In-Game Music and Martin Sheen Voice-Over Question

[yin26]

Naw, I know Spock. C'mon. However, I get NO voice-over with the Earth thing. I'll try again tonight.

[Stuie]

Originally posted by yin26
Naw, I know Spock. C'mon. However, I get NO voice-over with the Earth thing. I'll try again tonight.

I got it the first time (when in my rush to start I didn't realize how to select a custom civ ) but not the second.

[Kassiopeia]

I got the full slideshow with Nimoy too, I did a custom game to pick a Civ, started, and then... flabbergastation. I must point out that it did have a considerable pause near the beginning, and I nearly pressed the button that shows up once the game has actually loaded, but I waited, and then the slideshow got really started. *drools*

[Jaybe]

I can confirm music when zoomed in close in Ancient. Music occurs more often in Classical. Yin, check your music volume setting, perhaps turn up your speaker volume a bit. I adjusted my speakers somewhat.

Friggin' Awesome game, at least in the audio/visual department. I may learn some Latin yet, playing Rome.
Gameplay proficiency for me may take patience (Noble).

[Aeson]

It takes a while for him to start talking, so if the map is ready to go (the play button showing) quickly you might miss it. I certainly did the first few times starting up, but then wanted to watch the entire slide show and finally heard Nimoy's narative.

[Guynemer]

Can anyone confirm that Nimoy's opening narration is the same text as the opening screens from the original Civ?

[LongTom]

I never had original CIV, but I have CivNet, and I'm pretty sure it's pretty d*mn similar.

[James009]

Music is in-game

The opening scene takes a minute or so before you hear him talking, can you hear the music?

The ancient music is differen't, its african. Some of it starts off quiet and slow with a man humming and singing in african. Also, it depends what level of zoom you are in. Far away, its quiet but if you zoom in close to a city it changes and gets really loud. I think it depends on something... but I've always had music in one way or another.

[funbob]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Can anyone confirm that Nimoy's opening narration is the same text as the opening screens from the original Civ?

Yes, it's the same. A classy tribute to the original Civ I think. The music that plays is also a modernized version of the original music too.

[nemo12]

i only have ingame-music when i'm near a city. when i center the map over a forest there is no music but birds chirping etc.

[LordTheRon]

Was wondering the same thing. I heard music in the very beginning but not afterwards. I'll zoom in on the capital to see if that works, but it feels a bit weird like this.

The Leonard Nimoy voiceover seems a bit confusing to me. Do you get him in the intro movie right after starting Civ IV or do you get him after you've done all your selections and preferences, right before you start a new game?

I must have missed him anyways.

[yin26]

I did miss the Nimoy thing: it comes after you launch the game. The progress bar for loading fills up, the message says 'Done', and the button "Play the Game" shows up. It's easy to press that and move on. But if you want the whole Nimoy thing, you have to wait to let that start. A bit kludgy but worth the wait to see it at least once.

[LordTheRon]

Ok thanks Yin. I'll try to be more patient my next game.

Anybody with the facts on the missing (or partially hearable) music yet?

[Robert]

Originally posted by Guynemer
Can anyone confirm that Nimoy's opening narration is the same text as the opening screens from the original Civ?

I REALLY love that! Together with the civ1-music that's playing. It's totally simular to the loading of a civ1 game 8)

I feel.... uh... calculating..... 13 again

[Stuie]

CyberShy - you need to change your sig.