[GS] Gathering Storm Screenshots Discussion Thread

[roulev]

Here are Solar Power Plant and Windmill.

 

[Siptah]

There's a pool of water in the middle with water flowing out of the towers on the sides. The houses look mesoamerican or himalayan, but onion domes??

I remember very opulent royal baths in southern asia, but they don't fit with the domes. It could be a kind of bathhouse, however. Or an eastern nymphaeum.

 

[Giskler]

Very zoomed in version. That looks like a figure in gold on the front of the pillar. I'm thinking buddhist temple from the imagery.

 

[nzcamel]

That ski resort is probably either a wonder or a district since builders can't get up on mountains to build improvements.

Ski resort wonder?

That ski hill looks like a Wonder, to me. Too large and detailed to be a simple improvement.

how are tunnels built then?
i think it's an improvement just like the beach resort. No ski resort is unique/wonderous enough to be called a world wonder...

Maybe the first ski resort in the world was a wonder? Seems a stretch lol.
If we're now tunnelling through mountains, maybe builders will be able to move onto them.​

Where'd you get these shots from @Giskler ?

 

[Giskler]

Where'd you get these shots from @Giskler ?

The Firaxis stream.

 

[Siptah]

Very zoomed in version. That looks like a figure in gold on the front of the pillar. I'm thinking buddhist temple from the imagery.

but artificial sacred lakes would rather point to hindu temples than buddhist ones. Sadly, the domes point to neither.

 

[Giskler]

but artificial sacred lakes would rather point to hindu temples than buddhist ones. Sadly, the domes point to neither.

Would hindu temples have a figure in gold as a symbol? I mostly associate that with buddhism.

 

[roulev]

I wonder what this is... Floodgate?

 

[Siptah]

Would hindu temples have a figure in gold as a symbol? I mostly associate that with buddhism.

yes, but not in that shape - at least I don't remember seeing a standing robed human. But I don't remember seeing that in Buddhist temples.

 

[nzcamel]

The Firaxis stream.

I thought they didn't end up doing one! Dammit. I'm guessing it's not loaded up to youtube yet to re-watch? I did already stalk youtube...

 

[Giskler]

yes, but not in that shape - at least I don't remember seeing a standing robed human. But I don't remember seeing that in Buddhist temples.

What else could it be then? Tengri?

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Maybe the first ski resort in the world was a wonder? Seems a stretch lol.
If we're now tunnelling through mountains, maybe builders will be able to move onto them.​

Where'd you get these shots from @Giskler ?

The only thing I could see is if that person got the "Winter Olympics" World Congress vote maybe. I don't think it's a wonder (obviously a blind guess here).

 

[Siptah]

What else could it be then? Tengri?

I'd place it in modern Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Northern India. Will do a google search tomorrow.

 

[Giskler]

I'd place it in modern Iran/Afghanistan/Pakistan/Northern India. Will do a google search tomorrow.

I'm still thinking buddhism, there are depictions of Buddha standing at several temples.

 

[ferretbacon]

I'm not 100% sure, but the mini map we saw during the livestream looks like it has neater borders that aren't as ugly looking over bodies of water.

 

[Lord Xavius]

I'm Googling frenetically for anything I can think of myself. It's Kilwa Kisiwani all over again!

 

[Siptah]

I'm still thinking buddhism, there are depictions of Buddha standing at several temples.

There are buddhist temples in Afghanistan ;-)

 

[Giskler]

There are buddhist temples in Afghanistan ;-)

It might be a rendering of a long lost temple or something. Could be that we need to dig into ancient lost temples.

 

[Siptah]

It might be a rendering of a long lost temple or something. Could be that we need to dig into ancient lost temples.

Since it‘s Firaxis: into 19th Century romantic drawings and paintings of lost temples;-)

 

[DWilson]

I've found Russian Buddhist temples with statues in the front, and gold spires- but oddly, not with domes. Instead they have an artistic flame pattern