A few screenshots not covered by the other reviews - 11th May 2012

[MadDjinn]

Drama and Poetry requires Writing, and Philosophy requires Calendar and Writing (seen behind Scientific Advisor)

lol, helps when I squint at the screen to see it.

Looks like both Philosophy and Drama & Poetry are required for the next tech as well.

 

[anandus]

http://www.gamingxp.com/pictures/pc/preview/pc_civilization_v_gods_and_kings/7.jpg
http://www.gamingxp.com/pictures/pc/preview/pc_civilization_v_gods_and_kings/10.jpg

Copper confirmed. The reddish stones and the tube icon in previous screenshots are indeed copper.

Confirmed indeed. I was wondering if the pink stones might be salt, but it's definitely copper.

I wonder what salt looks like, though...

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

lol, helps when I squint at the screen to see it.

Looks like both Philosophy and Drama & Poetry are required for the next tech as well.

Squint? The Picture is big enough to zoom in... xD guess my Mozilla has an amazing maginifying abilities

 

[AriochIV]

http://static1.fore.4pcdn.de/premium/Screenshots/9b/2c/2349092-vollbild.jpg

Is that a new ship at Compass (background tech)?

Nice catch. I'm assuming that's the anticipated Medieval-era melee naval unit.

That leaves only a single unknown unit of the announced 27.

1. Atlatl
2. Pictish Warrior
3. Battering Ram
4. Composite Bowman
5. Horse Archer
6. African Forest Elephant
7. Quinquereme
8. Dromon
9. Privateer
10. Sea Beggar
11. Hakkapeliitta
12. Carolean
13. Gatling Gun
14. Mehal Safari
15. Machine Gun
16. WWI Fighter
17. WWI Bomber
18. WWI Infantry/WWII Infantry split
19. Landship
20. Marine
21. Great Prophet
22. Great Admiral
23. Missionary
24. Inquisitor
25. Hussar
26. (Compass naval unit)
27. (Unknown)

 

[seasnake]

Going to guess -- Cataphractoi

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

That or Varangian Guard

 

[Art Grin]

I'd guess it's the second Byzantine UU. Possibly a Cataphract, Varagian Guard or maybe a unit armed with Greek Fire, there's lots of possibilities.

 

[turingmachine]

or maybe a unit armed with Greek Fire

That'd be the dromon which they already have.

 

[AriochIV]

I was kind of hoping for an Explorer, but I'll take a Cataphract.

 

[Ahhuatl]

They didn't change Spain's as well, which is weirder. Perhaps they are polishing or working on something but the text isn't updated yet.

I've never actually played as Spain, whats wrong with their UA?

I dont think they'll fix the Spanish and Arabic UA's, in order to promote compatibility between Vanilla CiV and G&K

Compatibility? I'm not following you. Considering how integrated faith, espionage, and all the new units will be to G&K I don't think there will be a cross-game multiplayer but even if there is, if they can change all the features for a multiplayer match how hard could it be to change the UA back?

Absinthe: I'm not sure why the Aztec UA should be changed? Perhaps change its name, but since the Celts have the Faith one, why change something that works?

I personally think the Aztec UA is a little underpowered but from a practical standpoint it doesn't make sense. The sacrifice of captives was a religious ceremony, not a cultural one. It was prevalent throughout Mesoamerica. It didn't generate culture - the Aztecs didn't write poetry (from what we know) about the practice. Sacrifice giving faith is a no brainer - more so than this Celt thing which seems pretty arbitrary to me.

Does anyone know if there's a conversion anywhere online from the current calendar to the Mayan?

http://www.azteccalendar.com/

 

[Art Grin]

I mean a land based unit armed with Greek Fire since Byzantium used early "flamethrowers" on both land and sea. But I prefer the Cataphract personally.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pVhsduCQyIA

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

I've never actually played as Spain, whats wrong with their UA?



Compatibility? I'm not following you. Considering how integrated faith, espionage, and all the new units will be to G&K I don't think there will be a cross-game multiplayer but even if there is, if they can change all the features for a multiplayer match how hard could it be to change the UA back?



I personally think the Aztec UA is a little underpowered but from a practical standpoint it doesn't make sense. The sacrifice of captives was a religious ceremony, not a cultural one. It was prevalent throughout Mesoamerica. It didn't generate culture - the Aztecs didn't write poetry (from what we know) about the practice. Sacrifice giving faith is a no brainer - more so than this Celt thing which seems pretty arbitrary to me.



http://www.azteccalendar.com/

The irony of that saying AZTECcalender

 

[Ahhuatl]

The irony of that saying AZTECcalender

The 260 day ritual calendar was common to all Mesoamerican cultures, the 365 day calendar common to both the Maya and the Aztecs. What is called the Mayan calendar (the Long Count) wasn't even developed by the Maya but rather the Olmec (who in all likelihood created the ritual and solar calendar as well). To some degree it makes sense to call it the Aztec calendar as it was from the Aztecs what we learned how the calendars worked and what each of the various cycles/days were called.

 

[Buccaneer]

Wow, lots of changes! Very happy to see a shot of the new tech tree (as it stands now), always my favorite aspect of the game. Also, very pleased to see salt and copper as resources. Again, like everything else, I really hope they do not increase the density of elements on the map, just the variety.

 

[shaglio]

Squint? The Picture is big enough to zoom in... xD guess my Mozilla has an amazing maginifying abilities

I found that I needed to increase the Brightness on my monitor to be able to see anything behind those translucent pop-up boxes.

 

[Pouakai]

It can't be a world wonder because Alhambra is the last wonder.

Er, yes. It can.

Alhambra
Firewall
Neuschwanstein
Djenne Mosque
CN Tower
Hubble
Terracotta Army
Petra
Pisa

 

[Glassmage]

??? only 9 world wonders. Great Firewall NOT world wonder.

 

[snipperrabbit!!]

Galleass confirmed as a ranged combat ship in jeuxvidéopc.com !

 

[janboruta]

Galleass confirmed as a ranged combat ship in jeuxvidéopc.com !

EXCELLENT. Perfect choice for a Medieval ship.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Galleass confirmed as a ranged combat ship in jeuxvidéopc.com !

Do you have a link?

ETA: Found it:

De l’autre, la caravelle constitue la première unité navale d’exploration alors que la galéasse se détermine par son attaque à distance.