Civs included. Just the facts madam.

[SerapisIV]

quote: Gamespot "Suppose I have four elephants and my friend the Egyptian has no elephants--they want the elephants because they make people happy," Briggs explained.

The Egyptians are a civ in the game for certain now, not just an assumed CivI civ.
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[Bereta_Eder]

Thank you Serapis.

We had the Pharaoh leader. Now we have this. In Civ 3 we will have all these nice big egyptian cities for the taking

[SerapisIV]

Where was the pharoah screenshot? Don't remember seeing that one

[Bereta_Eder]

It was in a computer gaming world review. There was a huge thread discussing the identities of the leaders that were on this article untill we were all sure which one was which. Later I'll try to find the URL and post it.

Serapis, the 14 confirmed civs of Civ 3 are 100% confirmed. No assumptions.
It is certain that these 14 civs will be in because we have clear cut undisputable evidence.

[Bereta_Eder]

Don't you think that minor and major civs will alternate between games?
Also the civs will be 16. Do the minor civs will be extra?

(I don't know, I'm asking)

[SerapisIV]

I think that minor civs won't be given the extra effort of leader screenshots that major civs would have. How different can you make the various Germanic barbarian civs (likely minor civ candidates) that toppled the Romans.

For that reason I think the Native American leader screen shown is a major civ. Besides, since its first mention, we really haven't heard any talk of minor civs from Firaxis or magazine previews. Not even side comments

[Maxxes]

When and where were those minor civs actually mentioned by Firaxis?
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[Bereta_Eder]

Do minor civs exist?

[SerapisIV]

quote: Originally posted by Maxxes on 05-16-2001 01:34 PM When and where were those minor civs actually mentioned by Firaxis? [This message has been edited by Maxxes (edited May 16, 2001).]

Couldn't tell you, I think it was something from a mag preview. Despite all of our debates, Firaxis has actually said very little at all about Civ3 to begin with.

[Bereta_Eder]

Serapis, unfortunately I can't find the URL with the civ leaders. maybe SilverDragon remembers?

Or can Dan or Mark help us out on this? (I searched Apolyton but didn;t find it)

[Al'Kimiya]

Since the 7 civ limit hasn't been confirmed I was wondering, has the total of 16 to chose from really been confirmed by any Firaxian?
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[Bereta_Eder]

Check this: http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/pr...086175,00.html

[Bereta_Eder]

So, so far we know that:

GREEKS ARE IN
AMERICANS ARE IN
GERMANS ARE IN
CHINESE ARE IN
ROMANS ARE IN
FRENCH ARE IN
RUSSIANS ARE IN
ZULUS ARE IN
ENGLISH ARE IN
AZTECS ARE IN
EGYPTIANS ARE IN
INDIANS ARE IN
MONGOLS ARE IN
INDIAN TRIBE IS IN(possibly Iroquois or maybe Sioux - see the thread for hints)

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JAPANESE (open for debate plz see the samurai(?) unit at http://viewer.fgnonline.com/fgn_medi...tp%3A%2F%2Fwww .fgnonline.com%2Fmedia%2Fpc%2Fnews%2Funits.jpg

VIKINGS (?) (see the boat at the abovementioned ULR. Viking longboat?)

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Note: Gamespot say that Civ 3 will have 16 civs.

BUT, Firaxis Programmer Mike Breitkreutz said on this forum that «Firaxis has made no official announcement concerning the number of civs that may or may not be in the game».

I take this at face value: No official announcement about the number of civs you can SELECT FROM - AND - no official statement about how many civs will simultanously playing in the game.

So I removed the line on my previous post that said "16 civs will be included in Civ 3"


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[Odin]

The Vikings better be in because they WERE the best seafarers is medivial Europe

[Stefu]

BTW, considering that minor civs need to trade and have diplomacy with big nations and that their leaders will have pictures, quite many of "confirmed" civs might actually be minor civs. I'm mainly thinking of undefined "Native American" civ.