flags

[Vietcong]

some civs have flags that represent ther nation, witch realy had no flag like the egyptians ahve the life singe..

but whold civs, like america have an american flag? or germany a german flag ect??
im just wondering, but i hope so

 

[Bartholomaï]

do you mean in the diplomacy screen?
because in the diplomacy screen the leaderheads will be back.

 

[TheBB]

Well, the english have the real english flag, and so do the japanese (the real japanese one, that is), so I guess america and germany follow suit.

 

[wotan321]

I think Vietcong is refering to the standard that travel with units, that show the civ the unit belongs to. In the 2nd new screenshot, the units have an orange banner with what looks like an eagle on it. An earlier screenshot shows a civ with a green banner with some sort of dark circle on it.

I suspect the will all be simple, to recognize from far away.

 

[Hannabir]

National flags are a rather recent invention, so many ancient civs would need to use some kind of unofficial symbol.
An eagle as a symbol might cause some confusion though since more than one civilization used it (e.g. Egypt, Rome, Iroquois, USA).

 

[henry k c]

The american flag will probably be simplified, the falgs in the screenies seem very simple.

 

[Trajan13]

The eagle is actually meant to be this eagle - http://www.spbu.ru/e/Education/Faculties/Medicine/img/gerb.jpg

It's a symbol of Russia, the two-headed eagle. I'm not a historian, but I believe it may also be very similar to the habsburg symbol, often seen in conjunction with the Austro-Hungarian Empire

 

[GoodGame]

Pre-making about 2 dozen symbols to choose from would be too easy.