Tigernose
Chieftain
Sorry for reviving this year-old post of mine, but I just wanted to emphasise on one of my points. It says "What I want to see!" which at the time referred to CiV but now can easily be referring to an expansion pack of CiV.
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I just want to say that my second point in the original post is what I'd want the most, and what I think would benefit everybody.
Basically, it's like the end-game cinematics you saw in Civ 4. You see your civilization as an animation, a reminder at the end of the game that there you did actually control a thriving empire. But I want this kind of stuff in the middle of the game.
So basically, after researching a new tech like Alphabet, you'd see an animation of a man carving out an inscription into a clay tablet or something. Or maybe an animation of a family at home installing their new computer after researching computers.
When you get a "we love the King day" you'd see celebrations of people in the streets of your city in full, animation.
Just 10 second snippets here and there that remind you that this is a civilization you're controlling, not merely counters on a tabletop game.
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The rest of the points I made in the original post are redundant with the release of CiV now, but my second point can be applied to the next expansion where you could see these animations.
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I just want to say that my second point in the original post is what I'd want the most, and what I think would benefit everybody.
Basically, it's like the end-game cinematics you saw in Civ 4. You see your civilization as an animation, a reminder at the end of the game that there you did actually control a thriving empire. But I want this kind of stuff in the middle of the game.
Or there could be some kind of 'Civ View' where you could see animations of your people in their homes. This could be with the Domestic Advisor, or just a button. When you click on it, it shows animations of people using computers, or writing something in your alphabet, or maybe showing them cheering when the city has a happy majority.
Like the 'We love the Prime Minister Day' is followed by an animation of people in the city releasing fireworks and celebrating. Little touches that remind you that you are controlling a civilization.
Who wouldn't like that? My ideas may be going too OTT and too much for some people to handle, but there could just be some scatterings of things that remind you that this is your empire.
So basically, after researching a new tech like Alphabet, you'd see an animation of a man carving out an inscription into a clay tablet or something. Or maybe an animation of a family at home installing their new computer after researching computers.
When you get a "we love the King day" you'd see celebrations of people in the streets of your city in full, animation.
Just 10 second snippets here and there that remind you that this is a civilization you're controlling, not merely counters on a tabletop game.
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The rest of the points I made in the original post are redundant with the release of CiV now, but my second point can be applied to the next expansion where you could see these animations.