and they're just fascinating, a completely unique culture of the sort I really like. You have no idea how excited I was to see them confirmed! 2) Shoshone. New Native Americans! Whoo...

Personally I'm excited! Venice seems like an interesting challenge - I doubt I'll be giving them much playtime myself, but you can say that about half of the Civs in the game (I'm not really big on warfare, so pretty much any war-focused Civ strikes me as pretty boring). I'll give them a spin...

I got Gods & Kings from GMG dirt cheap last winter (something crazy like $5), so I was planning on using them for Brave New World. Unless Steam offers TF2 hats or something. :p

The Sioux with mobile cities would be amazing, and that's what I'm hoping for... but I'm still concerned with the Barbarian tomahawk unit. Maybe it's just a new barb, but I can't help but think that has something to do with it and I'm not enthused about the prospects there.

Ugh, I hope The Motherland Calls wasn't dropped. Such a beautiful statue.

I recall in one of the recent videos the "loading bar" was shown at the bottom, which would probably show what color the Barbarians are when the "Taking Barbarian Turn" bit comes up.

I expect the Sioux, probably pulling for the Seminole... they'd introduce an interesting playstyle, very much pro-turtle. Sparseness of marshes might put a damper on that, though. Shawnee are definitely a possibility, one of the big players in post-Columbian America... Powhatan would be...

Just illustrates how sorely underrepresented Sub-Saharan Africa is... South America at least got Brazil, and as much as I appreciate Morocco and the Zulu, one's definitively Islamic, culturally, and the other isn't doing much to fill up the rest of the continent. :sad:

My immediate thought was something North African, so possible the Moors... but Portugal makes sense and is pretty much a shoe-in. The mention of "tragic dynasty" does evoke Italy, though, so... hmm, I'm stumped. This one's a lot more exciting than Shaka, either way.

I remember a Civilization IV mod that did something similar, but it was dependent on what civics you chose. So if you were Russia and picked Monarchy, you'd be "Kingdom of Russia" but if you stuck with Barbarism you'd be "Russian Tribe." If you picked the right combination of civics you could...