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I have a mixed feeling for the new graphics.
On one hand, it looks lovely and detailed, so I hope the final version will look great and integrated with the game play.
On the other hand, it looks like an old RPG game I played before where giant characters moved among tiny villages on the map, and I didn't like that much.
By the way, what is the Big Foot doing there?
At last I have to keep complaining about the multi-units that appear in every single screenie I've seen.
On one hand, it looks lovely and detailed, so I hope the final version will look great and integrated with the game play.
On the other hand, it looks like an old RPG game I played before where giant characters moved among tiny villages on the map, and I didn't like that much.
By the way, what is the Big Foot doing there?
At last I have to keep complaining about the multi-units that appear in every single screenie I've seen.
Philips beard
Prince
This looks awesome! I'm in heaven! 
I'm in heaven! More comments from me later. Have to enjoy these very nice screenies first!
I'm in heaven! More comments from me later. Have to enjoy these very nice screenies first! 
Kosez
Sitting Wool
Man, great shots.
Or plentifull, at least.
Dunno, it`s the same old civ, but yet completely different. That`s very good in graphic sense. I just hope it`s not the same with the gameplay.
First pic is weird. i don`t know which one is a city. There are so many landmarks now.
Hmm, top left thing looks like a sawmill, bottom one like a mine, thing with obelisk is apparently a city. What is top right thing then?
Farm?
Interesting, looks like there will be some changes with exploitation of land and goods.
Nice!
Or plentifull, at least.
Dunno, it`s the same old civ, but yet completely different. That`s very good in graphic sense. I just hope it`s not the same with the gameplay.
First pic is weird. i don`t know which one is a city. There are so many landmarks now.
Hmm, top left thing looks like a sawmill, bottom one like a mine, thing with obelisk is apparently a city. What is top right thing then?
Farm?
Interesting, looks like there will be some changes with exploitation of land and goods.
Nice!
Philips beard
Prince
Do you see all the buildings all arround the cities? I guess it's improvments that can be built on different ressources, to use 'em properly! Looks great!
Philips beard
Prince
Hehe, it will a bit unusual and different in the start I guess!
Have you seen the man with the weagon on the first screen? Can it be symolizing a trade route perhaps?
God damn, these images are great, can't stop looking at 'em! I think Firaxis will set a new standard to turn based games with this one. Let's hope it will give us more turn based strategy games in the future, when it's proven it can look as good as an rts, and have all the advanteges of a turn based game!
I will say, bravo Firaxis! (So far)
Have you seen the man with the weagon on the first screen? Can it be symolizing a trade route perhaps?
God damn, these images are great, can't stop looking at 'em! I think Firaxis will set a new standard to turn based games with this one. Let's hope it will give us more turn based strategy games in the future, when it's proven it can look as good as an rts, and have all the advanteges of a turn based game!
I will say, bravo Firaxis! (So far)
oldStatesman
Cybernaut
I'm glad someone posted a clear shot of this one...in the one posted the other day (a photo of the magazine, not a scanned pix) it looked like that wagon guy was a 1800's era photographer and the 5 guys in the right were posing for a picture!Philips beard said:Hehe, it will a bit unusual and different in the start I guess!
Have you seen the man with the weagon on the first screen? Can it be symolizing a trade route perhaps?
Slax
Prince
I wish they could scale it so that the city is at least larger than the mines.
Philips beard
Prince
Slax said:
Agree with that one, Slax! Perhaps it looks different a little bit more zoomed out!
oldStatesman
Cybernaut
It will be easy to mod it...honestly I'm more concerned about what each thing represents in game play than it how it looks... as evidenced with Civ3 the modders will have a field day changing the look of the structures/terrain. (But units may be harder if they use the same type models as say the Sims for example - 3D rendering is more complex. I gave up on the Sims for that reason - it was too complicated to figure out what 3 type files needed to be changed for each item...and when you downloaded one that wasn't exactly right it hosed the whole game.)Slax said:
Slax
Prince
In the last image, someone tell me what they think that is that looks like three lions around a black signpost.
Philips beard
Prince
Have you noticed the lion units on two of the screenshots? A bit strange to use lions in combat perhaps!
Philips beard
Prince
Hehe, we posted that one the same second! 
I really hope it's not an unit! Alot of other unit types should be prioritized before lion warriors!
I really hope it's not an unit! Alot of other unit types should be prioritized before lion warriors! Slax
Prince
It seems like at different zoom levels, certain things appear or disappear. The cities are probably small looking because they want to be able to fit in city improvements around the edges, like the temple shown in Fig 4.Philips beard said:
arkammler
Chieftain
Slax said:
I think so.
Kosez
Sitting Wool
Slax said:
Yeah. That is a really weird thing.
It reminds me on Red Alerts dogs.
Philips beard
Prince
If you take a look at the lions flag, it's a pirate sign! I guess it's the barbarians flag, and those wild animals functions the same way as barbarians! That's my guess! And I think it's a good one..... 
Slax
Prince
Philips beard said:Have you noticed the lion units on two of the screenshots? A bit strange to use lions in combat perhaps!
It looks like a unit, since the flag is the same as those in Fig 2. They are easier to see in Fig 2 in the right box (the "fog of war" fig).
oldStatesman
Cybernaut
They added a safari feature!!! (Do you think there are sharks too? No more MGL's swimming in the ocean waiting for pickup....lol.)Philips beard said:If you take a look at the lions flag, it's a pirate sign! I guess it's the barbarians flag, and those wild animals functions the same way as barbarians! That's my guess! And I think it's a good one.....
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