Originally posted by wohmongarinf00l
korea has not had much national character. for ages, it was a tributary state of the chinese empire,
Which meant they paid money to the Chinesse. Does that mean no national character? Heck, no. I believe Rome paid tribute to Persia for a while, too. Does that mean Rome isn't worthy of being in the game?
Personally, I'd say the Koreans belong in this game a lot more than oh, say, the Americans. Paying tributes to Chine is one thing ; being a colony founded by england is QUITE another. Yes, America evolved out of it, and yes, they have to call on to the "buyer's sympathy", but as others pointed out, Korea is a key computer gaming market.
from the mid-19th century till the end of WW2, it was a colony of japan.
Congratulation on your history knowledge. Since when does the 1895-1905 era qualify as "mid-19th" century? Japan got Korea at either of those date ; either after victory against China, but it is possible that they (I can't seem to remember exactly) were thwarted at that point by Russia, and only got Korea after beating the stuffing out of Russia too in 1905.
And America was a colony of England from the eartly 17th century right until 1776. That's roughly 176 years to the 40 of Korea.
even right now, it is still a divided nation.
Germany was only reunited 11 years ago or so. At least Korea is a *living* nation right now, which is more than one can say about some of the other civs.
if one can have koreans, one can have brazillians....
What are you on, comparing the two? We are talking a civilization which goes back in history as far as the Japanesse, yet is DISTINCT (yes, distinct) from them (and the Chinesse).
or at least one latino civilisation.
Why would there be one? They are not great powers in the modern world, as opposed to the US. They do not have an history as civilization dating back all that far (Latino, not the scattered natives remaining), as opposed to the four asian tribes, most of the europeans ones, etc.
of course it would be asking too much to have one other subsaharan civilisation....yoruba, igbo, benin,ethiopia,ashanti,mali,etc
Asking for another Subsaharan civilization, on the other hand, is something I wholeheartedly agree with. One there, and a south-east asia/Indonesia civ. It's a crime against world history that the whole south-east asia is devoid of civilizations. The Khmer are just the first to leap to my mind (We're talking Angkor Wat here, for achievments, but there's also the Majarpahit civilization (Boro-Budur, as I recall).
) and discoveries of lots of elements (e.g. oxygen), etc. But sure, early inventions are more interesting in civ.
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