Funny, I'm more inclined to view some kind of rake and digging stick for this "district", which would tie it to agriculture to me.
I'm pretty on par with these big "districts" representing important eras/moments for humankind :
- 1st district (rake/digging stick) representing agricultural times and its prevalence for societies/cultures development.
- 2nd district (wheel of a ship) representing exploration times.
- 3rd district (cogs/production) representing the Industrial Revolution and all that follows and is still prevalent today.
Catching up with the thread but I'm confident that's El Escorial as now I've looked it up on google images, I believe that's the wonder I spotted but didn't recognise in the right of the blurry background of the first-gameplay tease image.
Observations:
12 o clock: probably Industrial Era symbol
12:30: an assortment of smaller buildings that could be wonders
1:30: Statue of Liberty
1:45: Menlo Park?
2 o clock: possibly Science Victory symbol
2:15: Eiffel Tower 2:30: rocket launching
3:30: pyramids
4 o clock: sword and shield, possibly Domination Victory symbol
4:05: obelisk, might be part of the pyramid scene or the Temple of Luxor
5:30: Hanging Gardens?
6 o clock: probably Ancient Era or Classical Era symbol
6:30: colosseum
6:45: Mausoleum of Theodoric? lol 7 o clock: Caduceus icon (Economic Victory symbol?) and Himeji Castle?
8:30: Ankor Wat
9 o clock: ship's wheel icon, probably represents the Renaissance Era
9:30: El Escorial
10:30: theater mask icon (Culture Victory symbol?) and a frigate
11 o clock: mystery palace or castle wonder
11:45: Wright Flyer
I'd say there are a few mystery buildings there that could be wonders and a few icons that could hint at something in-game.
When I describe things, I will describe clockwise starting from 3 o'clock as that's where it seems to start and end.
So my inital look is that three large hexes depict the 3 main phases of a Civ game (in my eyes): Traditionalism/Craftsmanship (Chisel and hammer), Exploration/Colonialism (ships' wheel) and the Industrial Revolution (gears).
The wonders to me look like the Pyramids, Obelisk of Axum, Hanging Gardens, Colosseum, Forbidden City, Angkor Wat, El Escorial, Circumnavigation of the Globe? (Although they kinds look like they have beared Moai faces; so could it be Darwin's Discovery of Evolution?), The Kremlin, First flight?, some buildings too small for me to tell, Statue of Liberty, and house, Eifel Tower, some houses, Space-flight (or missle)
The four smaller hexes suggest victories to me too, being Military (sword and sheild), Time? (looks like a twister to me), Culture (dama masks) and Science (flask and something) but the last does look more like an inkwell and feathered quill for a diplomatic victory?
When I describe things, I will describe clockwise starting from 3 o'clock as that's where it seems to start and end.
So my inital look is that three large hexes depict the 3 main phases of a Civ game (in my eyes): Traditionalism/Craftsmanship (Chisel and hammer), Exploration/Colonialism (ships' wheel) and the Industrial Revolution (gears).
The wonders to me look like the Pyramids, Obelisk of Axum, Hanging Gardens, Colosseum, Forbidden City, Angkor Wat, El Escorial, Circumnavigation of the Globe? (Although they kinds look like they have beared Moai faces; so could it be Darwin's Discovery of Evolution?), The Kremlin, First flight?, some buildings too small for me to tell, Statue of Liberty, and house, Eifel Tower, some houses, Space-flight (or missle)
The four smaller hexes suggest victories to me too, being Military (sword and sheild), Time? (looks like a twister to me), Culture (dama masks) and Science (flask and something) but the last does look more like an inkwell and feathered quill for a diplomatic victory?
The Obelisk of Axum is an intriguing thought I hadn't considered before. I can't find any depictions of it that show it in the context of a low structure like we see in the logo. It certainly doesn't discount it though. Previously, I was leaning towards a misproportioned depiction of either the Temple of Karnak or Luxor, which feature prominant obelisks.
A Kremlin came up in my discussion group, and it bears certain features that give it credence. It certainly seems like a sort of embellished administrative fortification. I was personally leaning more towards a South Asian style, though, like the Red Fort. Although it admittedly doesn't precisely have the same combination of features that you see in the Red Fort.
Sorry to say, I don't think we've seen any real evidence that that a spherical map has come to fruition. And the idea has become so popular that suggesting that something is a hint about it has become a not-quite-Tamar level meme.
I like the idea that those outer symbols represent the eras. Maybe instead of the like 7 eras in the old civ game, they have "simplified" to basically be 3 over-arching eras of game-play. That would also line up since the wonders around the edge are (roughly) aligned chronologically too.
The question is whether those "3" eras are like in civ 6, where they are soft markers, or if they will make a change so that the game actually plays different in each major era. It could be as simple as each civ gets different bonuses in each era, or could even be where the game in each era drastically changes how it goes.
Strangely I don't like this logo too much, it is too... baroque for my taste, too many ornate complex elements. My taste recently has been more minimalistic.
Strangely I don't like this logo too much, it is too... baroque for my taste, too many ornate complex elements. My taste recently has been more minimalistic.
I'm personally ambivalent, in that I generally respond equally positive to anything new I see, though I will say the baroque aesthetic does remind me a bit of Nier:Automata, strangely enough
I like the idea that those outer symbols represent the eras. Maybe instead of the like 7 eras in the old civ game, they have "simplified" to basically be 3 over-arching eras of game-play. That would also line up since the wonders around the edge are (roughly) aligned chronologically too.
The question is whether those "3" eras are like in civ 6, where they are soft markers, or if they will make a change so that the game actually plays different in each major era. It could be as simple as each civ gets different bonuses in each era, or could even be where the game in each era drastically changes how it goes.
I like the idea that those outer symbols represent the eras. Maybe instead of the like 7 eras in the old civ game, they have "simplified" to basically be 3 over-arching eras of game-play. That would also line up since the wonders around the edge are (roughly) aligned chronologically too.
The question is whether those "3" eras are like in civ 6, where they are soft markers, or if they will make a change so that the game actually plays different in each major era. It could be as simple as each civ gets different bonuses in each era, or could even be where the game in each era drastically changes how it goes.
Could be an allusion to how each game, on its most abstract level, has three major phases: the exploration phase, the map-filling phase and the final race to victory
I'm open to alternative ideas for that structure, but bear in mind that it should roughly fall between the pyramids and the colosseum. Potala Palace dates to the 17th century and doesn't fit there.
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