pineappledan
Deity
There was a vigorous debate over who "deserves" to be a civ in another thread, which I thought would be better served by being its own discussion.
Given the reality that Firaxis is never going to add in every culture and state that people could want into the game, and that 50 civs in Civ 6 is a pretty nice, round number that seems like a good stopping point, inevitably some civs, both past and present won't make it back int.
Being "Deserving" of a slot is a bit thorny, and people have strong opinions about what should be emphasized, and what goals should be compromised to balance fresh new civs vs old classics for each new installment.
Here's a really great graphic listing all the civs that have appeared in a mainline civ game.
Given the reality that Firaxis is never going to add in every culture and state that people could want into the game, and that 50 civs in Civ 6 is a pretty nice, round number that seems like a good stopping point, inevitably some civs, both past and present won't make it back int.
Being "Deserving" of a slot is a bit thorny, and people have strong opinions about what should be emphasized, and what goals should be compromised to balance fresh new civs vs old classics for each new installment.
Here's a really great graphic listing all the civs that have appeared in a mainline civ game.
- 16 civs have been in all 6 installments
- 9 of the 43 civs in civ 5 were unique to that game (21%)
- an additional 4 were never seen before civ 5, but repeated in civ 6 (total of 13 new civs, or 30% on release)
- 17 of the 50 civs in civ 6 were unique to that game (34%)
- Whether Norway and Phoenicia actually count as unique is debatable, since Norway boiled down to “the Viking civ”, which has been in since civ 2, and Phoenicia was pretty much Carthage, even going so far as to have the same leader. That’s only 15 of 50 unique civs (30%) if you exclude those two.
- What rubric would you use to determine who should be in the game?
- How many slots should new civs
- using the civ 6 roster as a jumping off point, who do you think Shouldn't be added back for civ 7, in order to make room for those new, or returning civs?
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