So they finally announced Gorgo, alongside the MAJOR SELLING POINT of multiple leaders per civilization (seriously, this is rather big, even in terms of modding - weird it took them this long).
And she looks AMAZING! Easily my favorite female leader, with Cleopatra as a close second.
Gorgo and Pericles side by side.
Extra Gorgo.
And, really, I'm glad multiple leaders are back - I thought it worked great in Civ IV, and since Leader Screens shouldn't take as many resources as with Civ V (I think), I think we can still expect a similar amount of civilizations by the end of this game's cycle.
Here's some other things I noticed:
The background is also different, which is interesting. I guess it does allow for the leaders to better fit their environment, but there could also be fun stuff they could do with unrestricted leaders if backgrounds were civ dependent, and not leader dependent. Could the music be different too?
The civilizations colors are also different, which is very bizarre... I don't like this, since the colors, I feel, are connected to the civilization, and not the leader - this was how Civ IV worked. And both color schemes shown in the video are horrible - the blue-on-red is far too similar to England to the point where I thought it was England at first, and the white-on-grey was just lifeless and neutral (though I'd still prefer it to the former). I would keep Greece's colors, but if they really wanted to change them, well... The best choice for them would actually be Scythia's colors, but they could pick an black-on-orange, based on
old Greek vases. The question does remain: is the icon different too? Could this mean that both Gorgo and Pericles could be randomly selected (unlike Civ IV)?
Finally, the capital is different too. This is great!
I like it that the capital is based on the leader, makes a lot of sense! Now the question is - can Pericles found Sparta? Can Gorgo found Athens? Do they share a city-list? If they both are in the game, fo they eat each other's choices for city names?