Civilization (video game): Difference between revisions

* [[Deadpan Snarker]]: ''Civilization V'''s Civilopedia [[Lampshade Hanging|points out]] some of the more complicated and absurd parts of history that it goes over for certain entries, and is by no means above poking more fun at them if it feels warranted.

** By way of example, its entry for Fascism reads:

* [[Demoted to Extra]]: Brennus and the Celts are demoted from a playable faction in ''4'' to being AI-only barbarians in ''Revolution'', and then brought back (under Boudica) with the upcoming ''Gods & Kings'' expansion for ''5''.

* [[Development Gag]]: The screen names of Beta testers appear as Great Spies (probably because there aren't many historical great spies whose names we actually know -- [[Don't Explain the Joke|because then they wouldn't be very good spies.]])

* [[Everyone Meets Everyone]]: Normally the main action in the beginning of the game.

* [[Everyone Is Bi]]: Leaders who flirt with the player at high relation do so regardless of the gender of the leader selected by the player. Catherine the Great in ''Civilization IV'' is particularly notorious.

* [[Everything's Worse with Bears]]: Bears are the greatest menace to early explorers in ''Civilization IV''... at least until the roving barbarians get their hands on [[It Got Worse|bronze weaponry]].

* [[Exactly What It Says on the Tin]]: The aforementioned Giant Death Robot. Yes, that's the official name.

** For ''Civilization II'':

*** Trying to build a city at sea:

*** Trying to airlift naval units:

** In a slightly more serious vein, in ''Civilization V'' you get this reaction from other civilizations (and City-States) if you're too aggressive towards City-States. This wouldn't be as big a deal if it wasn't for the ''complete lack of a way to repair your reputation'' once a City-State declares war on you. They decide you're a jerk, and that's the end of it.

*** There's a single, roundabout way to repair your rep. Example: Venice is at Permanent War with you. Venice gets conquered by another civ (say, by India). Then, when you swoop in with your Giant Death Robot and kick that bastard Gandhi out of Venice, you'll be given the option (alongside the normal options of "Annex" and "Create Puppet State") to "Liberate the City." This not only returns Venice back to being a sovereign city-state, but they'll be so grateful to be rid of Gandhi's tyrannical rule that your new relationship with Venice starts with the Allied bar heavily in the blue.