Poll: Which Civ will you play first game as?

[HannuP]

I voted for India.. just because Gandhi looks so funny

 

[Sgt. Caesar]

I voted for Japan because they got the Samurai! : )

 

[Rus guy]

Russia!!!!
Потому что я русский and cossacks are pretty cool

 

[andrebrazil]

Financial & Spiritual! A good combo for a civ. Its special unit (skirmisher) is cheap and good to endure the game start.

Maybe there is a better civ, but this one is appearing to be a good choice

 

[runedot]

India.
Ghandi looks WAY too cool now to not play him.

 

[Sekhmut]

Greeks, just because Im an Ancient Greek fanatic, but I'll guess I'll eventually go to Germany if their tanks are better than the other civs, like in Civ 3

 

[neriana]

Elizabeth in England. What can I say, she's always been my favorite.

 

[KingKHAN]

Without a doubt, the Mongols, Genghis Khan is the greatest ruler to ever live.

 

[sweKangaroo]

India,
Im trying india's starting point on the earth-map.

 

[happycat]

England will be my first game; using a real world map---I enjoy trying to recreate British North America (and hopefully NOT losing it to the colonists.)

 

[Jacksos]

If Civ3 rules still apply, cossack, science, expansion... that would be russian

 

[eplepai]

i played spanish first cos isabella looked so hot

 

[ComradeDavo]

I did indeed choose random and it gave me Spanish

 

[karlpeder]

Too bad there are no vikings..
Well, i'll just have to go with my earlier "first civ", Russia..

 

[Meffy]

In-di-ahhh, as Gandhi. In Civ III, I usually played Cleopatra but in IV things have been shuffled around. I like being able to build improvements fast, and I hate anarchy. (That might be less awful now; ISTR that you can discover how long disorder will last before deciding to make a civics change, and back off if it seems too onerous.)

Somehow I find playing unfamiliar countries/leaders a more attractive option in IV than in III. I'm not a highly skilled gamer, and tend to choose whichever will be most forgiving of blunders. In IV, I have a feeling blundering about will have more dire consequences, but there's also a good deal of appeal to nearly every civ available. Anyone else feel that way?

 

[Gremany]

hell Germany all the way born there so i must suport them!

 

[incubuspawn]

I think I'm going to go with Rome myself. The Legion is my favorite unit. Plus I've been watching that new Rome series on HBO and it's got me on a Roman kick.

I really wish they would have included the Iroquois though. I liked their Mounted Archer unit.

I started playing the japanese. ( since in civ3 I could not exist without the industrial ability, I have tried ) But I am very disapointed in teh Samurai unit. by the time you get it it is allready obsolete. So I now pretty much play the chinese.

 

[didaskalia7]

I played as the Americans first, now I will go
back and play as the "Minor Barbarians"!

Yeah Baby!

 

[THX 138]

Greek. Because I'm Greek.

 

[Nuggetman]

Germany Fredrick.(Why did I click on Americans?)