Leader opening narrations

[lucidfox]

I'm probably not the first to notice this, and I'm probably overanalyzing this (TV Tropes alerted me to it), but...

The opening narration for most leaders describes their deeds in both life and death, and ends with something to the effect of "your people turn to you to lead them to glory once again".

This, combined with the presence of ancient ruins throughout the map that can gift bizarrely advanced technologies, could lead one to think that Civ5 is an experiment by some advanced civilization to resurrect some of the great leaders in Earth history and place them on another planet and give them a second chance to rule.

What do you think? Am I overthinking it?

 

[PhilBowles]

I'm probably not the first to notice this, and I'm probably overanalyzing this (TV Tropes alerted me to it), but...

The opening narration for most leaders describes their deeds in both life and death, and ends with something to the effect of "your people turn to you to lead them to glory once again".

This, combined with the presence of ancient ruins throughout the map that can gift bizarrely advanced technologies, could lead one to think that Civ5 is an experiment by some advanced civilization to resurrect some of the great leaders in Earth history and place them on another planet and give them a second chance to rule.

What do you think? Am I overthinking it?

It did recently occur to me that the plot of Time's Eye, a novel by Steven Baxter and Arthur C Clarke based on essentially that premise, does seem very much like a novelised Civ game...

 

[Andulias]

Noooooooooo? Although it certainly is interesting how the narrator would often tell you how your leader has died and is now returning.

 

[Valbuena]

lol I remember seeing an old thread about the thought.

But i don't really think they intentionally designed the game for that

 

[Cicero63]

It certainly is an interesting thought, the only problem though is that they have to make the leaders immortal. Quite frankly I don't believe someone could rule for 6050 years

 

[smallfish]

Not hard to wrap my mind around it - basically all the OP abilities you see in the game, unique units, exploits, bizarre behavior? The Immortal Ruler's magic.

 

[EulerMcE]

They're playing board games in limbo.

 

[teddybroosevelt]

It certainly is an interesting thought, the only problem though is that they have to make the leaders immortal. Quite frankly I don't believe someone could rule for 6050 years

the game takes place on Tralfamadore, where the concept of time isn't as important.

 

[CivCube]

Since W. Morgan Sheppard narrates everything, I'm assuming everything takes place within the prophetic dreams of the old man in the vanilla intro.

 

[Andulias]

Since W. Morgan Sheppard narrates everything, I'm assuming everything takes place within the prophetic dreams of the old man in the vanilla intro.

That dood gotta tell us what s*** he been smoking, yo! I've spent way to much time in this dream of his

 

[Valbuena]

Since W. Morgan Sheppard narrates everything, I'm assuming everything takes place within the prophetic dreams of the old man in the vanilla intro.

omg That's neat.

 

[pxpdoo]

It certainly is an interesting thought, the only problem though is that they have to make the leaders immortal. Quite frankly I don't believe someone could rule for 6050 years

Immortals, or... Zombies!

 

[aceflamingo23]

no way if someone re created missippi in another planet, id go to the other planet and beat my clone down because there can only be one of me.