Civilization III mentioned in Strange Horizons article

[David Murray]

Perhaps the original author is thinking about stuff like traits and unique units. In that sense, he is correct - so, the Zulu have the "terrifying" Impi and the Aztecs have the "stunning" Jaguar warrior. The Russians have the powerful Cossacks and the Germans have kick-ass panzers. Gosh, that guy doesn't know what he's talking about, does he.

And have you ever noticed that Montezuma always talks about sacrificing warriors and suchlike in diplomatic dialogue?

No, no. I guess Civ3 definitely isn't modelled on real life civilizations, their leaders and their cultures.

[notyoueither]

And what about the English UU makes them so killer?

[DrFell]

Wow, what a joke. He just listed the three civs with the best UUs in the game as being 'sure losses'. Jaguar warriors are superior early game rush units, and can be used throughout the ancient age (and after as cheap pillaging units), the Impi are perfect resource denial units with their tough defence and fast moves, and the Iroquois have an amazing powerful horseman well before pikemen are around to counter them.

England can't hold a candle to any of those civs, and Russia has a crappy UU, one extra defence point for a unit which is so fast it can blitz right to cities anyway without facing many counter attacks. Only the Germans come close because of the techs they start off with.