pre-release info New Civ Game Guide: Russia

[Eagle Pursuit]

 

[Leucarum]

We have few enough civs with non-river terrain-related bonuses, which I enjoyed, compared to Civ6 that I'm kind of okay with it.

Hmm, I'd argue the exploration age im particular is overloaded with terrain biases:

Songhai, Shwnee (Rivers)
Majapahit, Hawai'i, Chola (Coast)
Inca (Mountains)

That's over half, and you could also argue Spain needs coast though I left them off as it's more just coast access...

 

[TheGhostEnthusiast]

There must be an artist who REALLY likes hot air balloons.

 

[Zaarin]

Hmm, don't hate Russia's theme, but it feels like it drags on a bit.

 

[Nikolai II]

2050 isn't history. 2020 isn't history. 2010 or even 2000 are debatably history. I think a mid-20th century cutoff is perfectly reasonable.

2020 is history! 2010 and 2000 even more! I wrote my master thesis on the Copts in Egypt 2000-2010 and how they were presented by media and Christian civil rights organizations in 2013. Perfectly within modern history.

 

[Zaarin]

2020 is history! 2010 and 2000 even more! I wrote my master thesis on the Copts in Egypt 2000-2010 and how they were presented by media and Christian civil rights organizations in 2013. Perfectly within modern history.

I'd put 2020 and 2010 firmly within the realm of current events personally; I don't think anyone is equipped to speak dispassionately about such a recent period. 2000 is the nebulous boundary. Personally, I think living memory needs to have passed before you're on firm historical ground. But I'm mostly interested in the Iron Age and the Middle Ages and am all for subjecting the entire 20th century to damnatio memoriae so...

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

There must be an artist who REALLY likes hot air balloons.

I'm going to be disappointed now if there is no Zeppelin in Germany's background art.

 

[Eagle Pursuit]

Hmm, don't hate Russia's theme, but it feels like it drags on a bit.

There's definitely a monotonous marching quality to it.

 

[Krikkit1]

There's definitely a monotonous marching quality to it.

seems to work then

 

[Baudshaw]

I'm not arguing here, merely expressing a thought:

A hypothetical fourth Age would probably extend well into the near future, and so the three tiers could be roughly the Cold War, the Information era (the present), and the Near Future. In that kind of scenario, the Soviet Union would be only tier 1.

Yeah, I think future age civs should be purely speculative fiction stuff, conceptual alliances and all that

 

[Willie5000]

Yeah, I think future age civs should be purely speculative fiction stuff, conceptual alliances and all that

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; the future age civs should just be the factions from Beyond Earth,

 

[Rac]

Russia's Background Art

 

[Sagax]

1. Someone on the art team really loves dem hot air balloons.
2. The Leaning Hermitage of St Petersburg looking real nice there. (I don’t mean to beat down on the artist, but I also can’t unsee it now…)

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

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Russia's Background Art

Not enough St. Basil's Cathedral

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Not enough St. Basil's Cathedral

St Basil's has the advantage of being completely unique, architecturally different from any other cathedral or structure in Russia.

On the other hand, it was built in the 16th century - before Russia's placement in the Modern Age in the game. The Ermtazh/Hermitage, on the other hand, was built by Catherine starting in 1764 as part of the Imperial Complex that included (and includes) the Winter Palace, so it is better placed both thematically as a cultural structure and temporally within the Modern Age.

 

[Bonyduck Campersang]

Still it is disappointing. Apart from the Russian flag, there's nothing to make the scene seem Russian. This could be from anywhere in Europe

 

[Boris Gudenuf]

Still it is disappointing. Apart from the Russian flag, there's nothing to make the scene seem Russian. This could be from anywhere in Europe

That's the Enlightenment for you . . .

 

[Alexander's Hetaroi]

Still it is disappointing. Apart from the Russian flag, there's nothing to make the scene seem Russian. This could be from anywhere in Europe

I see what looks like some onion domes in the background on the left. Not surprised there's no St. Basils Cathedral considering they probably want to base it off of the Imperial capital of St. Petersburg.

 

[Solver]

Still it is disappointing. Apart from the Russian flag, there's nothing to make the scene seem Russian. This could be from anywhere in Europe

Using that particular version of the flag is probably the weirdest bit, but I think it's immediately recognizable as the Winter Palace and the square in front of it. The Alexander column is there, the checkerboard pattern is there, to me it's obvious where that is exactly, so I think the perception of whether it can be "generic Europe" varies with one's familiarity with specific sights.

I see what looks like some onion domes in the background on the left.

The onion domes are almost surely meant to be the Church of the Savior on Blood, with creative license for the placement. If you stand in spot of the image, you would see St Isaac's Cathedral where the onions are, but that cathedral has a classical Byzantine dome, so the onion domes from the Savior church are painted instead - in reality, that church would be behind you.

 

[Bast]

Not Z people in the video's comments counting this as a win lol seriously these people would grasp at anything these days.