What's in Civ4. Just the facts, ma'am! (2nd edition)

[Niptium]

With the new IGN Preview posted (following the Caudrill interview, not the interview in itself), I'm thinking this thread needs an update

[Locutus]

It's gotten a bit lost in all the other discussion, but I *am* working on an update:

Originally posted by Locutus
In case anyone is wondering why I haven't updated yet, it's because I've begun to completely rewrite the opening posts. No new info has come out all day and we already got a lot, so I don't expect much more to be released during E3. But while the expo is still running, the E3 thread started by Sn00py gives a good overview of all the new info, so until I'm done please check that if you want to know what to know more. Hopefully I will be done processing all that info and rewriting this thread in a few days time. You can get sort of a 'sneak-peak' of what's I'm trying to do here: lots of tables, lots of piccies...

'Unfortunately' one of the local football teams won the First Division championship this weekend, so I have been a bit preocuppied in the last few days

I hope to have the new version up in a few days.

[akulla]

Just in case this hasn't been posted here yet, the following link contains a video of a Demo Sorenson did at E3.

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civilizationiv/media.html

[Locutus]

Yes, as you can read here, we do not only already know about that video, we also made a full transcript and a whole bunch of screencaps and got loads of new info from it as well (and in the new version of this thread I linked to above, I already included a good number of screencaps and new info from that video as well -- something which I'm continuing to expand upon as I'm working on it).

[vovan]

Chalk up Axeman on the unit list. At least, that's what it looks like from the video. The image on the left is the one straight from a Gamespot video, the one on the right is the same picture with a sharpen filter applied, for added sharpness.

[vovan]

And I suppose we already knew The Oracle would be in the game again.

[vovan]

But how about the Taoist Temple?

[Locutus]

Originally posted by vovan
Chalk up Axeman on the unit list. At least, that's what it looks like from the video. The image on the left is the one straight from a Gamespot video, the one on the right is the same picture with a sharpen filter applied, for added sharpness.

Already had that one. And I got a few other unit/building/wonder/tech/promotions/cities/leaders names from the video as well (but I haven't posted most of those here yet). But thanks for the heads-up

Edit: had the Parthenon and (Religionist) Temple as well, but keep 'm coming, you never know if I missed one...

[Alexander I]

Some items...

Considering the massive cultural impact of the Greeks, I would consider it unwise of Firaxis not to include them while adding such civs as the Malinese.

I would think that out of the list, the Incans are the most likely to be dropped (though I think the Mayans should be the token Mesoamerican Civ, not the Aztecs).

And Daoism is an affirmed religion, I read it earlier today.

Christianity
Islam
Judaism
Buddhism
Daoism
Hinduism
Zoroastrianism? (Not sure)

[Locutus]

Re: Some items...

Originally posted by Alexander01
Zoroastrianism? (Not sure)

Most likely either Confucianism or Shintoism, as we found out in the E3 thread.

[Alexander I]

Greece

IGN.com has a concept art image of a Greek hoplite/phalanx unit. Maybe they'll just have a phalanx, like in Civ2, but I think that might be evidence of a Greek civ.

Just a thought.

[Locutus]

That's actually a regular Spearman, it has featured in quite a few screenshots already and its name has been seen onscreen.

[Cort Haus]

Good work, Locutus!

City flipping from Civ3 has been removed from the game entirely.

Interesting decision. I know some people will be pleased - like the bloke whose name rhymed with 'Oracle'.

[self biased]

so wait. have they finally converted to a spherical map?

[Modo44]

Originally posted by self biased
so wait. have they finally converted to a spherical map?

Not really. I think it is just a trick they play with graphics, maybe adding polar caps that are not accessible to the player. The other views seem pretty rectangular, and the minimap definately is...