Working backwards, however, there were still Highland regiments in the British army at the time of Waterloo, and they were among the most trusted soldiers of Wellington. It has since had a resurgence in popularity since it's what modern Scots consider to be their national image (even if your standard person from Edinburgh most likely has more English heritage than Highland), and this this coupled with Hollywood representations of Scottish history would be why a Highlander-themed Scotland civ might be viable commercially.

I would find it hard to do this civ without giving them a religious bent which seems a little played out.Ĭlick to expand.It depends on the point in history by Victoria's time (reference since she's in-game) the Gaelic culture was pushed right back into the Highlands and into marginal importance. Old/Middle Irish is pretty well-attested so the language wouldn't be a problem. The leader choice here could be Brian Boru. Finding a translator and speaker for Gaulish might be difficult but I don't think it would be impossible.Īnother choice is to make a Gaelic or Irish civ. On top of that you can have Vercingetorix as a personality, I'm surprised he hasn't been in civ yet. The obvious choice for a replacement faction would be the Gauls, both because they are particularly representative of the Iron Age Celtic peoples than insular areas and also because they 'missed out' last game. Leader abilities with unique units like Teddy Roosevelt would be more ideal. I feel the Pericles/Gorgo dichotomy was a bit lacking, as did Firaxis apparently seeing as they opted to make Macedon a whole new civ. The multiple leader aspect could also be used, depending on the degree to which they would allow the leader ability to vary.

In my opinion it would be better to replace the Celtic civ with one of its subsets (leaving aside some people would rather not have any at all). It also didn't feature much if anything in the way of the Gauls which is pretty egregious. The city list feels like a committee design with exactly 1/6th of the list dedicated to each modern Celtic nation, with a totally unrelated leader choice etc. Civ V's implementation was notably poor with respect to the cosmetic elements. It seems inevitable that Civ VI will have a Celtic faction, the only question is how they should be implemented.

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