Civilization VI - First Look: Byzantium | Civilization VI - New Frontier Pass

[@civilization]

Thanks for watching! Be sure to like this video and subscribe to the channel so you don't miss out on any First Looks or other content. What do you think of Byzantium? What do you think about Basil II? Are you excited to try Byzantium?

[@son_your_adopted940]

Hey daddy

[@arunsrikaewvichain9348]

wow! the byzantium were very cool, definitely will be the first new frontier civs i will play once new frontier came to ios

[@jasonsacchi]

I thought it was Theodora, but I was wrong and yes, I will try Byzantium next week.

[@eliashigham8901]

I like it, although I would have figured Justinian would be the natural choice. Would love to see him one day as a more culture/religion focused leader instead of Basil's domination/religion

[@ClearMetal]

Anna Komnene was robbed, though I suppose she wouldn't have fit the (religious) conquest theme as well as Basil II does.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

Fun fact: Norway's leader in this game, Harald Hardraada, actually served in the Byzantine Empire before he became King of Norway, and he did so as a member of the "Varangian Guard", an Imperial Bodyguard unit founded by Basil II.

[@PapyRamideAlliance]

This commentary age well

[@tarnim80]

Mvemba: "I welcome the words of your prophets and priests. We learn so much fr... wait what are you doing?? STOP! STOP!"

[@samuelaugenstern5822]

Tbh that's what Mvemba deserves for making me waste all my faith to convert his cities if I don't want to get denounced every 8 seconds.

[@therafmaster5958]

haha yes

[@mawile3037]

everyone gansta until conversion is at the tip of the spear

[@drewbakka5265]

To be fair mvemba was made very early before civ 6 really got to know itself A rework would help it a lot

[@tmamba1]

its kinda sad that this actually happened to my boy Mvemba. GG LOL

[@mutchney]

I can see this guy winning very quickly with the Crusade belief

[@dionysos8326]

A worthy opponent for Simon Bolivar

[@leecupp2573]

We will take Jerusalem!

[@l0remipsum991]

Funny. Byzantium was, at some time, ransacked by Crusaders on their way to Jerusalem.

[@mantunes339]

ironic, since it was the 4th Crusade that spelled the end of the Byzantine Empire

[@mantunes339]

@@l0remipsum991 lol! just noticed your comment

[@1980s_Space_Guy]

“You can’t go back to Constantinople” NOOO DONT REMIND ME

[@lucasmcclintock5910]

Imagine if Byzantium ai or the opposite, seleiman the great of turkey automatically go to war with each other.

[@thatdieguy5310]

@@lucasmcclintock5910 "seleiman the great of turkey"

[@fahrettinuysal4589]

I alvays admiraled seleiman the great of turkey, she had done so much gret things like being rich of turkey or warring

[@joshmargolis1424]

Now its Istanbul-not Constantinople

[@yanezadam]

@@joshmargolis1424 Why did Constantinople get the works?

[@davyt0247]

When you click the notification so fast the video doesn’t start...

[@civilization]

😂

[@Cool-Kid-ry3mh]

Sid Meier's Civilization civ you are amazing

[@Baron]

Free heavy cav for building entertainment districts and buildings? Well I'll actually build those now thanks!

[@paedenhinton632]

I 100% agree with you, they are only really useful if you are desperate for theatre square adjacency or amenities.

[@teclishighloremasteroftota2550]

entertainment buildings are really good for culture victories and give adj bonus to theater squares. They also give access to bread and circus project that allows you exert loyalty pressure, which is useful if you want to flip a nearby city.

[@Wargasmo]

@@paedenhinton632 Oh damn, I forgot about the theater square adjacency! I haven't been using that mechanic, haha.

[@mawile3037]

@@teclishighloremasteroftota2550 clearly they are just about useless when the objective is science, the industrial district is just so good overall, my planning always goes into that and then the campus ad- bonuses

[@teclishighloremasteroftota2550]

@@Wargasmo yeah it was added last patch I think :)

[@cavejohnson8153]

He is an interesting choice, Basil sure was an important guy, and it's always nice to mix it up a bit. Also love his design! It's also nice, that the units resemble the ones from V, feels good to see them back.

[@madmatt7059]

What’s up Johnson how’s the lemons

[@williemherbert1456]

You mean the kataprakos?

[@cavejohnson8153]

@@williemherbert1456 Yeah, and the Dromon.

[@BroganCoovert34]

wish it was Justinian. also why even put the tagma in as it is pretty much just a cataphract.

[@cavejohnson8153]

@@BroganCoovert34 I like Justinian too, but I think Basil is also a worthy leader. Byzantium had some great leaders, so why not use some different ones. And I think Tagma is actually more specific for Byzantium, because cataphracts were used by many different civilizations.

[@enderlord3297]

You know I was personally hoping for Justinian but I'm happy about this leader choice.

[@bawbinson3764]

Beezumteeum.

[@AlbertonBeastmaster]

I cringed every time she said it.

[@coyotelong4349]

Jemalo These are WINTER BOOTS

[@at690]

How do you say the name of the stuff that your are doing wrong, it was so annoying, beejesus.

[@liamanthony6481]

Is that the right way to say it? With how she says "Basil" it just sounds like she's over-accenting it

[@kaptenkukang]

@@AlbertonBeastmaster but is it the right way to pronounce it? in my language also pronounce it "beezunteeum".

[@BluegrassGeek]

"You can't go back to Constantinople" Thank you, I was waiting for that joke!

[@mridontexist5489]

I don’t get it

[@apogeecreativitee7596]

It's a reference to a song by "They Might Be Giants" called "Istanbul (Not Constantinople)"

[@abthedragon4921]

I actually didn't know it was a reference to a song, I thought it was just referencing how constantinople eventually fell to the Ottomans, then again I guess it works both ways.

[@SharkyMcSnarkface]

Andrew Burton A good reference makes sense even when you don’t know what it’s referencing directly.

[@juanmedina1994]

@@abthedragon4921 hey that's nobody's business but the Turks.

[@Scillamar]

Probably my favourite pick for a leader yet, but the way they pronounce Byzantium grinds my gears.

[@SirNarax]

Just an accent.

[@jakobkiilerich3588]

Narax Not really. She just doesnt know how to pronounce it.

[@SirNarax]

@@jakobkiilerich3588 It is not an incorrect pronunciation. There is no single correct way to pronounce a word even if some regional accents differ. Bih-zan-tin and Biz-in-teen are both used and correct. Language is not a standardized. The only incorrect way to pronounce a word is a way that would get it confused with another. Like saying "soupcan" when meaning Byzantium. And if saying Bih-zan-tin is too far off to you I would suggest your grasp of the language is too primitive to then go and falsely correct people on pronunciation.

[@gaohkai9441]

@@SirNarax There absolutely is a correct way to pronounce words, you can find a word's IPA spelling in any good dictionary. Language is also absolutely standardized; it needs to be if we are to understand each other.

[@labrynianrebel]

Yeah, it should be pronounced "Roman Empire"

[@Jay_Johnson]

"Despite near-constant warfare, Basil distinguished himself as an administrator, reducing the power of the great land-owning families who dominated the Empire's administration and military, filling its treasury, and leaving it with its greatest expanse in four centuries" - wikipedia Me when I need to summarise something for homework: 0:08 "A distinguished general and administrator, Basil, reduced the power of the aristocracy, filled the empire's treasury, and expanded it's borders." - Sid Meier's Civilization

[@dootboye]

I was hoping for a Justinian/Theo double but this is cool too!

[@Pugmaster-ef1ii]

Well Justinian or Theo have been the Byzantine rulers in every game they are in so the change is nice

[@dootboye]

@@Pugmaster-ef1ii that's an excellent point, but my argument is that I love them

[@metanight788]

@@dootboye I do to, and am surprised they weren't picked. I'm sure mods will adress that soon enough though.

[@slaaneshshewhothirst9136]

metanight788 didn’t the devs said they will try and put leaders that haven’t been in other games as DLC? But I would love for Theo to be there too

[@MoonrayDrake]

@ਅਰਜਨ ਸਿੰਘ I mean, you can argue about the other points, I feel the plague wasn't really his fault. It also affected his enemies.

[@SharkyMcSnarkface]

Georgia’s theme is about to get a challenger.

[@ayoubouafir9218]

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@nitasu987]

tbh I'll be surprised if Byzantium's Atomic can challenge Georgia's. But I'm sure Byz's music will be great!!

[@eliapretari7068]

"You can't go back to Constantinople" Yeah I know😢

[@jktuert8630]

@Abdul Rahman Mohammed Istanbul is much Constantinople as much as greeks are turks.

[@eliapretari7068]

@Abdul Rahman MohammedDifferences are, as you just said religion, politics, culture, architecture, language and I could go on. I was not referring to Constantinople as just the city itself, but as what Constantinople standed for.

[@siryeehaw9291]

@@eliapretari7068 she's making a reference to a song, you wanna calm down there bud

[@mikecharnecke3087]

Can someone explain the joke to me

[@SirNarax]

@@mikecharnecke3087 Old song in a cartoon just google "You can't go back to Constantinople"

[@themuaddib]

I like how they concentrated more on the medieval Byzantium. I know the whole story of the empire originally being the Eastern Roman Empire and that whole thing, but grounding it in later history gives it a different feel than the other civilizations of antiquity built around the same pieces of geography (e.g., Rome, Greece, and Macedonia).

[@sweetbrown89]

They already had Classical Rome, Athens, Sparta, and Macedon, so Medieval Byzantium just made sense

[@Победник]

Macedonia is part of Greece

[@sweetbrown89]

Победник it is, now...when Alexander was alive, it was the other way around

[@essaadeel3676]

@@sweetbrown89 no Alexander was Greek and that's a fact

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

@@sweetbrown89 pointless arguing. It's like listening to a Sicilian tell you they're not Italian. 🙄

[@herrmajestat]

Usually the leader's voice is heard in the background. Not anymore it would seem

[@lesparker2586]

Why they changed it I can't say

[@thatoneguymatt987]

@@lesparker2586 People don't like it better that way

[@rashed4034]

They also had unique animation for every new leader. Not anymore I guess.

[@Cneezocks]

I don't know of this is the case for Firaxis but a couple of games I play have had their voice acting temporarily cut out for safety reasons relating to staff going to the studio during the pandemic. Though I would guess if that was the issue they'd mention it.

[@nine-xs6nc]

@@Cneezocks Yeah, I'd imagine the voice lines aren't done yet

[@enderlord3297]

Tsl europe with 2 Greeces,Macedonia ottomans and Byzantium plus preslav city state is gonna be a huge meme.

[@lukefranklin5]

How do you choose which city states you get?

[@muhammadfaathir8800]

@@lukefranklin5 mod

[@lukefranklin5]

Muhammad Faathir oh 💔. I play on switch

[@ianbailey4213]

I just wish we could round out Africa more

[@lukefranklin5]

Ian Bailey and get a tsl Africa map

[@abthedragon4921]

Wow, Basil II, interesting choice, makes sense though, aside from Justinian, he was one of the empire's greatest rulers. And by God! That orchestral choir soundtrack is epic. I could listen to it all day.

[@hjjh46]

Dont forger Alexios and Manuel Komnenos and also Theodora and Iriene

[@TheSunderingSea]

@@hjjh46 Ioanass II was better than Manuel

[@hjjh46]

@@TheSunderingSea Maybe, i always thought that Anna would have been the best empress instead of her brother

[@utubrGaming]

Throw in Heraclius, and for the sheer balls factor, Constantine Palaiologos XI.

[@hopeprevails3213]

John II was the best of the Komnenoi, but all three of them were absolute chads.

[@ellie8674]

"You cant go back to Constantinople" lol i wondered if there was gonna be a reference in the video anyways, civ looks like a lot of fun. basically a civ dedicated to holy crusades

[@Ragsfire]

I really hope they add some interactive VO reference whenever certain civ who has history from the past trigger certain event.

[@tisscience5693]

top 10 saddest moments in anime history

[@pedrolaruina8838]

My Ottoman capital is always called "Not Constantinople". :v

[@tisscience5693]

@@stevenbrock528 lol you can declare holy wars in civ 6, basicly crusades

[@ellie8674]

@@stevenbrock528 nah CK3

[@grishnikov48]

2:00 Oof Fireaxis really hitting us with the feels

[@thecornseller]

You can't go to anywhere

[@joostvandenoord4336]

Even old new york was once new amsterdam

[@TheViolaBuddy]

As always, looking forward to the music. It sounds like it's traditional European church choir music, but I'm especially curious how that'll translate to the Atomic Era orchestration.

[@CaptainBill22]

Chanting is timeless as it is relaxing.

[@eleftheriosmas]

It's an actual Orthodox Church chant, called Ti Ypermacho (Tη Υπερμάχω). It is considered sth as the unofficial imperial anthem of the Byzantine Empire.

[@Unknown-jt1jo]

@@eleftheriosmas I doubt it's considered the "unofficial imperial anthem." National anthems weren't a thing until the 16th century (and didn't come into widespread use until the 19th century). Byzantium disappeared in the 15th century.

[@eleftheriosmas]

@@Unknown-jt1jo that's why i said it's unofficial. Back then they didn't have national anthems, but this hymn played a role in the life of the Empire which abides to our modern concept of national anthems.

[@EndreaiYT]

I have been waiting for a quadrieme replacement.

[@medika9651]

Bulgaria : EYE dont like this :(

[@Benny14071995]

Don't you mean EYE don't like this? Oh right, you don't have any! >: )

[@medika9651]

@@Benny14071995 Lmao good one

[@TheSunderingSea]

Bulgaria: Ah, a new skull drinking cup!

[@XenophonSoulis]

Now I hope for a Bulgarian civ.

[@medika9651]

@@XenophonSoulis same

[@ghastlyghandi4301]

I like how firaxis just added Rome in the game twice.

[@inspector_beyond]

And four Greeces is okay to you?

[@frozencomp0725]

3 Romes if you count the Holy Roman Empire, 4 if you count Vatican City.

[@razzaus1570]

We need more romes

[@JohnSmith-qp7xu]

Cry more

[@Iojima]

Frozen Comp0 Five if you count Russia

[@YY-ug9mv]

Fun fact Ottomans used the name Constantinople aka Konstantiniyye.After the conquest at 1453 nobody changed the name to İstanbul,it means Konstantinople just common people terminology/language.Its a slang for ''to the city''.

[@solenios1]

I LOVE BYZANTIUM, NOW I NEED TO BUY THE PASS

[@Osariik]

The pass is good, the new versions of Teddy and Catherine honestly are essentially two new leaders and are so good, and all the other civs are so much fun as well.

[@ivanbarrena1545]

LMAO this is the last nail in Spain's coffin. Nice balance.

[@teclishighloremasteroftota2550]

He's already had the final nail in his coffin, now they're putting his coffin in the dirt.

[@maddoxbellrose7679]

Well Spain has some science, and gold powers, besides Spain wasn't that good of an empire.

[@alexanderlyon1215]

Meanwhile Norway

[@lyonvensa]

bruh, doesn't Spain counter byzantine in a sense?

[@maddoxbellrose7679]

@@BocaoZ An empire that dies to pirates is as honourable as modern Mexico.

[@tghy71]

Byzantium's abilities seem like an interesting mirror to Spain - Spain lets you convert conquered cities for free, while Byzantium lets you conquer converted cities more easily.

[@BlueMountain1992]

Byzantium also converts enemy cities more easy if they have a big and squishy army protecting them.

[@pilotfg4612]

Which reflects the history of the two. Spain conquered Muslim/Native American territories and converted them afterwards. While the Byzantine Empire mainly focused on reconquest taking Christian Cities ruled by Muslims and bringing them under Christian Control

[@novaimperialis]

I love that byzantine orthodox chant! By the way: Byzantium is Rome! I had to!

[@sloppyseconds6113]

I've never heard of these people before

[@rfkwouldvebeenaok1008]

@@sloppyseconds6113 they're the remaining half of the Roman Empire.

[@Ari-Rina]

Holy moly macaroney, this sounds sooo op. Nice to see a new civ for religious victory type.

[@walz1986]

Why winning religious when you can use your missionaries as siege rams, and win a dominance victory

[@MaaxMarc]

How long did it take to rehearse how to pronunce "Porphyrogénnētos" at 1:20?

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

Kaloyan of the Bulgarian Empire Leader Ability: Romanslayer Kaloyan gains double Grievances against Civilizations he is at war with or he has denounced. Capturing an Enemy City provides you with a burst of Gold and Science double the amount of Grievances you have against the former City’s Owner. Civilization Ability: Zlatan Vek When in a Golden Age, +50% Great Person Points from Campus and Theatre Square Buildings, and +5 Loyalty to all Bulgarian Cities. During a Golden Age, Bulgaria gains an extra Economic Policy Slot. Unique Unit: Shtitnostzi Bulgarian Unique Ancient Era Anti-Cavalry Unit that replaces the Spearman. Has a Ranged Attack. + 7 Combat Strength when defending against Ranged Attacks. Production Cost: 60 Gold Cost: 260 Gold Maintenance: 1 Movement Points: 2 Combat Strength: 25 Ranged Strength: 22 Unique Infrastructure: Literary School Bulgarian Unique Building that replaces the Ampitheater. Provides Science equal to the adjacency bonus of its Theatre Square. +3 Loyalty to Cities within 6 tiles of a Literary School. +2 Culture +1 Citizen Slot +1 Great Writer Point +2 Great Work of Writing Slots Leader Agenda: Vengeful Will declare war and avenge on Civilizations with whom he has Grievances against. Likes Civilization with whom he has low or none Grievances against, but loathes those whom he has high Grievances against. Greeting: Kneel before me, Kaloyan, Tsar of the Bulgarians, and Romanslayer. If you do not induce any feuds between our nations, I shall prove a valuable ally. Agenda Approval: It is good that there is no tension between our peoples. I would hate to go to war with such an opulent nation. Agenda Disapproval: You continue to offend our nation through your vile misdeeds and provoking insults. Halt these misguided actions, or nothing will be able to stand against my fury and vengeance. Attacked: You do not know the wrath and weeping you have brought upon your people! Declares War on You: You have insulted my people for the last time! My fury and vengeance shall sweep away your armies and lay waste to your lands. Defeated: It appears that my temper has become the end of me. So I shall bite my tongue, and let you become the next Tsar of the Bulgarians.

[@Tytoalba777]

Very appropriate that you post a Bulgarian Civ on the video announcing Basil the Bulgar Slayer

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@Tytoalba777 Romanslayer, to be exact. He gave himself that title when he invaded the Latin Empire as a way to avenge his people's humiliation at the hands of Basil II. Oh boy...

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@@Tytoalba777 If this were an available Civ, how would you play it?

[@williamtheconqueror7807]

@Gaymar Gaylord Gay Not exactly independent, though.

[@Tytoalba777]

@@williamtheconqueror7807 Your Bulgaria seems to be suited more towards a Cultural or Science victory, with Domination being used as fuel for those victories. Keep an eye out for those militaristic leaders like Alexander or Gorgo, for they will be a good source of science when you conquer one of their cities.

[@Jondiceful]

This is exciting! This looks like a fun civ to play. Looking forward to a bit more than one more turn as Byzantium.

[@olefredrikskjegstad5972]

_"Past Emperors designated for themselves other burial places._ _But I, Basil the purple-born, place my tomb on the site of the Hebdomon, and take sabbath's rest from the endless toils which I satisfied in war._ _For nobody saw my spear at rest, from when the Emperor of Heaven called me to the rulership of this great empire on earth. I kept vigilant through the whole span of my life guarding the children of New Rome._ _Marching bravely to the West, and as far as the very frontiers of the East. The Persians and Scythians bear witness to this, and along with them Abasgos, Ismael, Araps, Iber._ _And now, good man, looking upon this tomb, reward it with prayers in return for my campaigns."_ - Epitaph on Basil's Tomb

[@thefoxoflaurels3437]

Love how the color scheme is similar to Rome's but different showing their different interpretations of the Roman Empire.

[@jakobkiilerich3588]

Is no one gonna comment on the way she says “Byzantium”

[@alexstainton4772]

I cringed every time

[@Raisin_Udongein_Inaba]

Beesantheum

[@yvonnenc]

No, because it’s historically correct. :)

[@Finwaell]

it's how it should be pronounced. And any normal language aside from English pronounces it correctly :D Just english has to be special and wreck everything :D

[@Catboy_Lyon]

Is it strange sometimes I just watch videos including the Byzantine to see how different people pronounce it

[@sweetbrown89]

Well, she’s just pronouncing it wrong...they spoke Medieval Greek and didn’t refer to it as Byzantium...but Constantine the Great DID refer to it as Βυζάντιον, and that was pronounced in koiné Greek /byːdzán.ti.on/ “BUU dzen TI ohn” and modern Greek prounounces it as “bii ZAN ti UM” So it’s a crapshoot

[@eleftheriosmas]

@@sweetbrown89 Vi za di on*

[@Nolzei]

Ah yes my favorite, Bah-sul of Beezintium.

[@grahamturner2640]

The Bulgar Slayer (Basil II) was one of the predictions I saw on the Civilization subreddit. And it ended up being correct.

[@destrocher9999]

I need to build the wonder cathedral of san Basilio wiht this leader

[@lordspoice5192]

YES! He's my favorite Byzantine emperor. So happy he's getting the recognition he deserves.

[@mojewjewjew4420]

Justinian:Its treason then

[@FrostPegasus]

That music though. May just beat Theodora's Phos Hilaron.

[@airai3562]

Look at that amazing hair!

[@AsteriskDatBoi]

And all his teeth.

[@eliasstenman3710]

Firaxis: This Civ combines religion and domination *A* *billion* *other* *Civilizations:* Am I a joke to you?

[@l0remipsum991]

Felipe: ಠ_ಠ

[@gabrielcastro3414]

Its a spain 2.0

[@pyroshrimp4073]

@@gabrielcastro3414 spain 2 electric boogaloo

[@FlavorLab]

I have a feeling Suleiman will always be able to defeat Byzantium :(

[@mr.egorrosh9744]

We need a serbia civ to keep the whole thing balanced.

[@BatmanRules]

Exactly why we need Vlad the Impaler!

[@dodolulupepe]

Romania/Wallachia for Civ :)

[@XenophonSoulis]

He may be able to defeat Byzantium after 2-3 Dark Ages... But no one could ever beat Basil II except death.

[@ProudFilthyCasual]

Batman I always name my first Vampire unit Vlad Tepesh lol.

[@scarletrobin]

The religion-military synergy would have been perfect for a Teutonic Order Civ!

[@Weraptor]

this, still a bit iffy about Byzantium itself having no culture and diplomacy bonuses

[@Tytoalba777]

Wasn’t expecting Basil, but he’s a fair choice overall. I also have to say, the quality of the leader models have really gone up since the game launch. I kinda wish you guys go back and polish the models of all the original leaders so that they can have the same quality as Basil here.

[@sweetbrown89]

I think they caught on and noticed that we cared when they spoke in the update about animating everything. I still think I see a combination of John Curtin 0:16 (arm pose) with Tomyris 0:03 (head raise) in his animations

[@Tytoalba777]

@@sweetbrown89 Yeah, I did notice that the animations were a bit more original than earlier in the New Frontiers pack, but I'm talking about the models compared to game launch, like Peter of Russia. Compared to other leaders, especially newer ones, Peter looks weirdly lumpy. I think the art team got more comfortable with the design of the game, and that shows with leaders like Kupe.

[@sweetbrown89]

James A Clouder those just need touch ups, as their animations are at least unique

[@marrobertx]

How come she spells "porphyrogennetos" flawlessly, but keeps saying Byzantium in a weird way?

[@GlosurDarloc]

“Y” in English is an “ee” in Greek I think

[@ДимитърИванов-ж3ъ]

That is how it is said.

[@marrobertx]

Димитър Иванов shouldn’t she stress the A?

[@ДимитърИванов-ж3ъ]

No

[@ДимитърИванов-ж3ъ]

Maybe a little bit more then she does but not much

[@Lazuli901]

Very cool! Nice to see a new Byzantine leader, despite how much I like Theodora. The playstyle certainly seems interesting, but I can't help but feel this is what Spain was intended to be, with the combination of religion and warfare. Ah well, it just goes to show some of the older civs really need a bit of a revisit.

[@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28]

Theodora wasn’t an singular Byzantine ruler she was more of a advisor, her husband was the sole ruler…

[@horsemann7354]

She ruled in her husband's stead while he was sick with the plague​@@georgefloydsfake20dollarbi28

[@ojboss7187]

My ideas for the Civilization team are the following: 1- To add a “choose your Leader" option, in which the development team are capable of making a Leaders package in which each nation is granted a series of leaders you can pick from not to be identified just by a default historical character, but to be able to choose from other historical leaders that may be distributed by that package. Each leader would grant an specific boost alongside new units or buildings to help balancing the experience. I'll give you an example: If you choose Germany before starting a whole match, you can choose between Otto Von Birsmarck, Frederick Barbarossa or Kaiser Wilhem II If you choose Rome as faction you could pick from Julius Caesar, Augustus (Octavius) or even Marcus Aurelius. If you choose Spain you can choose between Charles First of Spain also known as Charles V (Carlos V), The Cid (Rodrigo Díaz de Vivar), Felipe II and the Catholic Kings like Isabel. 2- The Development team of Civilization VI could add a new DLC or package to create a Good vs Evil mode in which certain nations would be able to developt their own culture and religious institutions in order to be ready to fight other nations that would be guided by the secret cults such as the Hermetic Brotherhood, or occultist/esoteric factions. For an example, you could developt a Roman Catholic Empire, agaisnt a Hermetic or Mythras cultist nation and in the end a group of factions from one side or another would fight either to save the world and restore peace, or to doom it and destroy it. 3- Please development team, consider the following new factions for your next New Frontiers DLC package. a) Kingdom of Jerusalem, with crusader leaders and crusading kings b) Kingdom of Romanía with Vlad Tepes as its leader c) Kingdom of Franks or Carolingian Empire with Charlemagne as its leader d) Kingdom of Hungary with Sigismund of Luxembourg e) The Ottomam Empire with Suleiman the Magnificent f) The Freemasorny Confederation, a faction that would try to conquer the world with the use of agents and spies. g) The Roman Catholic Church with the Vatican as its main City and with the quest to comquer the world by spreading the faith.

[@vargheseedwin7502]

Wait, aren't ottomans already in the game? I thought they were added in Gathering Storm.

[@Imperial_stroopwafel]

It's amazing that firaxis listens to their fans! Keep up the great work!

[@AlexeiArwinson]

Do you guys notice that Greece is now represented by three civs and four leaders? The guy has a great design BTW.

[@cyrclack5616]

5 Leaders if you count Cleopatra Which is hilarious to be frank

[@mzmaster]

Oh, this magnificent choir on the background! I am curious what will Gauls have as their theme. Anyway, it will be my pleasure to make a piano arrangement for both themes

[@Tiago-rz2hr]

Going to love Byzantium with Cruzaders Belief

[@Sforschondetta]

“You can’t go back to Constantinople” - Too soon Firaxis, too soon....

[@dango6266]

It's been 547 years.

[@mikecharnecke3087]

Can someone explain the joke to me

[@dango6266]

@@mikecharnecke3087 it's a lyric from a song that talks about how Istanbul and Constantinople are the same city and how the name was changed. In the modern era there are quite a few Byzantopliles (people who love learning about and thinking about the civilization) and the fact that it was conquered and the name was changed makes them sad.

[@Krescentwolf]

@@dango6266 So, take me back to Constantinople No, you can't go back to Constantinople Been a long time gone, Constantinople Why did Constantinople get the works? That's nobody's business but the Turks

[@SirNarax]

@@dango6266 lol

[@burningcoal5705]

This looks great! Getting my Dad Civ 6 for his 58th birthday since hes retired now and got back into Civ 3.

[@wantsomeoreos3467]

Wow the devs really love the II leaders

[@sweetbrown89]

They honestly like the “_____ the Greats” because that’s kinda how history remembers them

[@slay7584]

I broke a plate full of hot pizza when I saw the notification, I proceeded to watch this instead of cleaning

[@griffingamer8624]

This looks great. He like Poland, but 10 times better. Sorry, Jadwiga, I'm simping for Basil now.

[@andrewgeo5183]

Wanna learn something? The background song is called τη υπερμάχω στρατηγώ τα νηκητήρια

[@seandeignan6615]

Appreciate the TMBG callout =)

[@Diego-zz1df]

If you're adding Basil II, then add the Bulgarians. Not just a player can earn him his nickname (it'd be cool that when a Byzantine player destroys a Bulgarian player, the nickname is permanently added to Basil II's name), but also because the Bulgarians were one of the major balkan civilizations.

[@coffeegrounds1713]

i like how the pronunciation is always different

[@delianleague]

As a Greek i'm glad for this. Basil II the Bulgar Slayer!

[@bruh-lg6ch]

The music sounds great, it’s like each new civilization’s theme is better than the previous one

[@xldxld]

Y'all need to release the music as a single and guaranteed y'all gonna get a Grammy Award

[@marcuscumbria9398]

Finally this is the civ I'm most excited for from the pack

[@willamdafoe9300]

The hymn in the background made me cry. As a Greek we grow up listening to those hymns.

[@Atabanza]

Too much epic civs in this year, Mayas, Gran Colombia with Simón Bolívar and and now the Bizantium of Basil II :D!!!!

[@SeaCow1g]

Holy.....Yeah this civ sounds really strong. Extra great prophet points from Holy Sites = Easier time founding religion and extra faith after Great Prophet is recruited. +3 combat and religious strength for EACH holy converted and religious pressure for beating enemy units in combat means easier religion spread AND up to +15 combat/religious strength to all units! Two unique units, both of which look strong in their own right. I’m particularly intrigued by the unique Quadrireme because that units usual weakness is it only has 1 range. Giving it 2 range is huuuuge. Capturing coastal cities will be super easy with these. Light and Heavy Cavalry units do full damage to converted cities. This class of units is actually really good in warfare again (for Byzantium at least). Finally, the Hippodrome gives a free unit for being built AND every building being built.....this is crazy. Once you get to mid game and later. This Civ sounds.....crazy good.

[@marcellopes7360]

Suleiman’s reign is officially over!

[@sweetbrown89]

Uh...is anyone going to tell him...?

[@fahrettinuysal4589]

Let him have this one 🤫🙊

[@leopardhunter99]

@@sweetbrown89 Let them dream

[@headlander7119]

Nice dream :)

[@fairoboilawrence5287]

Suleiman is finished 😂😂😂

[@ZhenjaMax]

I excepted additional belief slot for Byzantium from Civ5, but it's good too

[@jaceivanova5248]

When you get the notification after you watched the video . . .

[@haramberooseveltjr.4395]

Oh shit. I was really hoping Byzantium with Basil II was coming and here it is.

[@historiadorboricua6283]

In the November DLC please we want ireland or Chile

[@ancienthistory8581]

Yes,finally someone who also wants Chile

[@historiadorboricua6283]

@@ancienthistory8581 i want Carlos Ibañez del Campo in the game

[@adriansanmartin6258]

Ellos solo ponen civilizaciones antiguas y ya estan los mapuches, si fueran a poner otra civ de sudamerica serian los Aymaras o la confederacion muisica, ademas, si fueran a poner una actual seria el impero popular socialista de Peronistan, con 100% de impuestos a el comercio exterior y cada turno tu oro se devalua.

[@pyroshrimp4073]

I want bulgaria

[@markuslang6215]

The firaxis logo is on the cufflinks?

[@burgerjoker647]

I would really like to see more religious symbols on newer updates

[@elmurodedavid]

Interesting I thought it was going to be Theodora or Irene, they were really cool. Well, I do hope we see Portugal or Austria. You know I would like to see Maria or another leader from Civ VI with the same voice actor, Dido brought back good memories.

[@anilkarakaya9343]

its actually stupid that basil is white while tamar and suleiman are really dark in the game. but in reality, they were most likely the same in terms of looks. devs probably looked at things from cultural barrier. even in that case, byzantines were very oriental and unique. constantinople steam achievement also shows the illiteracy. turks used the same name for another 450+ years. stimpol/istanbul is another greek word which was used by all citizens naturally in 19th century similarly how people dropped latin. official name changed from constantinople in 20th century based on that and only to put distance from ottomans by the republic. changing the cities name has nothing to do with ottomans.

[@arthegor]

As an Orthodox I m proud you have choosen to add Basil II and the choice of the Holy Chant on the background it is a soothin touch

[@oneaustrodude]

that Orthodox chant-off with Georgia that we've been waiting for.

[@matiasfernandez3501]

I can't wait to play Byzantium. You guys are doing a great job for Civ VI. Nice work!

[@cultmecca]

Cool. Rome got an alternate leader LOL you're a real one if you got that

[@OGWhalephant]

So do i get to recruit crusaders only to have them sack my capitol? Please?

[@halfwaydead3087]

Three years later and i wonder why no one lol'd at this banger.

[@shadedepeche2556]

Oh his play style screams “Crusader”

[@Christopher_TG]

But what's interesting is that his special ability makes it easier to conquer civs that are already following Byzantium's religion. This is actually very historically accurate as Basil II's conquests to expand the Eastern Roman Empire were mostly conquering other Eastern Orthodox realms like Bulgaria, Serbia, etc.

[@crabieralloy51]

So happy to see it's a new leader! Love Theodora and Justinian but Basil II is such a fantastic figure. Keep up the great work guys!

[@RamielLilith]

Seems Jadwiga is still top waifu, guess we can hope for the next pack for potential new one.

[@Marmychuuu]

Really hoped to see the Theodosian Walls as the unique building but the Hippodrome is pretty cool too!

[@drewbakka5265]

Is there an achievement for razing every ottoman city?

[@fahrettin223]

Wow the Temple of Zeus is the new wonder? thats so fucking awesome cant wait to hear what effects it has and Basil II with the holy chant just made New Frontier 500% more buyable!

[@l0remipsum991]

Suleiman: *nervous sweating*

[@sweetbrown89]

Well, we know how it all worked out in the real world...

[@l0remipsum991]

@@sweetbrown89 Things work differently in the game though

[@Vonnabe]

Byzantium is basically Rome with Greek culture. Everything they did (writings, traditions, names etc) was influenced by Greek culture, which is weird. I like the small reference at the end of the vid sayings "You can't go back to Constantinople" saying that is lost forever (since it's called Instabul now). The weird thing is that even though Byzantium was Roman, the Greeks are the ones that want Constantinople back.

[@Cooleatack]

It’s mostly a song reference, but yes

[@ChocholateStarFish]

Who says its lost forever? :)

[@Vonnabe]

@@ChocholateStarFish im pretty sure it is!

[@ChocholateStarFish]

Our history is shaped by many conflicts, and its not over :)

[@crazedchangeling]

Now we just need a game mode where you can only build your unique unit in a tree, but they get stronger when reaching the next tier of unit. Example, montezuma always has their eagle warriors as their melee class, but again combat strength when you "upgrade" them to swordsman, and so on. You still can make archers, a navy, etc, but your melee tree is always going to be eagle warriors that get steadily stronger, as though they were upgrading.

[@novaimperialis]

Well, technically, Byzantium did not wage any holly wars since they were more of a reconquest cassus belli than anything else. Byzantium was actually a pretty defensive heavy civ. And, also, wars were declared by the emperor and the state. Not by the Church!

[@matthewbabao9684]

Crusades, mate. historical wise

[@Christopher_TG]

@@matthewbabao9684 The Crusades were a Catholic thing, not the Orthodox Eastern Romans. Emperor Alexius when contacting the west for aid in retaking Anatolia only wanted a professional army. It was the Pope's idea to turn it into a holy war/pilgrimage.

[@matthewbabao9684]

@@Christopher_TG yes i agree thou i see them as medieval foedus in aid of the eastern romans but just like in past they can't be that trusted

[@spooner3452]

Would be nice if we got Tsar Dusan the mighty of Serbia.

[@__Hanasei__Levinus__]

the background music for this civ is so good!

[@hakonsoreide]

Why are you pronouncing the "e" in "hippodrome"? It's an English word, the "e" just indicates the "o" is a diphthong. If you want to pronounce it like it's foreign, it would be "hippodromos". Also, while I am at it, the word stress in "Byzantium" is on the second syllable... That said, this guy would be amazing if you're going for religious victory, and pretty meh for anything else.

[@Hideyoshi3241]

Hippodrome is a greek word

[@hakonsoreide]

Mironian It is of Greek origin, yes, but it’s hippodromos in Greek, hippodrome in English, and the e is not supposed to be pronounced.

[@caseyobrien7117]

I like that this adds an option for religious war domination. It can normally be tricky due to loyalty, wonder how this will play out for Byzantium

[@XenophonSoulis]

The only positive is that religion helps a little bit with loyalty (+3 in cities following your religion).