PTW screenshots reveal new Civs

[Purple]

The PTW screenshots posted at Adrenaline Vault reveal some of the new Civilizations in the expansion pack:

Vikings
Spanish
Mongols
Carthaginians

They also show at least two new tile improvements:

Airport
Radar tower

Plus, there are some new buttons on the main screen:

next/last city
next/last unit
and others.

[Sabre2th]

I hate to pay again for a game I already have, but it looks good so far.

[Jon Shafer]

Wooooo hooooooo!!!! Airports! It's about time!

Spanish UU... Conquistador.. a 5.3.3... is that a new knight? 3 movement and attack of 5? Sheesh.

From the player setup screen, it looks as though you can't play custom maps or scenarios... Hmmm...

[Jethro83]

Looks great so far.

[Rust]

airports should be worth about as much as paratroopers are now.

[Spiffor]

I think that's why they didn't implemented it in the original game, but you know how a demanding fan can be loud

[Purple]

Sorry for the redundant thread here. I haven't been reading the PTW forum, so I didn't see that looong thread on new civs.

[Signa]

It also showed the Viking UU, the Berserk and the Mongol, some sort of horseman/mounted archer. The Spanish conquistidor does surprise me however, I was hoping for a Tercio.

[Inverse Icarus]

Originally posted by Rust
airports should be worth about as much as paratroopers are now.

i assume you mean paratroopers are worth jack poopie

but actually airbases could be useful, it would move the aircraft's base of operations a few spaces foward (for defense) and would provide allies a way of sharing land (if you cant garrison allied cities)

[civman2000]

Civs we 100% know are there:
1. Spain (UU, leaderhead, civ name in corner of screenshot)
2. Mongols (ditto)
3. Carthaginian (MP setup).

Civs we are almost sure of:
4. Koreans (UU image)
5. Celts (leader mentioned at infrogrames)
6. Vikings (city names in screenshot)

[Harovan]

Originally posted by Trip
Spanish UU... Conquistador.. a 5.3.3... is that a new knight? 3 movement and attack of 5? Sheesh.

No, it's a weakened cavalry.

Seriously, it can't be a knight, as Spain is just researching Feudalism. So they must

- either have substantially changed the tech tree (chivalry before feudalism? )
- or substantially have changed the A/D/R values of all units, bacause an ancient (pre-feudal) 5/3/3 unit would be extremely imbalancing with the existing unit values.
- or have faked that image (most likely).

[Jethro83]

The stats of the Conquistador can't be in concrete at this stage. They might reconsider and give them different stats.

The only things I see as concrete so far are the four civs already mentioned and their leaders.

[Adagio]

Looks great, except that new terrain graphic...that looks awfull, but at present time I think I'll proberly buy it...

[Stuie]

Originally posted by ADG
Looks great, except that new terrain graphic...that looks awfull, but at present time I think I'll proberly buy it...

Yeah, the terrain is definitely ugly. But that's why we have Sn00py, right?

[Jon Shafer]

Originally posted by Sir Ralph
Seriously, it can't be a knight, as Spain is just researching Feudalism. So they must

- either have substantially changed the tech tree (chivalry before feudalism? )
- or substantially have changed the A/D/R values of all units, bacause an ancient (pre-feudal) 5/3/3 unit would be extremely imbalancing with the existing unit values.
- or have faked that image (most likely).

True, you're probably right. They've probably done some modding of their own. That has to be a modded knight... there's no way they'd give us a 5.3.3 Horsemen variant, no matter how much they've changed things. We'll just have to wait and see I guess...