Which Civ Did You Play As First? (Poll)

[cjm81499]

Which Civ did you play as first?

 

[dacar92]

Spain, I like the conquistador. Seems like Spain could be the best civ for a religious victory.

 

[CaiusDrewart]

I rolled a random civ and got Spain as well. I found their uniques pretty pathetic, but then I didn't go for a religious victory. The Conquistador was OK, but the Mission seemed very weak. I think the cross-continent trade bonus could be good, but the geography of my particular game didn't allow me to take much advantage of it.

 

[cjm81499]

I played as the US first, I guess because I live there. I liked them a lot, especially the home continent strength bonus, very helpful against early barbarians I think, though I still don't know what a government legacy bonus is, but I got them in half the time.

 

[ExemplarVoss]

Spain, because random. It was nice because it got one of the worst civs over with.

I rolled a random civ and got Spain as well. I found their uniques pretty pathetic, but then I didn't go for a religious victory. The Conquistador was OK, but the Mission seemed very weak. I think the cross-continent trade bonus could be good, but the geography of my particular game didn't allow me to take much advantage of it.

I did. It was pretty trivial. Nice in the early game, but mid to late game, district and policy bonuses mattered so much more than the bonus.

By the time conquistadors rolled around, I was well on my way into the modern era on the snowball. I got no use out of mine. The missions were useless and the religious combat bonus was...marginal. Just too small to really care about.

It honestly felt like a civ with no bonuses at all. The lack of speciality districts, district bonuses of some kind or extra policy slots (or something wacky like sumeria's bonus, which gave me a lot of boosts for the whole game) really hurt.

 

[MistyRonin]

It may sound silly to many. But I choose Sumeria because it was the first, urban, civilisation in history, and I thought it would be a good pick to discover the game.

 

[iammaxhailme]

I chose Russia because I always felt that civ V lacked from any reason to build on Tundra. Russia has that in civ VI.

 

[ExemplarVoss]

It may sound silly to many. But I choose Sumeria because it was the first, urban, civilisation in history, and I thought it would be a good pick to discover the game.

Makes sense to me. My second game was Sumeria, and it was amazing.

 

[smartcanuck1988]

I played as Sumeria first as I'm thinking to play each leader in "chronological" order.

I liked the early game bonuses they get. The Ziggurat helped propel a good civic+tech engine. War carts were very useful to quickly clear camps and take advantage of Sumer's "Epic Quest". I think Sumeria can be a great beginner civ because the AI is most war crazy in the early game and Sumeria has a good advantage to defend against them while trying to figure out how to use all the extra science and culture to build your empire.

 

[cjm81499]

I played as Sumeria first as I'm thinking to play each leader in "chronological" order.

I liked the early game bonuses they get. The Ziggurat helped propel a good civic+tech engine. War carts were very useful to quickly clear camps and take advantage of Sumer's "Epic Quest". I think Sumeria can be a great beginner civ because the AI is most war crazy in the early game and Sumeria has a good advantage to defend against them while trying to figure out how to use all the extra science and culture to build your empire.

I haven't played as Sumeria yet, but I want too soon, I like science, so I like the sound of the Ziggurat

 

[ShahJahanII]

Why is Germany not on the list?

 

[CaiusDrewart]

Why is Germany not on the list?

Nobody played as Germany first

 

[cjm81499]

Oh heck I left Germany off, will fix that right now

 

[ales_]

Arabia. I was planning to go for a science victory but accidentally won a religious one (it was on a Duel map, the other civ had one city).

 

[WillowBrook]

Randomly rolled Spain. Only 30 turns in, on an island alone (except for barbs), looking forward to colonizing whatever land I find next.

 

[liv]

I chose Scythia since it was a new one. I did use their horses to help fight Sumeria who declared war on me twice but I had set up an easy game with only a few opponents to learn about city development for my first try and accidentally won a culture victory with score around Dan Quayle Ha ha

 

[cjm81499]

Random faction selection really seems to favor Spain

 

[Lucius_]

First game was Aztecs. I wanted a wide civ, and they fit that nicely. I won a science victory. Next I think I will try Rome and domination.

 

[Brewster]

I went with Sumeria. Gilgamesh's beard was too good to pass up. Finished a dominant culture victory in the 1960s.

 

[Disgustipated]

Just finished my first game a couple minutes ago actually. Played as America. I wanted to go for a Space/Science victory as that is traditional for me in the Civ series of games, but my culture was running up, and America seemed well suited for a culture victory, so I went for it.