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Civilization V: Gods & Kings announced
The Civilization V Expansion Pack Gods & Kings has just been announced on 2kgames.com.
The expansion comes with "Tons of New Stuff" like "27 new units, 13 new buildings, 9 new wonders, and 9 new playable civilizations. Among the new civilizations are the Netherlands (William I, Prince of Orange), the Celts (Boudicca), and the Mayans (Pacal the Great)."
Most important of course are the new game elements. Religion is back! Back in September 23rd 2010 Apolyton Civilization Site already discovered that Religion was was removed from [vanilla] Civilization V. Today the official announcement of 2K Games reads: "Using the new "Faith" resource, you'll be able to found your own religion and grow it from a simple Pantheon of the Gods to a world-spanning fully-customized religion."
If we read back our article from 2010 we can expect the following religions to enter the expansion pack: "Eight religions are named in the source files: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Polytheism, Shintoism, Spiritualism and Zoroastrianism." We also discovered back then that there will be a religious victory: "a Religious Victory would be about bringing your religion to 'all cities'" The rumors appeared to be right: "There are rumors in the forums about religion being brought back in a possible future Expansion Pack for Civ5."
Between the release of the original Civilization V and the announcement of the expansion pack many thigns may have changed to the original concept of religion.
Other big changes to God & Kings are:
- Reworked Combat System
- Enhanced Diplomacy, with Espionage
- New City-States
- New scenarios
We'll keep you posted!
The expansion comes with "Tons of New Stuff" like "27 new units, 13 new buildings, 9 new wonders, and 9 new playable civilizations. Among the new civilizations are the Netherlands (William I, Prince of Orange), the Celts (Boudicca), and the Mayans (Pacal the Great)."
Most important of course are the new game elements. Religion is back! Back in September 23rd 2010 Apolyton Civilization Site already discovered that Religion was was removed from [vanilla] Civilization V. Today the official announcement of 2K Games reads: "Using the new "Faith" resource, you'll be able to found your own religion and grow it from a simple Pantheon of the Gods to a world-spanning fully-customized religion."
If we read back our article from 2010 we can expect the following religions to enter the expansion pack: "Eight religions are named in the source files: Buddhism, Christianity, Hinduism, Islam, Polytheism, Shintoism, Spiritualism and Zoroastrianism." We also discovered back then that there will be a religious victory: "a Religious Victory would be about bringing your religion to 'all cities'" The rumors appeared to be right: "There are rumors in the forums about religion being brought back in a possible future Expansion Pack for Civ5."
Between the release of the original Civilization V and the announcement of the expansion pack many thigns may have changed to the original concept of religion.
Other big changes to God & Kings are:
- Reworked Combat System
- Enhanced Diplomacy, with Espionage
- New City-States
- New scenarios
We'll keep you posted!