INFO: First episode with Cartimandua as permanent fourth regular co-host
Focus: "Civilization IV: Colonization" with Firaxis Games
- 02m33s | People
Sixteen year industry veteran Mike Bates (Civ4Col Lead Artist), third-year Firaxis Games employee with seven years beta testing prior Ed Piper (Civ4Col Designer) and one-hundred-plus gaming title credits Jesse Smith (Civ4Col Producer).
- 11m10s | Design
When and why Firaxis decided to do a remake of Colonization, design philosophy for Civilization IV: Colonization, design familiarities to both Col and Civilization IV in the latter and interface work by Firaxis intern and longtime Civilization community member Ken "Impaler[WrG]" Ferland.
- 18m49s | Gameplay (1 of 3)
Primary gameplay differences between Col and Civ4Col, new and tweaked buildings and/or resources, tiers of super-specialists and notable abscence of a technology tree.
- 26m56s | Gameplay (2 of 3)
Colonies covering multiple tiles, targeting particular Founding Fathers by playstyle, religion's role, how the new Constitution feature works and the extensiveness of the game's Diplomacy mechanisms and how they compare to the game's predecessor.
- 36m20s | Gameplay (3 of 3)
Native tribe traits, colonial powers' leader traits, rationale for not including more than four colonial nations, behind the limited game length, resolving historical accuracy versus gameplay conflicts and in-game automation capabilities.
- 43m42s | Combat
Combat system mechanics, on siege units, addressing combat failings of Col, and what of naval warfare.
- 50m00s | Graphics
Art style targetted and responding to public criticisms already raised about the 'Colony' screen.
- 57m26s | Miscellaneous
Moddability including interoperability with CivIV, music selection (and the related worldwide exclusive on this show), (re-)playing the original Colonization, most difficult elements to design in Civ4Col, possibilities of covering other areas of so-called Age of Discovery next and what question hadn't been asked yet that should have been and its answer.
PROFILE / ARCHIVE / ABOUTThe shiny second season continues. Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua and Imran Siddiqui return with Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney as the fourth regular co-host. Civilization strategy is the focus in practice and design with modding coverage now the domain of sibling show ModCast; most other first-season segments have been carried over with some renaming. Episodes continue to be edited by Quick but are now 40-45 minutes apiece. < Sample Clips (04m59s | 2.4MB | Discuss/Stream/Dial-Up) >
PROFILE / ARCHIVE / ABOUT
The shiny second season continues. Daniel "DanQ" Quick, Makahlua and Imran Siddiqui return with Annalee "Cartimandua" Barney as the fourth regular co-host. Civilization strategy is the focus in practice and design with modding coverage now the domain of sibling show ModCast; most other first-season segments have been carried over with some renaming. Episodes continue to be edited by Quick but are now 40-45 minutes apiece. < Sample Clips (04m59s | 2.4MB | Discuss/Stream/Dial-Up) >
