"In the Beginning..."

[Shadowstrike]

I'm curious about when the 'In the beginning' sequence (the one that's the exact same text as from the original Civilization) appears. I get a nostalgic kick out of it, but I'm never certain when it's going to pop up. Anyone know about this?

 

[ORION11380]

Are you talking about the first few lines of Genesis? That's quoted in what, Civ2?

The producers also conveniently removed the referances to God...

"In the beginning, [God created the heaven and earth, and the] earth was without form, and void..."

 

[deanej]

It pops up only for the epic game (with no mods) when you have watched all the movies that play prior to the main menu (you can't skip them).

 

[Monsterzuma]

Using the "Play Now!" menu feature?

I don't think I ever have it play when I use "custom game".

 

[deanej]

Yep, it only appears using play now.

 

[Turquoiside]

What are you guys talking abot? It happens it both, but it is random.

 

[deanej]

It's not random, you have to be using play now with the unmodded game and not have clicked through any of the pre-menu movies (you have to watch the nvidia movie, the graphic that comes after it, and the intro movie completely). This is with BtS - Warlords and vanilla don't have these restrictions, but I'm pretty sure that you still have to go through play now.

 

[Bob the Barbari]

It does appear in custom games, and it does not appear if you skip some of the movies. You can skip at least the last one. I don't know about others, but they are short so you can just wait this 2 or so minutes, if you want to hear: "In the beggining...".
I'm absolutely sure about all that, because that's what I'm doing when I want to watch it.

 

[salty mud]

I'm sure I have seen the "In the beginning" and I always skip the intro movies...

 

[deanej]

It might just be the graphic after the nvidia movie then, as that one is actually a button.

 

[Neoclast]

You get it when you start a game and it is generating the map. If you don't hit the start button when the map generates it will go into that...

 

[fireb0rn]

You get it when you start a game and it is generating the map. If you don't hit the start button when the map generates it will go into that...

yep, I believe this is correct... it starts up when the map is loading. If you wait without hitting start game or whatever you'll hear it.

 

[pesgores]

I heard it some times, because sometimes it plays, sometimes it doesn't. I don't really know how it's selected, if randomly, or something else.

 

[deanej]

On BtS if you skip past some of the opening movies it won't play. On vanilla and Warlords it will always play.

Judging by the replies here, it looks like some of the people posting don't have BtS.

 

[salty mud]

I do, and I still experiance it, even with skipping the movies. Whenever I use 'Play Now,' I get it.

 

[arikajohnson]

I remember one day, I just let that whole introduction play. It was a nice experience, lol.

 

[Metal Alloy Man]

I remember one day, I just let that whole introduction play. It was a nice experience, lol.

Indeed, it gets me excited about all of the game's possibilities.

 

[bestbrian]

This is about the time some punk kid asks "Who's Leonard Nimoy?".

 

[BakingTheArt]

Who's Leonard Nimoy?

 

[Lemon Merchant]

Who's Leonard Nimoy?

I know that you were the little kid from the cave down the cliff face when I was growing up, but even I know who Leonard Nimoy is.