12-07-2005 11:28									#1
	News: Your units will speak the nations language. Put an end to popups!

Quoted from CivFanatics (which quoted from WorthPlaying).

quote: Even better, when you click on a unit, it will respond in the language of your selected region, so it would be cool to know Mandarin if you choose to be Chairman Mao as the leader of your Chinese civilization. This feature really validates the concept of the game in the development of world history, as multiculturalism and the many languages of Earth are often overlooked in games targeted at North America. Who knows, maybe by the time Civ IV is released, it will also include a little tutorial to teach you what each unit is saying and how to say it.

I like this feature, quite cool. Will remind me of Warcraft/Starcraft, where when you click on a unit, the unit responds with the appropriate personality.

	12-07-2005 11:32									#2
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will it give lesson s so you can understand what tey are saying?


but at least death cries are universal !

	12-07-2005 11:33									#3
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you should read the quote properly Platypus Rex

	12-07-2005 12:16									#4
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I LOVE this kind of immersive fluff!! Now all we need is for historical voice actors to read famous texts when you research something (like SMAC).

	12-07-2005 12:39									#5
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This may cause me to leave on the audio portion of Civ a bit longer than any of the previous titles. I don't think I can ever again listen to Ode to Joy after having Civ2 play it over, and over and over and over and over and over again. :vomit:

	12-07-2005 14:52									#6
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I see a good reason for modding in secession for this.

Sire, the cities of xxxxx, yyyyyy and zzzzzz have rebelled against our attempts to force our language on their population. To say a quote, "we don't want those foreign-speaking soldiers from a king who can only speak gibberish to us". Shall we sent a severe punishment force?

	12-07-2005 15:35									#7
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In the beginning this is probably cool, but I believe I soon will turn off the sounds (or at least unit talk) in the game...

	12-07-2005 15:49									#8
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This is exactly the kind of little detail that I think hurt Civ3 so much. It lacked the ambience previous versions had. The wonder movies and civ2 advisors were especially good

	12-07-2005 19:36									#9
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quote: Originally posted by Sabre2th This is exactly the kind of little detail that I think hurt Civ3 so much. It lacked the ambience previous versions had. The wonder movies and civ2 advisors were especially good

Well, maybe the units will say things with Civ3-style, humoristic gamish stye

	12-07-2005 19:54									#10
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I think Age of Kings had something similar, didn't it?

	12-07-2005 20:21									#11
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Yuh, AoK had unit sounds specific for each Civ. I still remember them!

	12-07-2005 20:22									#12
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quote: Originally posted by Solver Yuh, AoK had unit sounds specific for each Civ. I still remember them!

Are you sure they where specific to each civ, rather than each "culture group"? I seem to remember them being the same among many different nations.

	12-07-2005 20:25									#13
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They were most definitely not same for different civs, not in the original game. In the expansion, the Aztecs and Mayans had matching sounds, as well as Mongols and Huns, even though there were slight differences between Aztecs and Mayans. All of the original civs, though, had different sounds - with Goth and Teuton also only having minor differences.

	12-07-2005 20:28									#14
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A fun part will be mod-ing the sounds so the units say what we want them to.

	12-07-2005 20:29									#15
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*clicks a Tank* "Next version of Yin will suck"
*clicks a Swordsman* "How dare you click Ming the Merciless?"

	12-07-2005 20:44									#16
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I think using the animated advisors from civ2 and applying it to diplomacy sessions would be great.

imagine negotiating with an animated, whimpering chairman mao as he begs for peace before you roll tanks over his final city.

that could be worth the 50 bucks right there.

	12-07-2005 21:25									#17
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quote: Originally posted by Solver *clicks a Swordsman* "How dare you click Ming the Merciless?"

	12-07-2005 21:38									#18
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This is excellent. It was a great plus in Age of Kings IMO, and it probably shows an attention to immersive details superior to previous Civ games

	12-07-2005 23:06									#19
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Hum, Call to Power had fun voices. It was interesting, how many futuristic units had female voices...

	12-07-2005 23:31									#20
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I approve of this service and/or feature

This more or less guarantees I will be playing as the Germans non-stop.

	13-07-2005 03:04									#21
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Oh. Why'd I go and read the article?

Now I think I want this game.

	13-07-2005 03:25									#22
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quote: Originally posted by Trifna Well, maybe the units will say things with Civ3-style, humoristic gamish stye

quote: Originally posted by Solver *clicks a Tank* "Next version of Yin will suck" *clicks a Swordsman* "How dare you click Ming the Merciless?"

quote: Originally posted by skrobism Oh. Why'd I go and read the article? Now I think I want this game.

OH THE HUMANITY!

I haven't been this excited about a game in a long while. Soren really seems to have a good handle on things. I hope it's not all just an illusion

	13-07-2005 06:15									#23
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Well, I'm cautious on this. EE had units that did this, and it got extremely annoying after a short while. Clicking on German troops and getting the nasal "Mein Commandant!" every single time was grating, to say the least.

Of course, if the voices can be turned off without turning off other sounds, that would be fine.

	13-07-2005 06:22									#24
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Well if each unit has a different sound then it won't be the same right through the game, but if there are 100 units, and what is it 16? 18 civ's, (I'll say 18) then thats 100 x 18 nations = 1800. That's a lot of sounds; but I think there games (GTA:SA? it has 2-3gig worth) have just as many.

	13-07-2005 06:31									#25
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*click a pessimistic archer* "Look, maybe the arrow will get there maybe it won't. I think that until we get better arrows, we should just forget this lousy mess."

*click on an archer named Solveriticus* "Listen, don't let your past arrow shots cloud your vision here. Sure they're a mile off hidden under a foot of hardened bronze shields, but your one arrow could turn the tide of this war!"

[First, I have to say that the speech there got me a little riled up, and I was just joking. Second, I'd love to hear that said all in Korean!]

	13-07-2005 09:45									#26
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quote: Originally posted by yin26 *click a pessimistic archer* "Look, maybe the arrow will get there maybe it won't. I think that until we get better arrows, we should just forget this lousy mess." *click on an archer named Solveriticus* "Listen, don't let your past arrow shots cloud your vision here. Sure they're a mile off hidden under a foot of hardened bronze shields, but your one arrow could turn the tide of this war!" [First, I have to say that the speech there got me a little riled up, and I was just joking. Second, I'd love to hear that said all in Korean!]

If you can bring yourself to tolerate Firaxis's civ for a while longer, I'd like to see what you can come up with for a unit sound pack

	13-07-2005 17:32									#27
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Nice one Yin .

	13-07-2005 21:15									#28
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I like this; a fun and a bit weird thing that gives the game spirit!

	14-07-2005 03:05									#29
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quote: Originally posted by Sn00py Well if each unit has a different sound then it won't be the same right through the game, but if there are 100 units, and what is it 16? 18 civ's, (I'll say 18) then thats 100 x 18 nations = 1800. That's a lot of sounds;

I'm really surprised of this "nations language": do they really mean they will translate in eighteen different Civ languages? (Ok maybe American English and Great English can sound roughly the same).

I'm betting a pizza Firaxis simply mean that they are translating voices for every translated version of the game, and someone on a fan site related too much from reality to an interesting wish...

Maybe I'm wrong, but let me underline I'm *not* ready to eat any manual nor game box at all

	14-07-2005 05:56									#30
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Not a fan site, it is clearly stated on WorthPlaying, and they can be trusted.