Favorite Leader Screen

[I_qua_I]

Which leader has your favorite and most atmospheric leader screen (music, background, leader attitude/expressions/spoken and written lines, etc.)?

My two favorites are Nebs' and Catherine's. Nebs' has that real dank and contemplative quality. He stands in great contrast in terms of attitude and lines to the other leaders who seem to all be stricken with a VERY severe (and often unflattering and predictable) delusion of grandeur. Also, Catherine's music is just awesome. I'll often just click on one of her cities to hear her talk and listen to the music. Again, she is also one of the more stand-outish leaders with a recognizable screen personality. If I had to pick, however, it would be Nebs.

Conversly, I find Darius' quite dull on all fronts (background, music, WARDROBE, you name it...). This always slightly bothered me because I really like playing as Perisa.

 

[Lord Lakely]

Without any doubt, Askia. Everything works, from the simple-yet-super-aggro speech to the Sword and the burning town. Combine this with their peace music (which is imo the music in the game atm) and god- SO DIVINE <3

I never got 'round to play against Nebz (though I had the pleasure of playing AS him very recently ^_^), but Catherine absolutely delivers. She's amazing and I always can't help but to notice how well-designed and real-looking her fur cloak is She and Lizbeth always delivered in terms of character though, and I'm glad they kept that HQ Character Development in CivV

I like Darius though. I love how slimy and roachy get gets when angered I really do enjoy listening to his Aramaic blabbering for some reason (<3 @ him ending each proposal with "Eh?" as in "Nice deal, EH?"). His music is also quite amazing.

Napoleon is another one I really like. He's incredibly pompous and oddly frog-like at the same time. I absolutely love hearing him say "La France t'offre cette proposition *exceptionnelle*", especially with that pompous hand-shaky movement of this... simplement magnifique.

Bismarck absolutely PERFECTED the Caesar's Paternal stare, which makes him abolutely gorgeous Teutonic Fury. Declaring war on him is such a delight because of that, because I like him a lot more when he's upset rather than when he's happy. ^_^

Lizbeth of course is great (and Lofty)- as usual, but I think this is my least favo incarnation of her thus far. I love her music and love how she constantly fiddles with her pearls, but he voice... ugh, attrocious O_O

Monty - Well, nuff' said. He's the Villain we all LOVE TO HATE, right?

Wu Zetian is another well-designed Leader. Her Facial Expressions are about as close to Epic win as this game gets. That + her Sulty Theme Music = A Temptress than can Rival Catherine. Defo a good addition to the franchise.

As for the others, they range from mild like to indifference to me. They either lack the charisma or character development a representant of a Civilization requires (Oda, Hiawatha, Harun, Alex, etc) or were just badly designed in the first place. (Since when is Augustus Caesar a such spoiled middle-of-the-road bore? O_O And since when does the Khan sound like a gentle, laid-back couchpotatoe? O_O)

 

[tnick777]

Askia.. Hands down.

BTW why no poll?

Askia though.

 

[Venereus]

Catherine's cleavage takes my prize.

 

[shadowplay]

Montezuma #1. He's one scary lookin' dude, and the fire adds nice effect.

 

[Ramesses]

To cover whatever leaders haven't been analyzed yet:

Alexander - A stuck-up pretty boy with a nice horse. He's annoying, sure, but in that way like I can't wait to beat him up. His music is pretty good, at any rate.

Caesar - I admit that Augustus' demeanor is just too distant to really make him a fun character. The music certainly fits with that air of haughtiness, but I wish he'd be a little more active than just lounging in his throne and analyzing his fingernails.

Gandhi - Completely unmemorable. Next.

Harun Al Rashid - This guy is more depressing to talk to than Eeyore. Seriously, every time I have to talk to him, I feel like the will to live is being sapped out of me. LIGHTEN UP, DUDE. Seriously.

Ramesses - While I'm glad he looks less effeminate than in Civ IV, his attitude is far too... snake-like for me. In fact, he kind of slurs his s's and sh's, if you listen close.

Suleiman - I love this guy. Literally larger than life, he towers over the camera and his boisterous personality makes itself known right away.

Washington - Why in the **** does he sound like Bill Clinton? Who thought that was even a remotely good idea? It tends to make him more of a walking joke than anything else.

 

[Stretchy Man]

Wu Zetian is another well-designed Leader.

She looked better in the preview.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJyXgmbXO5M

 

[black213]

Harun al-Rashid. I like his music and I do think that it has an atmosphere.

 

[nody]

I couldn't help but notice:

EDIT: But I like Alexander with his music and speech and Wu Zetian because she's hot.

 

[black213]

Doesn't look at all like Ramesses.

 

[J. Hercules]

Catherine's cleavage takes my prize.

Agreed. I get a little upset when she is not in the game.

 

[Ramesses]

Agreed. I get a little upset when she is not in the game.

It's weird. Despite being a heterosexual male, I for one can't stand Catherine. She is always Enemy No. 1 when she appears.

 

[nody]

It's weird. Despite being a heterosexual male, I for one can't stand Catherine. She is always Enemy No. 1 when she appears.

Maybe she looks too much like someone you always hated?

A schoolteacher or aunt, for example.