Today as I was double checking all of my game options (since the patch reset them all) I came across the opening theme option once more and thought... aww, what the heck let me try it out and see good ol' "Baba Yetu" once more, lol.
So I change it up and restart my game again so I can listen to the music and immerse myself into once again.
Well, I restarted the game and boy... it sure is a beautiful theme. I just sat there and watched the earth orbit and go thru it's day cycles for the entire song.
I felt so "tiny" and a small part of a huge, budding world... a huge universe. It made me appreciate life here on Earth more and the beauty of it all... and be amazed at how far we've come along (in most aspects of civilization).
It made me reminisce of the days when I first got Civ IV. The feeling of the game was much different back then, it was all new and fresh, these were the days of innocence. I would befriend my allied civs and cooperate with them... and I would be deeply hurt or offended when I was backstabbed or treated badly. I appreciated human (artificial?) life more and always seeked peaceful means of victory, I was also less competitive and cutthroat... I was merely playing "games" and messing around on lower difficulty levels while learning the game more and more.
That's when it hit me.
This is not right at all.... this theme doesn't represent my game anymore and what I've grown to become after playing it over time. I snapped out of it and was myself once more... the hardened, stone-cold veteran that I've become.
I'm a tyrant. I'm only nice to civs now to get what I need... as a means to my own victory... as do they, because I've grown to realize that's what they're programmed to do. I don't think of them as human anymore, or immerse myself into the game, they're just binary code hidden behind goofy charicatures and I treat them that way.
There are no allies... only opponents. I'm in it to win and I'll stomp over any opponent that I need to in order to achieve that. I revel in the struggle of trying to rise to the top - I'm like a barbarian now that lives for battle and glory. I love it.
So I went back to the BtS themed menu.
It just feels "right". It's feels more epic... more serious... it's like, let's get down to business and kick some arse.
(It also reminds me a little of Conan the Barbarian, which definitely adds a few more kickass points to it).
Nonetheless... the short-lived "moment" I had was nice.
I felt like a monster that just stopped and was human for a moment... an evil villian that paused and had a heart for a second or that shed a single tear and shown a shred of remorse.
How do you guys feel when you start your games? Which themes do you use? (and no, don't worry, I'm not going to create a poll!)
So I change it up and restart my game again so I can listen to the music and immerse myself into once again.
Well, I restarted the game and boy... it sure is a beautiful theme. I just sat there and watched the earth orbit and go thru it's day cycles for the entire song.
I felt so "tiny" and a small part of a huge, budding world... a huge universe. It made me appreciate life here on Earth more and the beauty of it all... and be amazed at how far we've come along (in most aspects of civilization).
It made me reminisce of the days when I first got Civ IV. The feeling of the game was much different back then, it was all new and fresh, these were the days of innocence. I would befriend my allied civs and cooperate with them... and I would be deeply hurt or offended when I was backstabbed or treated badly. I appreciated human (artificial?) life more and always seeked peaceful means of victory, I was also less competitive and cutthroat... I was merely playing "games" and messing around on lower difficulty levels while learning the game more and more.
That's when it hit me.
This is not right at all.... this theme doesn't represent my game anymore and what I've grown to become after playing it over time. I snapped out of it and was myself once more... the hardened, stone-cold veteran that I've become.
I'm a tyrant. I'm only nice to civs now to get what I need... as a means to my own victory... as do they, because I've grown to realize that's what they're programmed to do. I don't think of them as human anymore, or immerse myself into the game, they're just binary code hidden behind goofy charicatures and I treat them that way.
There are no allies... only opponents. I'm in it to win and I'll stomp over any opponent that I need to in order to achieve that. I revel in the struggle of trying to rise to the top - I'm like a barbarian now that lives for battle and glory. I love it.
So I went back to the BtS themed menu.
It just feels "right". It's feels more epic... more serious... it's like, let's get down to business and kick some arse.
(It also reminds me a little of Conan the Barbarian, which definitely adds a few more kickass points to it).Nonetheless... the short-lived "moment" I had was nice.
I felt like a monster that just stopped and was human for a moment... an evil villian that paused and had a heart for a second or that shed a single tear and shown a shred of remorse.How do you guys feel when you start your games? Which themes do you use? (and no, don't worry, I'm not going to create a poll!)
I wish I could get that 'new game' feeling again.
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