What is "culturally linked starting positions"

[dominox]

Please enlighten me

 

[thomson_2001]

its where civs of similar origin (i.e.building style,religion - basicaly culture) start close to each other in the game . For example: the romans and greeks will start close together as they have many culturally linked features (buildings,music, both mediterranean).
However The Aztecs and English are less likely to start next to each other (temples compared to churches, pyramids compared to castles....two very different civs!).

 

[dominox]

I c..
anyone intrested in discussing the benefits/drawbacks of using this feature?

 

[Higher Game]

I don't like it. Every game seems to have the same civs. Asian civs all have a knight based UU. It gets very old.

Trust me, this feature is ok sometimes but I disable it for varieties sake.

 

[fidelcastro]

It depends on who your cultural partners are. I don't want my neighbour always to be the Greeks for example because of their special unit.

 

[The Last Conformist]

It's also cute that the Zulu are defined as "mediterranean", and so tend to end up close to the Romans and Greeks ... still, defining them as anything else would be even stupider.

 

[BCLG100]

but it can be a bit handy because if you find 1 civ you know pretty much who the rest of them will be

 

[Higher Game]

Zulu are in a class of their own.:vampire:

 

[thomson_2001]

zulu are only something special right at the beggining. U can send out several Impis and these hardcore little buggers will trash everything! After that though they are pretty average.

 

[Zachriel]

Originally posted by The Last Conformist
It's also cute that the Zulu are defined as "mediterranean", and so tend to end up close to the Romans and Greeks ... still, defining them as anything else would be even stupider.

Just think of them as Nubians.

 

[dominox]

"Deity level is for wimps!"..
and what do real men play?