[GS] Sweden Discussion Thread

[Sagax]

Is it me, or she stares in your soul in the first few seconds of the video? That page turn though.

 

[Morningcalm]

Oooo, unique building!

Glad they are weighed towards more than one victory type, too. Not a one-trick pony, unlike Macedonia.

 

[Giskler]

Lebanon

 

[SammyKhalifa]

Seems like another well-designed civ.

 

[Sostratus]

No joke, that auto-theming ability is serious stuff. Its like a british museum turn up to 11!
Unique GP building synergizes great too.
Carolean - great. I love the unique bonus they have. These guys will be monsters. Stack with logistics for fending off scheming Norwegians and Danes!
Open Air museum- very novel mechanic. And I thought they'd run out of these one-per-city UIs!

LOVE the Nobel prize mechanic!! Brilliantly done, FXS

 

[Ondolindë]

That is just what I said in the Poll thread, male leaders first...

Historically, she was taught as a male heir and liked to dress somewhat like a man.

 

[Leathaface]

In her portrait she looks like a man lol. (the portrait is her picture on the top right of the screen)

 

[bite]

the Bibioltheque is cool

 

[monstercat]

Strange she gets bonuses towards filling Great Work Slots, but no bonuses towards Great WAM's

 

[Arent11]

Another culture civ? Nope, sorry, I'll stick with korea & scythia. But the library & character model is nice. Sweden is just not sciency enough.

 

[Legacy of Smiles]

So the LUB is the first unique that you can actually be completely locked out of? Interesting, I imagine why the concept is used only for the second unique.

 

[Kouvb593kdnuewnd]

Seems like a civilization designed to go very wide as its unique improvement is great for wide play and its other bonuses is also very much pro wide play.

 

[kaspergm]

Bonus for each type of terrain a swedish city is settled on? That just seems random to me, can't see the logic behind that. Also, wth. is an open air museum?

 

[Wielki Hegemon]

Surprise.
Everyone expected science focus civ. We received culture powerhouse with very strong LA. Automatically themed culture buildings are very, very strong.
And that... UI

 

[Giskler]

 

[KayAU]

I need some time to digest this, but my initial impression is relatively positive. This is a diplomatic and cultural civ, so it might suit me.

So we didn't get IKEA as a unique Shopping Mall replacement.

 

[Jkchart]

I'm trying to decide how I feel about this design.

First: Kristina's model is great.

Second: The Carolean looks amazing, and I'm thinking will be a very useful and powerful anticav unit.

That Queen's Bibliotheque is a must build for a cultural Sweden. It's really good! I feel less good about the Open Air Museum, but it's not something I greatly dislike. However, it's a decent cultural improvement, and bonus loyalty is always good.

Automatic themeing is nice since going on a theme hunt is pretty difficult sometimes.

The Nobel Prize is something that I feel like will need some more explanation. Sure, the extra GP points are nice for those two districs, and diplomatic favor from great people means this is a real threat of a diplomatic civ, but will the Nobel Prize be too advantageous for other civs in the game? Does it help Sweden at all? I'm curious to see on the stream, because I feel like there needs to be more context for me to be more excited about this one.

 

[Arianrhod]

looks like a man

If nothing else, that was probably the point this time.

 

[Ondolindë]

Yes, love the Nobel Prize UA. I’m digging her and will play her third probably. And will have her in most of my games I don’t choose random civs.

 

[Kimiimaro]

I should say that I was disappointed to see that English "British Museum" will be replaced, as I really enjoy the ability. Luckily, with Minerva of the North giving me something similar to British Museum, I think I can safely proclaim that Sweden will be among my favourite Civs to play.