I guess most people just feel really weird if somehow a game of Civ leaves out England/Britain in its vanilla version. One could argue that Normans is already a representation for the Brits, but it just does not feel the same.
Holes are made to be filled. An Absent Britain in the base game means a Britain with Expansion mechanics later.
Well that would also be true of Russia or Germany
Trung Trac has a SEA path that she could follow - while none are her native civs, you could make some sense out of it with a stretch, following the civ grouping logic that FXS have shared so far (a mix of regional, cultural, political, linguistic proximity, etc.). So you end up with a chain of SEA civs that can be led by Trung Trac to add "a bit of Vietnam" to it.
I think we all agree that all three civs will make their way in eventually. But speculating on a forum with nerd glasses on is fun, so here we are
Myths that persist in these civ guessing threads:
Have we seen a British wonder? I can’t recall if Oxford showed up, but wouldn’t that be more appropriately unlocked in the Exploration age?
Yes, Oxford is in the game in the modern age.
Albeit any of Germany/Britain/Russia not in the base game would be very likely to come out in one of the two first dlc collections, so not really having expansion mechanics. I think chances are high they're not all in the base game just because they need more region representation on the base game to have at least a somewhere in the ballpark regional transition for any future dlc civ in the future, so they couldn't have all the usual expected modern European powers in the base game.
Technically, four unknown remaining leaders as we know of Himiko and Napoleon. Or maybe I guess you meant 4 unknown unique leaders plus 2 alternative versions for two of them?
No, we have known a total of 20 leaders (including Himiko), 3 of which are personae, Napoleon, Xerxes and Ashoka. So we haven't known 6 more leaders, 2 of which are personae. So 4 more distinct leaders, 2 of whom have 2 personae.
To play devil's advocate we've never had Britian, or the British, technically in the game before, so it's not like we're missing out on that part.
Yes, but we've seen a couple of buildings that look very, very Russian. And not generic buildings, but presumably Town Halls, which are distinct for each civ. It could be a Russian city state, but that doesn't seem very likely. Hence, I think Russia is all but officially confirmed.
Half-Brits and then double French (French Empire proper + half a point each for Normans and Charlemagne) is definitely... not very balanced.
There is no other flag that uses black-and-white checkers outside of race tracks and the Belgian town of Péruwelz (Belgium confirmed!!)
