MadDjinn
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Yes I got your point. Although I find it funny google translate has words I wasn't able to find in a dictionary.
wrong dictionary used then. There are many of them, even per language.
Yes I got your point. Although I find it funny google translate has words I wasn't able to find in a dictionary.
wrong dictionary used then. There are many of them, even per language.
"Eur" means nothing per sé either. It's just a chunk of the word "Europe".
Ultimately, as my closing statement on the subject, I'll say there's the fact words aren't born in the dictionary.
I would somehow rename either Panasian Cooperative or People's African Union because currently we have PAC and PAU
not to mention the fact that 'Panasian' faction isn't Panasian because it doesn't include India/Indonesia/Middle East/etc and 'just' China + Korea + Japan + Indochina??
Pan - Sinnic Consortium - PSC
alternatively we should use abbreviation PNC to descrive Panasian Cooperative to make it a bit distinctive.
Australis is a latin word meaning southern, I find nothing on stralis.
Could be wrong but meanwhile I'll wait for someone to show the definition.
wrong dictionary used then. There are many of them, even per language.
I once pulled the "gullible isn't in the dictionary" trick on an ex-girlfriend and she actually looked it up to prove me wrong...except, it really wasn't in that dictionary.
I once pulled the "gullible isn't in the dictionary" trick on an ex-girlfriend and she actually looked it up to prove me wrong...except, it really wasn't in that dictionary.
Polystralia is... odd. I'd expect something more like the Pacific Trade Union or the Oceanic Alliance.
I'd also complain about the African Union, except that the real African Union exists.
What annoys me the most about the factions and names are they cling so tightly to old Earth. We're supposed to be BEYOND Earth now - not just physically, but culturally. How can I let my sci-fi imagination run wild playing factions that still cling to geographical realities of Earth? Why shoulld a Commonwealth of Oceania be relevant on a planet with no oceans? Why should a faction that is more alien than human still define itself as Slavic?
The issue I think with the lore and naming conventions of the game - at least from what I've picked up from the streaming videos, is that many people involved with the game have had input. Instead of the vision of one person, perhaps cultured in science fiction and philosophy (Brian Reynolds for example) we've probably had everyone including the Firaxis janitor sitting around the plush conference table suggesting ideas. As a result, I feel the story and atmosphere are generic.
Having played Civilization IV to death, and having skipped Civilization V, I'm desperate for a new TBS game, so it probably won't matter in the end, but it would have been nice had there been the attention to detail and cool story and lore that games like StarCraft, and of course Alpha Centauri, have in spades.
If you skipped Civ V, because yo didn't like it, then you might not like BE either! Similar mechanics, 1UPT, etc. Just saying...![]()
What annoys me the most about the factions and names are they cling so tightly to old Earth. We're supposed to be BEYOND Earth now - not just physically, but culturally. How can I let my sci-fi imagination run wild playing factions that still cling to geographical realities of Earth?
What annoys me the most about the factions and names are they cling so tightly to old Earth. We're supposed to be BEYOND Earth now - not just physically, but culturally.
I guess it's quite a way to make Nationalism, Racism and many things to space. SMAC's backstory said that factions and it's member are being made few days or hours before Planetfall, and these faction's population united with ideology (or they happen to left in the same room with Miriam)
While CivBE is each nation-state, each international and a corporation crew their own ship. So they would be instead united with an faction's objective... or not.