PolyCast Episode 233: "That's What The Fox Say"

What what. The two-hundred-and-thirty-third episode of PolyCast, "That's What The Fox Say", features regular co-hosts "Makahlua", Philip "TheMeInTeam" Bellew and "MadDjinn" with returning guest co-hosts Scott "AlphaShard" Dirk, Andrew "fuzzyfractal42" and Chris "TheChrisD". It carries a runtime of 59m59s.

The summary of topics is as follows:

- 01m11s | News
New information being seen and told about Civilization Beyond Earth: Rising Tide from E3 2015 while leaving a want for more detail.
- 16m11s | Senate
A "revisiting" of the Ottomans from Civilization V following the release of two expansion packs, a number of a patches, in the nearing five years since the game's initial release.
- 25m52s | Forum Talk
Considering what was found in one or more of the first four Civ mainstream series titles and wanting back again, and a flurry of conversation about and extending from a call to "overhaul" the game's religion mechanic.
- 50m45s | Open Mic
Recap and response to feedback for Episode 231 of the show.

- Intro/Outro | Miscellaneous
Voiceover selection and from no-whelming to overwhelming.

Recording live before a listening audience every other Saturday, PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production in an ongoing effort to give the Civ community an interactive voice on game strategy; listeners are encouraged to follow the show on Twitter, and check out the YouTube channel for caption capability. Sibling show RevCast focuses on Civilization: Revolution, ModCast on Civ modding, SCivCast on Civ social gaming and TurnCast on Civ multiplay. This marks the third new episode for the show in as many weeks.

I remember in the stream chat someone said I want all the things, what I should have added was that I want all the things from Civ 4. Though I think I would just like to see some of the older Wonders names, even if their effects were totally different.

I've felt like Civ has lost some depth and would like to see it get more detailed. Like the whole arranging of artifacts to get Tourism "mini game" as Mad called it. I want more stuff like that and you can either just let it fill up and leave it to a "governor" or get as into it as you want by micro, which I never did mind. It's just much harder to do when you're doing MP.

AlphaShard said:

I remember in the stream chat someone said I want all the things, what I should have added was that I want all the things from Civ 4.

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For myself, nostalgia brings me back to the High Council from Civilization II. In terms of the practical, I'll throw my support behind marking a Throne Room return from the same game but -- indeed -- retweak towards gameplay impact.

Great ep, guys. I love it how TheMeInTeam never misses an opportunity to big up Keshiks

stormtrooper412 said:

Great ep, guys.

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-- thank you for the kind feedback.