Why is there a Viking in the opening trailer...

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planned DLC

 

[Geek113377]

The vikings are in the trailer to bamboozle us into pre-ordering the game.

 

[MoonFlare]

It's a future DLC.Only 4,99$!You don't want to miss that!

 

[Morningcalm]

If Vikings appear in a naval-themed expansion (maybe with civs like Portugal, Netherlands, Carthage, Korea [with Turtle Ships please], Vikings, Majahapit, Polynesia) I'd buy it. DLC? No way. Nickel and diming never smelt worse.

 

[Honorable_Pawn]

If you have ever worked for a game company you know a few things that are fact.

1. There are very distinct divisions in a game company. Programmers are programmers, artists are artists, and seldom do they interact.
2. There are 'Managers' that communicate between these divisions.
3. The Managers never communicate whatever they are communicating to the people who actually make the game (programmers, artists, etc.).
4. Because of this structure, the division that makes the movies and cut scenes are not in tune with the people who write the programming and definitely not in tune with the people who plan the game.
5. Therefore, you get what you have here, a MOVIE made by some guys that likely had nothing to do with the rest of the game and were told to "go make an intro".

CONCLUSION: You're reading way too much into the pretty pictures when your game loads up. If they come out with a Vikings civ, it is likely either an afterthought, planned all along and just coincidental, or simply one of those Managers said "uhm, let's put some Vikings in the movie, that would be cool, they are old, right?" and there you have it.

Also, WTF would a PISA wonder do? The building is a giant pile of uselessness and is actually the culmination of 177 years of mistakes! The only reason it is famous is because it is falling over, and in fact it almost did until they secretly straightened it by 1.51 degrees. There is nothing important, groundbreaking, or even useful about it. So if it does become a civ wonder, it should provide your civ with +20 gold per turn and -20 science per turn because besides generating income from idiot tourists coming to see it and taking the exact same picture where they are acting like they are holding it up, it is simply just a mindboggling testament to how stupid people are and should cost you brainpower points.

Rant over.