While mechanics and graphics are important, also the sound of a Civ game are not unimportant either, which we know at least since Christopher Tin won a grammy for the Civ4 theme song. And everyone loved Leonard Nimoy for the tech quotes too.
For Civ7, we get Gwendoline Christie from Game Of Thrones, which has been welcome by the community so far (see thread).
For the Civ7 theme song we get again a composition from Christopher Tin, although we don’t know anything else (see thread).
It also seems that for a big part of the Civ7 soundtrack Geoff Knorr will be again responsible, who made some excellent pieces for Civ5 and Civ6. He is the lead composer and producer, as he confirmed to our member Guandao (see thread).
A part of the Civ dev team (Ed Beach, Dennis Shirk, Jason Johnson as well as regular forum resident Andrew Johnson) will be part of the Civ7 developer panel during this year’s PAX West, on Saturday at 11 AM Pacific time (2 PM Eastern time, 8 PM CET).
NOTE: This Episode was recorded on August 24, 2024.
PolyCast is a bi-weekly audio production recording live every other Saturday at 12 Noon US Eastern Time throughout the year, in an ongoing effort to give the Civilization community an interactive voice.
Our member Henrique3d has made an overview over all the Civ7 wonders! There are quite many, and the look great too! For a high-resolution version of the image, and the discussion, please check here.
In case you want to play as a small-scale dictator before Civ7 gets around, you now have the option with Tropico 4! The island dictatorship simulator is currently for free, for another 1 days and 15h from the time of this post. Get it here, and discuss it with us here.
The Firaxis community manager Gilgamesch has noted today in the forum that tomorrow (August 27), the Civ6 online services (presumably multiplayer and potentially mod workshop) will be shortly offline (2h).
AI Survivor is an annual competition of all Civilization IV AI Leaders by long-time Civilization enthusiast and streamer Sullla.
Surprisingly, Brennus of The Celts won a very rare Diplomatic victory in Wildcard Game 2. In hindsight, the result was not that shocking considering the overwhelming presence of less peaceful leaders in this game. Regardless, Brennus is not renowned for being a successful leader in AI Survivor. Favorite Sury of Khmer was quickly dispatched this time with Brennus gaining most or all of the Khmer spoils leading to an overwhelming advantage he never gave up. The Raging Barbarians were more impactful this round, with Alexander of Greece losing a city to the invasion and DeGaulle of France having some early issues expanding, until he built the Great Wall. Only Brennus advances to the playoff round. Read more about the first wildcard game here.
Playoff Game 1 is here and it is all high stakes for the remaining leaders from now on. The peaceniks and aggressors are evenly matched in this game with three leaders on each side. The field has been whittled down to the strongest performing leaders this season, so predictions may be tougher. This game is highlighted by three strong performers historically in Mansa Musa of Mali, Gilgamesh of Sumeria, and Pacal of The Mayans. Lincoln of America, Hammurabi of Babylon, and Elizabeth I of England round out the field. (Note that the Raging Barbs option is turned off for the Playoffs, as it is only used for the Wildcard games.) Be sure to make your picks in the picking context.
