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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jun 25, 2016 4:57:13 GMT
Introduction to 'Murica Is it just me, or does the way this lady talks about the unique abilities and units make it sound like we're going to have multiple leaders per civ? Like having Lincoln, Washington, and Roosevelt as leaders, that'd have the same general American abilities, as well as personal abilities as well? That sure is what it sounds like to me. Also (from alphr.com, link here) edit: two other interesting videos done by the civ 6 team Here's that video they were showing the background a couple posts ago: edit 2: Don't like Teddy's voice... That's not how I would have imagined it, it sounds like a 20'-40's radio broadcaster Interesting, I like the idea of having policy cards you can switch in and out. Teddy's voice is a bit nasal, but it's quite close to his actual accent: Rather surprised that's how Teddy sounds. Always expected his voice to be deeper (almost like Washington's in Civ V). The accent didn't really surprise me, but being so high pitch did.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jun 29, 2016 2:55:41 GMT
After so many games, Elizabeth has been dethroned! Hail Queen Victoria!
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 8, 2016 17:14:49 GMT
First looks into Japan and Egypt
Not exactly my first choice for either of them. As Krall and I discussed earlier, we'd rather have Hatshepsut or Ramses over Cleopatra, but I'm willing to accept her, just because her animations are beautifully done and love the expressions they gave her. Hojo Tokumune, on the other hand, wouldn't make it in my top 5 leaders for Japan (just barely though, making it in 6th), and his movement are more constrained and not quite as expressive.
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Post by Krall on Jul 8, 2016 18:23:27 GMT
First looks into Japan and Egypt Not exactly my first choice for either of them. As Krall and I discussed earlier, we'd rather have Hatshepsut or Ramses over Cleopatra, but I'm willing to accept her, just because her animations are beautifully done and love the expressions they gave her. Hojo Tokumune, on the other hand, wouldn't make it in my top 5 leaders for Japan (just barely though, making it in 6th), and his movement are more constrained and not quite as expressive. Cleopatra is well animated but I still would've much preferred Hatshepsut, especially since they've given Egypt a number of trade bonuses and Hatshepsut is known for (re)establishing trade routes. I honestly hadn't heard of Hojo Tokimune before (or, if I had, I didn't remember him), but he does seem like a relatively obscure and weak pick for a leader of Japan. Maybe they just wanted to avoid picking someone from the Sengoku era.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 8, 2016 19:50:18 GMT
First looks into Japan and Egypt Not exactly my first choice for either of them. As Krall and I discussed earlier, we'd rather have Hatshepsut or Ramses over Cleopatra, but I'm willing to accept her, just because her animations are beautifully done and love the expressions they gave her. Hojo Tokumune, on the other hand, wouldn't make it in my top 5 leaders for Japan (just barely though, making it in 6th), and his movement are more constrained and not quite as expressive. Cleopatra is well animated but I still would've much preferred Hatshepsut, especially since they've given Egypt a number of trade bonuses and Hatshepsut is known for (re)establishing trade routes. I honestly hadn't heard of Hojo Tokimune before (or, if I had, I didn't remember him), but he does seem like a relatively obscure and weak pick for a leader of Japan. Maybe they just wanted to avoid picking someone from the Sengoku era. Emperor Meiji would have been a good choice. Other than possibly being a controversial choice in Korea and China, Meiji is an almost perfect canidate
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 12, 2016 3:35:28 GMT
The Grammy-Winning composer Christopher Tin, the man who wrote the famous "Baba Yetu" soundtrack of Civilization IV (only video game soundtrack to ever win a Grammy), is back. On July 19th, the main theme of Civilization VI, "Sogno di Volare," will be premiered at the Cadogen Hall in London. If the song happens to leak (or is just released) to Youtube, I'll make sure it finds its way on here.
Baba Yetu in the meantime
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 19, 2016 17:25:55 GMT
No word on Sogno di Volare yet. In the meantime, First look at China
The Great Wall turning from a wonder into a tile improvement is pretty interesting, I can't wait to see how it goes.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 20, 2016 4:14:58 GMT
Looks like nobody snuck a camera in to record the debut of Sogno di Volare (although Take 2 themselves were recording it, so maybe video in a couple days). From what it sounds like, Christopher Tin was so caught up into conducting that his baton flew out of his hand and into the crowd. It's also supposed to be pretty damn good.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 20, 2016 20:53:27 GMT
Looks like nobody snuck a camera in to record the debut of Sogno di Volare (although Take 2 themselves were recording it, so maybe video in a couple days). From what it sounds like, Christopher Tin was so caught up into conducting that his baton flew out of his hand and into the crowd. It's also supposed to be pretty damn good. Given Baba Yetu, it ought to.
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Post by Krall on Jul 20, 2016 22:48:41 GMT
No word on Sogno di Volare yet. In the meantime, First look at China The Great Wall turning from a wonder into a tile improvement is pretty interesting, I can't wait to see how it goes. I like the idea of the Great Wall being a tile improvement too, especially since it means that where it is has an effect whereas in Civ IV and V - if I remember correctly - its bonuses applied to all your territory regardless of where the Great Wall actually appeared to be. Looks like nobody snuck a camera in to record the debut of Sogno di Volare (although Take 2 themselves were recording it, so maybe video in a couple days). From what it sounds like, Christopher Tin was so caught up into conducting that his baton flew out of his hand and into the crowd. It's also supposed to be pretty damn good. Given Baba Yetu, it ought to. Honestly, I'm probably looking forward to Sogno di Volare more than the game itself.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 21, 2016 2:23:27 GMT
Given Baba Yetu, it ought to. Honestly, I'm probably looking forward to Sogno di Volare more than the game itself. I heard that the Lyrics of Sogno di Volare are inspired from a Leonardo da Vinci quote, the Flight quote from Civ IV, "When you fly, you'll spend the rest of your life looking up at the sky, yearning to return" or something along those lines.
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Post by spanishspy on Jul 21, 2016 15:58:41 GMT
Honestly, I'm probably looking forward to Sogno di Volare more than the game itself. I heard that the Lyrics of Sogno di Volare are inspired from a Leonardo da Vinci quote, the Flight quote from Civ IV, "When you fly, you'll spend the rest of your life looking up at the sky, yearning to return" or something along those lines. I've heard the same. If I can parse Italian correctly through my knowledge of Spanish, the title means "Dreams of Flight."
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 21, 2016 16:51:09 GMT
linkSomeone done found a possible leak of Civs and their leaders, a nice little cheat-sheet. Note that this isn't necessarily what civs will be included nor necessarily their rulers, but it has been pointed out of the 6 or 7 announced (including Montezuma, video linked in a second) are on the cheat-sheet, it has yet to be wrong. Admittedly, if this is right, I'm slightly disappointed about some of their choices, it feels like they're being different just for the sake of being different. Granted, I'll gladly accept Peter as leader of Russia (I much prefer him over Catherine), Frederick for Germany (Bismarck is probably the better choice, but if only the sake of shaking things up, he's alright), and adding in the Kongo Kingdom, but adding Scythians, making Catherine de Medici leader of France (seriously, you just ousted one Catherine, now you're bringing another in?) and making Jadwiga leader of Poland are odd choices. I feel like for half of the civs they chose, in my opinion, the exact right choice for leader, and for the other half they chose the exact wrong choice. Montezuma edit: Oh, and SpanishSpy, you're right, it does mean Dream of Flight (didn't I mention this on this thread? I might not of)
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Post by Krall on Jul 22, 2016 1:00:55 GMT
linkSomeone done found a possible leak of Civs and their leaders, a nice little cheat-sheet. Note that this isn't necessarily what civs will be included nor necessarily their rulers, but it has been pointed out of the 6 or 7 announced (including Montezuma, video linked in a second) are on the cheat-sheet, it has yet to be wrong. Admittedly, if this is right, I'm slightly disappointed about some of their choices, it feels like they're being different just for the sake of being different. Granted, I'll gladly accept Peter as leader of Russia (I much prefer him over Catherine), Frederick for Germany (Bismarck is probably the better choice, but if only the sake of shaking things up, he's alright), and adding in the Kongo Kingdom, but adding Scythians, making Catherine de Medici leader of France (seriously, you just ousted one Catherine, now you're bringing another in?) and making Jadwiga leader of Poland are odd choices. I feel like for half of the civs they chose, in my opinion, the exact right choice for leader, and for the other half they chose the exact wrong choice. Yeah, some of those are good picks, others are just kinda obscure and not that important in their country's history. I do like the addition of Kongo - can't wait to see what their abilities are! Nice, looks like they're based around building distrcits/infrastructure - the kind of Civ I like to play.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 26, 2016 17:27:14 GMT
Catherine de Medici confirmed for France
I think I'm going to copy and paste a comment I did on the video:
I will also admit, for the same reason Cleopatra won me over, Catherine de Medici is winning me over. I love her expression and the way she moves, even if it isn't as flamboyant as Cleopatra
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Jul 29, 2016 17:42:53 GMT
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Aug 2, 2016 15:35:34 GMT
Pedro lead the Brazilian civilization in Sid Meier's Civilization VI
How many people are pissed off that Brazil gets in before Inca? A brazilian! hahahaha
Seriously though, while I'm happy to see Brazil in, I'm not so happy about Brazil being part of the original 18+5. I feel there's civilizations more deserving of Brazil's spot of original 18+5
edit: also sneak peak on Great People
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Aug 4, 2016 2:03:38 GMT
Just going to instantly post this here. I'm watching this alongside you guys, I don't know what we're going to see or not
edit: and then I forget to post the video, nice job me
edit2: Go! Go find the lets plays! (after this is done, though
edit3: So glad that insta-heal and other promotions are combined into on now. Now every time a unit gets a promotion, it also gets insta-healed (+50, of course)
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Post by Krall on Aug 9, 2016 2:56:47 GMT
Just going to instantly post this here. I'm watching this alongside you guys, I don't know what we're going to see or not edit: and then I forget to post the video, nice job me edit2: Go! Go find the lets plays! (after this is done, though edit3: So glad that insta-heal and other promotions are combined into on now. Now every time a unit gets a promotion, it also gets insta-healed (+50, of course) I haven't watched it all the way through, but from what I've seen from a quick look through there are some systems and changes that I like the look of. The civic research tree/card and government system seems really cool, and I'm glad the instant heal promotion is just part of all promotions now, instead of being a separate thing - it really felt like a waste in Civ V.
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Post by MinnesotaNationalist on Aug 10, 2016 1:21:22 GMT
Scythia confirmed for Sid Meier's Civilization VI
I'll admit, I was a bit disappointed in the choice (while it seems like most other people on YouTube are absolutely rabid, either claiming Scythia (and Tomyris with them) is just trying to push a feminist agenda or is just simply irrelevant, and I can't exactly say I blame the later), but the more I think about it, the more I'm accepting them. I can't help but to think back on some of my first games of Civ V, back in either 2010 or 2011, and before I played the game I had never heard of the Ottoman Empire before (silly me), and playing Civ V made me learn more about the Ottomans, or at least look them up (same goes for Songhai). Civ V was one of the first stepping stones for me to become so interested in history. Maybe playing Civ VI can do the same for new players, when they see the Kongo Kingdom or Scythia.
That being said, I dislike Tomyris for the same reasons I love Cleopatra and Catherine in this game: the movements. I really dislike how Tomyris moves, it feels very robotic and animatronic like (a broken animatronic at that). Everything else is alright, not great, just alright, in my opinion. I was hoping that finally that the Nomads would get a different way of playing in Civilization, but apparently not. (so far, the closest thing to a 'Nomadic' Civ is actually a really strange strategy for Germany. You basically just go around, kill barbarians, never found your first city, and then conquer someone with your horde later on)
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