PAX Conference analysis thread

[anandus]

Yeah, it's already over, it was really short

 

[Louis XXIV]

assyria - royal library. too bad they cut it before we could see it

I don't think they were going to show it. They were just going to do what they did yesterday and have an XCOM Squad take down a Giant Death Robot.

 

[SnowKomodo]

They said they were going to show it

 

[Browd]

No Q&A, just a (mostly) repeat of yesterday's demo. Genuinely new information was limited to Brazil's UA (Golden Ages (called Carnivals for Brazil) boost Tourism output (2x?)) and Assyrian UB (Royal Library - no other details).

 

[CGPanama]

Another new item that I did not see yesterday.... when they were hovering over the Tourism bonus, it showed a bonus for having the same religion in a certain percentage of cities. Went by too fast to catch the whole thing live.

 

[Akinaba]

Is there a video from latest PAX Civ segment on YouTube already? I'm eager to see...

 

[SalemSage]

Same here, I was unable to watch it unfortunately. I saw the first demo revealing Brazil, but not this latest footage.

 

[AriochIV]

http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/381768342

 

[Kimuyama]

http://www.twitch.tv/2k/b/381768342

At what time do they start talking Civ?

 

[Seek]

Is there a video from latest PAX Civ segment on YouTube already? I'm eager to see...

Me too, Twitch hasn't let me watch any video whatsoever all day.

 

[AriochIV]

The demo starts around 13 minutes in.

 

[anandus]

By the way, they also mentioned that they'd post the demo in HD on Youtube later.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

At this stage I no longer know fi XCOM is an actual new unit or is it just a joke.

I'd personally would prefer without it because I can't help but feel the subtle advertising.

 

[Kimuyama]

Great Works I spotted in the video that I don't think has been mentioned:
"Emperor Taizong Receiving the Tibetan Envoy" by Yan Liben
"Henry VIII" by Hans Holbein the Younger

 

[turingmachine]

Is there a video of the PAX panel of the stuff before they started talking about the games (like when they discussed the proto type civ 5 and the Pueblo, etc.). All the video links I've found only include the second half of the panel when they showed the demo.

 

[Calouste]

my guess is that it works by amount of culture generated. it makes sense that great artists were influenced by a rich culture and that you generate a defensive culture before gaining the ability to make an offensive culture

That was my thought as well. I wonder how the Great Artists will work with Social Policies. Will you get to pick either a Great Artist or a Social Policy at the same time, or will they happen at different times?

I wonder if they have gotten rid of the per city penalty for culture, it was a bit of a clumsy construct. Now that cultural buildings don't seem to create much culture unless you put a Great Work in them, the limited ability to generate Great Works would stop going wide from having a massive effect on the culture game. In G&K, building an Amphitheater would give you 6 culture if you fill the Artist slot. In BNW, you'll only get one unless you can create a Great Work, in which case you get 3 IIRC.