Am I the only one playing America?

[Rathelon]

That's what I said - doesnt mean he's the best, but more people have finished a game with him so far.

 

[taltamir]

That's what I said - doesnt mean he's the best, but more people have finished a game with him so far.

it means most players are roleplayers and/or newbies. Not that either is a bad thing

my brother plays america... he doesn't care about their unique powers, he just cares that he gets to play america. He also never in his life played a Civ game before... actually I think he never played a TBS before... IIRC, I asked him why america and he said something to the extent of "because I wanted to play as George Washington" or something to that extent.

 

[Spiceweasel]

I don't think the goal of a civ's perks should be to be "the best" or even equally powerful (at least, for single-player play). What counts is whether the perks are *interesting*. Ideally, they should give you opportunities to play in ways that you couldn't with other civs.

I haven't played as America yet, so I don't know if they pass this test.

 

[Zhahz]

After reading this thread, I decided to play as America (started last night on king, standard sized large continents). I think the tile discount is pretty weak and could stand to be a bigger discount. But the extra sight for land units is pretty nice. It's nice for early scouting and also nice for military action where you can see enemy units a little earlier, or spot for range 3 siege/boats from a safe distance.