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http://www.jeuxvideo.fr/jeux/civili...eview-test-civilization-v-gods-and-kings.html
JeuxVideo.fr preview. No new info.
At the end, Dennis Shirk said G&K is "somewhat like the BtS of Civ5".
JeuxVideo.fr preview. No new info.
At the end, Dennis Shirk said G&K is "somewhat like the BtS of Civ5".
Google Translation:
Preview Civilization 5 - Gods & Kings: religion and espionage back!
Firaxis has been working for months for this first expansion pack for Civilization 5: an extension that should greatly enrich the famous game management / strategy released in 2010.
Despite obvious qualities, Civilization 5 suffered from comparison with its predecessor. After several weeks of games, many fans have abandoned the newcomer who has still managed to convince a large enough fringe players to continue the adventure that Firaxis. For months, developers have therefore chained updates, patches and DLC while working on the design of an expansion worthy of the name. Called Gods & Kings, said extension has been presented at the Game Developers Conference in San Francisco: we could not miss such an opportunity to see the contribution of religion or of spying for example.
"There is no religion without mysteries"
Not surprisingly - many fans have claimed it - religion is therefore a comeback in Civilization. The developers' own admission, she was not at all in the plans and its integration Firaxis has gone through the establishment of a new resource, faith. A bit like science, it is through the construction of structures in our cities, but of course there are other methods to generate faith. Examples include the discovery of ancient ruins or the establishment of good relations with the new class of city-states, the religious. Finally, the Celts - one of the new civilizations - to automatically generate the faith through the forests that surround their towns and by the use of certain units.
Once the player has collected enough of that faith, he can spend like any resource, and thus offer what developers called a Pantheon. This is not a religion but a "mere" belief, however, that grants bonuses. The foundation of any religion is that later, once the Pantheon has allowed the accumulation of enough faith to secure the services of a Great Prophet. This makes it possible to found a religion that one chooses from a list of eleven denominations. Islam, Buddhism or Shintoism have no difference, but by choosing a religion, the player also chooses a power that will benefit its own civilization, but who can also offer a bonus converted to cities of other players.
The Wonder Petra, the new side and fight no less than eleven religions!
Provide more options for players
The idea here is to make a kind of counterweight to the widespread development of a religion: one that started it obviously derives a benefit, but the power advantage of a religion anyway - to a lesser extent - to all other civilizations converted ... Moreover, it is still possible to spread the word faster by 'building' missions: to note that these are bought with faith and do not function exactly like a conventional unit. On paper, the integration of religion was carried out in a very intelligent by developers who have not foolishly tried to copy a scheme for Civilization 4, a system that was anyway not very good for this fifth installment.
Another large section of the game by Firaxis added, espionage differs even more from what we are used Civilization 4. There is no question of producing the spies and move around the map as in the past, but rather directly affect diplomacy through selectable options from the interface: stealing technology, influence the city states , a coup attempt or implement elections at home. These two options can greatly increase its influence, but they are risky and can turn against a player a little too forward. Not content with losing influence, it runs the risk of war and his spy is likely to be executed!
Subtle redesign of the fighting
Third big change made by Gods & Kings, the combat system is significantly overhauled by an extension that does not revisit the issue of one unit per box or the ability to fire remotely. However, developers have insisted that the fighting is more about playing time. To do this, the units now have 100 points (instead of 10) while damage increased only slightly: the sudden, it becomes possible to form real front lines, treating his troops, reorganize or to operate a true retreat while fighting previously turned a little too simple renewal of the armies by the introduction of fresh troops to replace the dead.
Firaxis also wanted to meet the demands of enthusiasts naval battles. They can count on the presence of ships able to attack the "body to body." It does not transform a destroyer in infantry, but rather allow it to operate raids or supporting an assault to capture a city. Of course, other boats will still be likely to act at a distance and naval forces and acquire genuine autonomy in combat: Watch your coastal cities! Finally, to keep inventory more accountable, we must say that nine civilizations (Byzantium, Carthage, the Celts, the Mayans, the Netherlands ...) / 9 leaders (Boadicea, Dido, William of Orange, Pacal,Theodora ...) are provided unpublished, as well as 9 new wonders, two types of city-states (religious and mercantile) and no fewer than 27 units. Dennis Shirk and we wanted to clarify that Firaxis took his time so that "Gods & Kings is somehow the Beyond The Sword Civilization 5" ... Verdict before the end of spring 2012.
At least this article definitely confirms that the Byzantine with Theodora is in (as many have still questioned their inclusion).
Louis XXIV
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We saw Byzantium mentioned in a screenshot. People would be pretty foolish to question them after that. It's the Huns that people are still questioning and even they've been officially confirmed.
BTW, I wonder how they're spelling Boudica's name. Others have spelled it like I just did, which is the now accepted version. But this seems to use the traditional spelling of Boadicea back before they realized this technically wasn't accurate.
BTW, I wonder how they're spelling Boudica's name. Others have spelled it like I just did, which is the now accepted version. But this seems to use the traditional spelling of Boadicea back before they realized this technically wasn't accurate.
Yeah, I have seen many version of her name; Boudica, Boudicca, Boadicea, Boudicea... I think I like Boudicea most, but the proper Boudica also sounds nice in my ears.
Pacal is the worst. I've seen at least Pascal iteration which, to me, sounds absolutely awfull. Pakal with -k would be best and closest to the original K'inich Janaab' Pakal name.
Pacal is the worst. I've seen at least Pascal iteration which, to me, sounds absolutely awfull. Pakal with -k would be best and closest to the original K'inich Janaab' Pakal name.
Louis XXIV
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Well, Boudicea exists because some medieval monk wrote an "e" where there should have been a "c" while copying Tacitus (I suppose it could have just been an ink smudge. Either way, it's one of the bigger typos in history). Tacitus wrote "Boudicca" originally.
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French article, doesn't mean they'll use the english versions - and google translate sucks.
It's hard to declare what is the "correct" English spelling of a foreign name from a pre-literate culture.
Louis XXIV
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Considering our sources are Roman, is it really fair to call them a pre-literate culture? Also, the Iceni were literate and there are records of their rulers preserved in coins (although, since Boudicca was the wife of Prasutagus, she never had the opportunity to mint her own coins because the rebellion happened shortly after his death).
Do you know of any Celtic systems of writing that history has missed, or are you merely being argumentative?
Louis XXIV
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Mercade
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New article at SpazioGames.it dates 11 March 2012. Deep link to Google Translate (for those who aren't fluent in Italian) to be found here.
Elements from the article I didn't see reported yet:
Elements from the article I didn't see reported yet:
- Faith will get benefits such as belief, which will shape the character of their national worship. For example, for the civilizations born near the coasts may be helpful to get the (founder) belief of the God of the Sea, which provides additional production of fishing vessels. The mountain civilizations, however, would be better to just think of the Stone Circle, which generates additional faith in relation to the number of stone quarries present.
- ... mercantile city-states (such as Antwerp, Marrakech), which give exclusive resources, and religious city-states (Jerusalem, Vatican City). (New not so much the names or types of city states, but their type assignment).
- ... nine wonders, among these was the tower of Pisa, the Great Wall of China (not new), the hidden city of Petra.
The wonders are sadly not new (and they probably meant the Great Firewall, not the Great Wall) 
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But what about the first headings in the article:
-> will add the article in a second to the OP
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.But what about the first headings in the article:
-> will add the article in a second to the OP
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, it's one of the first released images, see
Louis XXIV
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Pdor, figlio di Kmer seems to be a reference to something. Not knowing enough about Italian culture, I can't really say what. Although there is this
