Screenshot analysis!

[AriochIV]

There's a previously unseen district in the zoomed-out shot:

I think this may be the Industrial Zone, with a Workshop or the like. Reportedly the Industrial Zone gets a bonus from being adjacent to Mountains, which this is.

Also, there's Sheep under the Archers.

And unidentified crop in the zoomed-in shot just north of the Holy Site. Looks like coffee.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Two previously discovered cities in the FoW in the third screenshot.

The one towards the top looks to be a City-State (white/black borders) but I wonder what the green/black-bordered city's Civ could be? I'm assuming it can't be China, since the player would never see one of their own cities in FoW.

Any thoughts?

There is no White/Black borders, it's dark blue, it's America (reversed which looks like Portguals from Civ5BNW.

I'd say the Dark green/Black is a City State, but given no UI is shown, could be the other way round.

The way the color schemes work are a little bit messy and confusing.

 

[Zaarin]

As some one who has a cabin on Crescent Lake, within walking distance of Crater Lake, I can say with almost 100% certainty that that is meant to be Crater Lake. I'm glad it's being included, IMO it's one of the most beautiful lakes in America, as well as an icon of Oregon.

You're right, and I'm ecstatic. In my opinion, Crater Lake is absolutely the most beautiful place in the world. I'm jealous that you get to live so close--I've only been there once. I will literally fight wars to have Crater Lake inside my empire.

And unidentified crop in the zoomed-in shot just north of the Holy Site. Looks like coffee.

Yes, it does look like coffee. Looks like all my wishes are coming true.

 

[Thormodr]

Could be dates rather than coffee.

Coffee trees:

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Date Palms:

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[stealth_nsk]

Regarding the catapults.

1. So far we didn't heard about support units with fire on their own. We supposed Catapults are independent unit.

2. Civ6 seem to visualize everything, like each normal unit having 4 individual soldiers, corps having 8 and so on. I can't imagine how support unit could cover the entire tile, leaving only one soldier from military unit near a wheel.

 

[AriochIV]

Could be dates rather than coffee.

I think the palm trees we see in the tile are part of the Rain Forest that it's in. The fruit-bearing plants are separate from the palms.

1. So far we didn't heard about support units with fire on their own. We supposed Catapults are independent unit.

Since there is also a Battering Ram, it seems logical to guess that the Catapult is a normal ranged unit and the Ram is a support unit. But this doesn't necessarily mean that a support unit can't attack on its down. Anti-aircraft and Anti-tank units are also support units, and it's conceivable that either of those might have an independent attack.

2. Civ6 seem to visualize everything, like each normal unit having 4 individual soldiers, corps having 8 and so on. I can't imagine how support unit could cover the entire tile, leaving only one soldier from military unit near a wheel.

I agree that this would be a sorry visualization of a combined unit if both elements were at full health (the Warrior unit might be damaged, but that seems unlikely in this setup with no visible enemies or other damaged units around). So it does feel like a normal Catapult unit. But it is true that those two figures in front are exactly the same as those in the Warrior unit.

I suspect that the Catapult is indeed a normal ranged combat unit rather than a support unit, and Firaxis got slightly lazy and stuck some Warrior figures in the unit (maybe representing a poor but non-zero melee strength), but the other option is a possibility.

 

[stealth_nsk]

I suspect that the Catapult is indeed a normal ranged combat unit rather than a support unit, and Firaxis got slightly lazy and stuck some Warrior figures in the unit (maybe representing a poor but non-zero melee strength), but the other option is a possibility.

Or they could just reuse some models at this point - several months before release.

 

[Thormodr]

I think the palm trees we see in the tile are part of the Rain Forest that it's in. The fruit-bearing plants are separate from the palms.

Yes, that is likely. Nice to see a variety of trees, anyway.

 

[Haig]

There's so much zoom both in and out, just what I always wanted - sweet.

Maybe the warriors are the catapult crew and are animated to fight melee if catapult is attacked, instead of catapult firing at attacker like in Civ 4/5.

Nice to get the new screenshots but doesn't fulfill my info thirst, not a bit.

 

[V. Soma]

I really like the new SSs.

Especially that the districts have city-buildings (houses), too, more pronounced than previously - so the whole area looks a more homogenious unit with the center city-tile

 

[spfun]

The second screenshot shows a catapult with what appears to be axemen. I bet that is an example of the new embedded units system.

Has this been confirmed yet? Do we know for sure that support units aren't units on the field but after they're built you embed them in normal units? I still have doubts, for one the battering ram was double the cost of a normal melee unit. Secondly you'd think Firaxis would have confirmed it via the video game play they uploaded but they didn't. I thought it was just 2UPT myself ( 1 normal 1 support ) Until corps/armies arrive.

 

[anandus]

I really like the new SSs.

Especially that the districts have city-buildings (houses), too, more pronounced than previously - so the whole area looks a more homogenious unit with the center city-tile

I agree.
The city 'bleeding' into surrounding tiles really ties it all together.

 

[Cerilis]

Also notice how China's buildings look different from Japan's.

 

[Menzies]

They're both city-states. Any border with black in it is a city-state.

That's a pretty huge assumption to make. City states in Civ V were checkered, these aren't, I'm unsure how such an assumption could be made at this point.

Russia have black in their borders in Civ V as well, so that hypothesis doesn't exactly hold water.

 

[Hakan-i Cihan]

That's a pretty huge assumption to make. City states in Civ V were checkered, these aren't, I'm unsure how such an assumption could be made at this point.

Russia have black in their borders in Civ V as well, so that hypothesis doesn't exactly hold water.

La Venta was already visible in the gameplay footage. La Venta has a white inner borderline combined with blak outer borderline. Both borderlines were not checkered. So this is a change from Civ V.
I am assuming that for city states a black outer borderline is chosen. So it is still possible for civs to have black innerline, but this is merely speculation from my side.

 

[Menzies]

La Venta was already visible in the gameplay footage. La Venta has a white inner borderline combined with blak outer borderline. Both borderlines were not checkered. So this is a change from Civ V.
I am assuming that for city states a black outer borderline is chosen. So it is still possible for civs to have black innerline, but this is merely speculation from my side.

Rightyo, so maybe all black outlines are city states then. Interesting change, may end up being somewhat confusing.

 

[Westwall]

From toft's post in the features thread:

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I wonder what that resource next to the holy site is... and is that a lake-natural wonder in the corner?

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Black border on the outside are city states, right?

For Sino-fied archers and spearmen, those still look awful Greco-Egyptian.

By making them more ethnic, were they really just referring to skin color?

 

[anandus]

Also notice how China's buildings look different from Japan's.

Isn't that an era-thing maybe?

 

[Cerilis]

Isn't that an era-thing maybe?

No, I don't think so. They look too different, considering they are roughly in the same era.

 

[TheMarshmallowBear]

Regarding city colors, from what I gather is that the outer borderline is the primary color (the background) and the inner borderline is the secondary color (the text color)

Given that we saw that China has the same colors as Civ 5, (curious if it's permanent/final) it's Green on White, America's is Dark Blue on White. and the Mysterious is City Colors are indeed Green on Black, suggesting it is a City State.