Guess the New Civs

Gucumatz said:
I don't understand why people are so enamored by the Zulu or Sioux. In Africa there are far better civs to include (Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Kongo, Benin, Morocco, etc.)

I also don't get the Sioux when there are so many better Native American Civs that haven't been used yet.
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Actually I'm not fond of the Zulu
I guessed them to be included eventually though, as I don't think Firaxis will skip them in any Civilization game
Zimbabwe is also a great idea, will add that too
 
seasnake said:
Shaka is classic Civ, it generally feels wrong not to have his craziness all up in your face. That's why. Sioux were a powerful, long culture that dominated a significant area of North America and have had a long impact on popular culture and how the world perceives the American Indian.
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I hope they would save the Zulus for a DLC release. I am sure every CiV fan would buy them even if they do not buy G&K. Zulu DLC would sell well and that would leave a room for one lesser known, but deserving Civ to the expansion pack. As this expansion theme is about "Gods & Kings" ie. religion and leaders. In my opinion, Menelik II of Ethiopia (Christianity) would suit very well. Also Ziebel of Khazars (Tengriism/Judaism), Solomon of Israel (Judaism) and Hayam Wuruk of Indonesia (Hinduism/Buddhism) would be excellent choices. :)

I really support for another native north american Civ. Just that if Sioux did not ever build any cities what would their city list be like? Are there other candidates for that spot (Apache, Cherokee, Comanche, Lakota, Pueblo?). :)
 
I hope they would save the Zulus for a DLC release.
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Possible, but I'd have thought if they were going to do that they'd have kept the Dutch for it and released a Boer War scenario. (Which would be pretty cool.)
 
I don't like Zulu,because their influence on history was minimal to nothing,they were not important.
I'd rather have the Kingdom of Kongo which was more influental or the Kingdom of Zimbabwe,anything but please NOT Zulu...
Altough I will buy them if they are released,because more civs=a better game.
 
So, another guess ;-)

Expansion: Ethiopia (peaceful religious), Apache/Sioux/? (plains), Poland, Hittites (early Iron working or diplomacy-oriented)
DLC 1: Israel (Espionage (!!!), not religious scenario)
DLC 2: Zulu (South African scenario with Boers, English and Zulu)
DLC 3: Sweden (30 years scenario)
DLC 4: Portugal and Kongo ("late" imperialism scenario)

The thing is, Israel is one of those few civs* where an espionage bonus makes sense, nobody cannot argue that the Mossad isn't scary, just go ask some Iranian Nuclear Scientists..., whereas you do find a lot of Religion oriented civs. So I'd guess that the first DLC would be published quite soon and the other follow two or three months apart.

*The Soviet Union = Russia is another possibility. But then? A Italian City State-like civ? United Kingdom with James Bond? Nazi Germany? Not really exciting ones. Maybe the Navajo as the US Army used their language as a code in the second world war...
 
Expansion: Sioux, Ethiopia, Hungary, Sumer

Dream DLCs:
Portugal + Kongo
Poland + Lithuania + Kievan Rus + forming the Commonwealth scenario
Assyria + Hittite + Phoenicia + ancient middle east scenario
Khmer + Srivijaya/Majapahit + indonesian/malayan conquests scenario
Zulu + Zimbabwe + Swahili + glory for south africa scenario
Sweden + Austria + Bohemia + 30 years war scenario
 
What's with so many people wanting the Sioux? It's not a civilization. Its a nomadic culture.
 
the Sioux are romanticized in pop culture with the big headdresses, Custer and whatnot. personally i'd prefer to see the Navajo.
 
Personally, I'd prefer the Pueblos or Mississippians, but this thread is for guessing new civs. Since the Sioux have been in in the past, it's not an entirely unreasonable guess.
 
Looking at this thread makes me think the rest of the civs are going to be a bummer. Zulu and Portugal are the only 2 civs left I'd care about, and it looks like Portugal is out. Do you think they're planning to release more DLC civs? Because at this point Portugal and Sumeria would be the only ones I can see selling well if they include the Zulu civ now. I know some people on the board want Poland, but do you see that selling well enough to bother making?

Point is-- either they're saving Portugal/Zulu/Sumeria for future DLC and will be giving us bummer civs like HRE, Hungary, and Poland now, or they're giving us Sumeria/Zulu now, and aside from Portugal this is pretty much going to be it for civs that a broad audience will actually care about.

Another thought-- while they're obviously not rolling all the DLC in, it is possible that maybe they'll just throw Babylon into it. It's the only DLC civ without a scenario and it started as a pre-order bonus, so that could possibly end up taking up a slot.
 
cccv said:
Looking at this thread makes me think the rest of the civs are going to be a bummer. Zulu and Portugal are the only 2 civs left I'd care about, and it looks like Portugal is out. Do you think they're planning to release more DLC civs? Because at this point Portugal and Sumeria would be the only ones I can see selling well if they include the Zulu civ now. I know some people on the board want Poland, but do you see that selling well enough to bother making?

Point is-- either they're saving Portugal/Zulu/Sumeria for future DLC and will be giving us bummer civs like HRE, Hungary, and Poland now, or they're giving us Sumeria/Zulu now, and aside from Portugal this is pretty much going to be it for civs that a broad audience will actually care about.

Another thought-- while they're obviously not rolling all the DLC in, it is possible that maybe they'll just throw Babylon into it. It's the only DLC civ without a scenario and it started as a pre-order bonus, so that could possibly end up taking up a slot.
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Pff, I don't want to get nationalistic at all, but Hungary and Poland bummer civs???
Maybe for you :p
Actually they are at least as popular as your choices or some of the already known dlc and expansion civs
Not the mention that they are historically way more important than the Zulus and many other already included civs
 
But if we want a Horseman culture in North America, why not go with the Comanche who actually established an empire of sorts?

Instead of the overdone Sioux who are only romanticized and except for a few battles were never as significant as other cultures.

Navajo, Pueblo/Anasazi, (I am glad the Iroquois got in, rarely discussed but a good civ choice), Apache, Illinois, Seminole, etc. would be better choices. In North America. And if you really wanted a horseman/plains culture the Comanche did have a fairly extensive nation for a period.
 
Gucumatz said:
But if we want a Horseman culture in North America, why not go with the Comanche who actually established an empire of sorts?

Instead of the overdone Sioux who are only romanticized and except for a few battles were never as significant as other cultures.

Navajo, Pueblo/Anasazi, (I am glad the Iroquois got in, rarely discussed but a good civ choice), Apache, Illinois, Seminole, etc. would be better choices. In North America. And if you really wanted a horseman/plains culture the Comanche did have a fairly extensive nation for a period.
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I agree
My top 3 native NA choices would be Apache, Comanche and Navajo, besides the Iroquois of course
 
Gucumatz said:
But if we want a Horseman culture in North America, why not go with the Comanche who actually established an empire of sorts?

Instead of the overdone Sioux who are only romanticized and except for a few battles were never as significant as other cultures.

Navajo, Pueblo/Anasazi, (I am glad the Iroquois got in, rarely discussed but a good civ choice), Apache, Illinois, Seminole, etc. would be better choices. In North America. And if you really wanted a horseman/plains culture the Comanche did have a fairly extensive nation for a period.
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Because, as you yourself mentioned it, the Sioux are very romanticized and thus there are more people interested in them. And they have recurrently appeared in games, having appeared in games such as Civilization II, Colonization and Age of Empires III, so they feel familiar to many people.
 
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