Victory and Defeat Cinematics in Civ VI

[God of Kings]

I have created this thread to showcase the victory and defeat cinematics for Civ VI (including the tutorial).

Here are the refreshers from Civ V:

• The defeat screen depicts archaeologists uncovering ancient ruins in the desert during broad daylight, discovering a giant marble statue of a woman with only her head and outstretched left arm exposed.
• The cultural victory screen depicts children frolicking around in a statue-filled park, some of whom fly kites, in front of a futuristic skyline during sunrise or sunset.
• The diplomatic victory depicts the UN and delegates standing in front of a globe during the day.
• The domination victory screen depicts a military parade with many red flags in front of an equestrian statue during sunrise or sunset.
• The science victory depicts a space station atop an alien planet.
• The score victory depicts the Civilization V logo surrounding a stamp-filled globe.

These are what the victory and defeat screens in Civ V look like:

Spoiler :

Defeat:

Cultural Victory:

Diplomatic Victory:

Domination Victory:

Science Victory:

Now for Civ VI, here are all the victory and defeat cinematics:

Here is the tutorial victory cinematic:

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Please vote in the poll above and state your rationale. You can change your vote later if you changed your mind.

 

[God of Kings]

I have cleaned up the formatting due to the changes in the forum software.

Given that some of the previewers finished a few games, it would be great to show us the victory and defeat cinematics.

 

[joncnunn]

Towards the very end of Quill's last Roman Video (#20), he got a splash screen instead of a space victory screen with the message that the victory screens aren't available in the preview.

 

[God of Kings]

How disappointing...

Spoiler :

At least we will see the victory cinematics in the full version (and the defeat cinematic too).

Moderator Action: Large image wrapped in spoiler tags

 

[DeutschDachs]

I'm just excited it says "cinematic"

Any cinematic would be better than just a still frame which makes winning a 10 hour+ game equivalent to creating a great work of art!

 

[Danzo_87]

I don't think they will hide them if they were just a screenshot plus some text in the end, imagine the outrage here if that's the case

 

[Wolle68]

I'm glad they didn't spoil it. I'd like to experience it for myself.

 

[qadams]

I'm glad they didn't spoil it. I'd like to experience it for myself.

Ditto.

 

[God of Kings]

This is specifically a reference to Shelley's poem Ozymandias.

There's an extremely good reason why I nickname the Civ V Defeat Screen Statue "Ozymandia."

Ozymandia might even return in the Civ VI Defeat Cinematic, complete with a close-up of the statue's face.

 

[rreebb]

Dare I dream we'll even get different cinematics depending on the type of victory? Depending on the civilization? With the leader in it? (Ok, it's getting ridiculous. But would be nice seeing Teddy iiiiiin... spaaaaaace...)

 

[KrikkitTwo]

I'm hoping the cinematics would reflect
-your victory type
-"how" you won it
Religious: the cinematic should have the symbol and worship building and how you won it
Cultural: it should show the Wonders/Great Works/parks/resorts from your highest toirism city)
Domination: it should show the forces you used to invade that last capital(and who they were)
Science: show a colony with your flag on Mars (only one way to get science victory
Time: show one example from every point category you were top 30% in (map for territory/pop, tech/civics, wonders, etc.)

If you lose because someone else won first you should see their victory movie (why you lost)
If you lose from losing all your cities, an "archaeology" scene of one of your wonders/palace/leader statue should be shown

 

[Silverdawn]

In Quill18's Norway game, Sean Bean was doing narration while the black teaser screen is visible.

Spoiler :

The game ended with a Religious Victory. Over somber music the narration is: "We have a basic need to believe in something greater than ourselves. We crave solace in the darkness, the light into our path. Thanks to you, we found meaning in the cosmos."

In FilthyRobot's German game, he completes a different victory.

Spoiler :

He wins a Space Victory and mostly skips the black screen but the beginning of the Sean Bean narration is different than the religious one: "Remember that..." "As much as our ancestors did ages ago..."

Also on the score screens that come after the videos, the type of victory is prominently promoted in the top left.

So at a minimum, I think we can expect that there is one cinematic for each victory type.

Whether the cinematic videos are static or created using the in-game engine like the Wonders and Space Race videos remains to be seen.

 

[God of Kings]

Marbozir's Greece game ended with a cultural victory. I am unable to make out what was spoken, since Marbozir was speaking over the narration.

 

[Uberfrog]

This is so short it's barely worth me posting, but this weekend the official Civilization Twitter and Facebook accounts posted this tiny clip of the Wright Brothers, which might end up as part of either the game intro or the scientific victory screen:-

https://twitter.com/CivGame/status/784501183792553984

 

[HanNorwood]

Found this. Not a cinematic, but a victory splash.

Spoiler :

 

[Stringer1313]

What I wish they would do ---- and I know this will never happen ---- is have a victory screen include paragraphs that describe your civilization throughout history almost like a history book. For example - when Tropico first came out, the victory screen entailed the narrator talking about how you rose to power and how you governed different constituencies and wove it together to tell a story. It was short, but very effective. A bunch of creative writing types could come up with some kind of algorithm and do this, for sure.

 

[God of Kings]

Here is the Civ VI Defeat Screen:

Spoiler :

Looks like Ozymandia the Defeat Screen Statue from Civ V isn't returning. In fact, the Civ VI Defeat Screen has no statues. Just a ruined modern city.

Source:

 

[God of Kings]

I have added the actual victory and defeat screens from Civ V in the OP.

 

[God of Kings]

Here are all the victory and defeat cinematics in Civ VI:

 

[God of Kings]

I have added the video to the OP.