Civilization IV Civs

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Mace


I think your list is about right except that I think the Zulus are in and Spain is out. ??

Maybe the "just the facts m'am" thread has definite information?

Well, I think the Malinese are the Zulu substitute.

[Kuciwalker]

I think they'll have both.

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
I think they'll have both.

That would certainly be interesting.

[Kuciwalker]

Africa would finally have a few civs in it.

[Alexander I]

No kidding.

In my opinion, Carthage and Egypt only really count as African civs geographically, being associated more with the middle eastern cultural group.

With Africa filling up, theat would leave only South America and Australia empty. (Well, the Incas would be in South America, but you get the idea.)

[Kuciwalker]

South America is difficult to settle because of all the Jungle, so that's not as much of a problem as it seems. Australia should be empty, IMO.

[Alexander I]

I suppose that makes sense. It wasn't really colonized until the British came in the 18th and 19th centuries, and the Aborigines, I'm sorry to say, were still living rather primitively.

Though if scholar Gavin Menzies is to be believed, the Chinese reached Australia ever so briefly in the 1420s.

[Kuciwalker]

Then they can send a settler there

[Alexander I]

Originally posted by Kuciwalker
Then they can send a settler there

Humorous thought!

[Zoid]

According to the "What´s in Civ 4"-thread. These are the 16 confirmed civs as seen in screen shots or mentioned in blurbs and interviews.

Americans
Chinese
Egyptians
English
French
Germans
Incans
Indians
Japanese
Malinese
Mongols
Persians
Romans
Russians
Spanish

In addition we´re likely to see two of these three:

Arabs
Aztecs
Babylonians

I miss quite a few civs, which I think should be in. But you have to draw the line somewhere I suppose. After all, you have to save some civs for the expansion. But leaving the greeks out (the fathers of modern democracy) in favor of another ancient civ is a rather stunning descision

The civs I think should be added in the first x-pack is The Greeks (of course), the Vikings, the Celts and the Khmer/Angkor civ (any civ that can build Angkor Wat and similar structures deserves a place in Civ). Likewise the Mayans and the Karanga (Old Zimbabwe) deserve a place.

[GeoModder]

I think the Aztec flag was noted as well in a screenshot. Their sign seems to be their calendar on the flag. But nothing of the Incans sofar.
But the same can be said from the Babylonians (for the flag).

[Kuciwalker]

Originally posted by Dr Zoidberg
I miss quite a few civs, which I think should be in. But you have to draw the line somewhere I suppose. After all, you have to save some civs for the expansion. But leaving the greeks out (the fathers of modern democracy) in favor of another ancient civ is a rather stunning descision

And it probably means that your sources are wrong. There's only slightly less chance of having the Greeks in than the Americans.

[Reader81]

Why some people think America should be out of game? Well I guess if America is out of game then it's set 4000 B.C to 1800 A.D and no Air Power, No nuclear Power, no computers, no Technology than 1800 A.D,

[curtsibling]

Hah!

Great Britain came up with the computer, actually.
Colossus helped the Allies win WW2 by breaking nazi codes.

We Brits have had the fair share of bright ideas.
The Jet Engine, and Steam Engine, and almost every important
invention before 1945...And 65% of all innovations afterwards.

But for the record, I want to see the Americans in the game.

[Kuciwalker]

The brits didn't come up with the computer before 1800, though.