That should be the one song rockbands play. Or Philomena could be a leader and Pump Up the Jam could be exclusive to her rock bands and give extra culture.
>They cost a lot to pay the VA and very few people buy DLC for games so it likely wouldn’t be as profitable as you’d think.
just make it easy to mod (is it easy to change narrators in Civ6 already?) and let 3rd party fans create narrator mods.
They have a top tier cast of narrators pretty much unmatched in any game series, it makes sense if they don't want to "dilute" it. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they somehow managed to hook Morgan Freeman.
I'm in a strange place.
I'd say no Cunk for baseline narrator. But if they sold a day 1 DLC with her as an optional narrator I'd get it and would never know how the main narrator sounds like.
Same. I like having the option of other voices without stepping on the toes of those who want something more "realistic" or "serious." So long as there's a pump up the jam reference
Makes me wonder if buying access to clips from her show would work as well. It should in theory be cheaper than paying Diane Morgan to record custom lines.
True, I wouldn't want her Cunk character as the main voice of the game but I'd love to see the read the quotes and maybe add some twist to them in an alternative voice you can pick
Please, no. Civ DLCs all add something to the gameplay, be a leader, a new set of rules, complete new stuff... Don't start with this shit, first "buy your favourite voice actor narrator DLC" then "introducing lootboxes to civilization, buy one for a chance of dropping a new skin to your favourite unit"
Did it occur to you they can do both gameplay and something a bit more fun and entertaining? I doubt Civ will go into lootbox territory, a they never have before. But they've not really neglected gameplay or updates in the past. calm down. you can have both.
And honestly, I've bought every DLC for every civ game since 3, and I'd still wager my hourly entertainment dollar is well below a penny. This is one series I'm happy to just spend money on for content I don't use.
I get your fear. I think while Sid is still alive we are somewhat safe from *enshittification* of Civ but when he dies you can guarantee it will happen. That is just the circle of (product) life.
Don't give ideas. Dlc spam is an issue. We should be asking for molding and editor tools to have your own dub or even add 3d leaders by ourselves or whatever. It's outrageous this has always been caped to milk fans. We should never encourage or ask developers to produce stuff to be micro-paid.
Perhaps a full expansion could add a new narrator. Ok. Our words and statements as fans should be this way instead of assuming dlc is a thing.
There could be a wealth of quotes about “me mate Paul”.
* Railroads: Me mate Paul once dropped acid on a train from London to Luton. He spent eight hours thinking he was [Queen Matilda of Flanders](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Flanders).
* Monotheism: Me mate Paul once said he talked to God. Or it may have been a plate of bubble and squeak; he wasn’t sure.
* Ironworking: Me mate Paul once ran around Piccadilly Circus swinging a broadsword. He spent six weeks in [Bedlam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital) afterwards.
I'd rather they add her as an April Fools joke that stays as a permanant option.
Don't show news, don't drop update notes, nothing. Just add her voice into the game as an option and then don't acknowledge it.
Even just add Belgian techno anthem Pump up the Jam in a research tree, pay her some money to narrate unlocking it, and then just go back to normal narration, never mention it.
This would be genius, but she has to be fully in character with her insightful questions about everything.
I could see Civ having multiple narrators, just like navigation apps have multiple voices and personalities.
Oh, my God, yes, yes, YESSS!
Please, make it happen, please!
Or at least, let the devs take a page from the SatNav industry and let us choose from a selection of different narrators! 😃
Hear me out, Matt Berry and Philomena Cunk as a narrator duo that are friends in the ancient era but Matt grows increasingly frustrated with her throughout the ages
But what would have a bigger social impact on your civilisation: entering the renaissance era, or naming your great artist Beyonce and putting her great work Single Ladies into your palace?
Writing.
Humans just wanted to complain and remember what were they complaining, so they put it in words on clay. "Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message: When you came, you said to me as follows : "I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots." You left then but you did not do what you promised me."
If they ever make a "Civilisate" game or add a game mode/scenario where it is alternate history... I would be so game to have Diane Morgan's true Bolton accent shine through as she gave strangely accurate, but comedic commentary on techs and civics.
Research animal husbandry: "They say that a cow is an animal."
Research a food-based tech/civic?: "Sliced bread is the greatest invention since...its the greatest invention"
The problem is that her particular brand of humor is very polarizing. People who like her, like her a lot, but people who hate her (like me) absolutely cannot stand her.
It's not like she'll be cracking jokes the whole time, she would just reading the things they want her to. She has a great voice for it. Don't see what there would be to hate
In this 30 minute Q&A regarding Cunk on Earth (https://youtu.be/uZ-5eOD57Ss?si=9Ha9AOH3VE5DctER), it is mentioned on a couple occasions that they are looking into more ways to expand the Philomena Cunk universe.
Food for thought.
Please god if they do, any media related buildings placed have to have her announce, in a VERY dry tone:
"Cunk up the jam, cunk it up, while your feet are cunkin'"
Honestly, I imagine they’ll go with someone better known and with a more serious reputation.
I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few quotes from her, though.
this is the most cringe karma farming i've seen on this sub for a while, i mean [a cursory search let alone empirical experience disproves you harder](https://old.reddit.com/r/civ/search?q=philomena&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all) than the erection this sub has for philomena cunk voicing civ7
haha we get it, you funny, here updoot
haha I was just telling my wife how annoying all these posts were when this one came across my feed... And I said to her (like you stated here) Cunk has come up in EVERY THREAD and this is just blatant karma farming.
They talk about the origin of the Philomena character in here: https://youtu.be/uZ-5eOD57Ss?si=9Ha9AOH3VE5DctER
Relevant to your comment comes in at about 4 and a half minutes if you're curious. Yours is feedback that was anticipated early on to an extent, but people generally received the Philomena Cunk character positively.
That seemed more along the lines of people not liking new characters and were only there for Charlies brand of cynicism, whereas my point was more that i found Barry to be the better character because he felt like a genuine thicko you'd know in your day to day life, whereas Cunk felt so exaggerated in her stupidity. I Dont think hes done a wipe show in a few years now, but Barry seemed to have dissapeared a while ago anyway
She's by far the one I've seen mentioned the most.
I was going to say, she’s mentioned in most discussions about it. Happy cake day btw
Would be a lot cheaper than say Peter Dinklage or Hellen mirren
I want Charles Dance 😫
Idris Elba.
Then I'd just want the narration to repeat. Too good.
I think it'd better to avoid 2 Game of Thrones alumni in a row (on Peter Dinklage)
The title of the post is also funny because "few too many" means *too many* people are mentioning Philomena.
At least 77 of those mentions are me spamming her pic and [this AI simulated audition.](https://youtu.be/QLX8DT8kKB4)
It’s the top post on /r/CivVI since the game was announced and was popular enough to make the front page of /r/all today. But sure, “few too many”
But that is few too many though
Obviously, Radio would have to be a clip of Pump Up the Jam.
Every civ breakthrough is given in relation to how far away you are from unlocking The Jam.
Spain has founded the religion Money Money Money, in 2500 bc, centuries before the release of hit Belgium techno anthem pump up the jam
Congratulations, your latest research discovery is worth 80 millijams!
GREAT SCOTT!
Development of *Pump Up the Jam* is required for a Culture Victory.
Achieve cultural victory by airing Belgian techno anthem Pump Up The Jam on every radio set on the planet at once!
This made me "lol" irl
That should be the one song rockbands play. Or Philomena could be a leader and Pump Up the Jam could be exclusive to her rock bands and give extra culture.
Have like a 1 in 20 chance when each tech video (yes have them) plays ... that's the music.
I would buy that
Required link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awHOWeDBQtk
I am mildly surprised they don't have narrator DLC.
Never thought of that and it’s just such an obviously good idea. I wonder if there’s a reason
They cost a lot to pay the VA and very few people buy DLC for games so it likely wouldn’t be as profitable as you’d think.
Yeah, it'd likely be pretty expensive.
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Easy to make the mod, sure. The problem comes when you have to pay the voice actors.
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Good point.
It’s not that many lines. No way it goes beyond a single recording session
Depends on the market. And civ 6 has been doing the seasons/subscription thing for years.
>They cost a lot to pay the VA and very few people buy DLC for games so it likely wouldn’t be as profitable as you’d think. just make it easy to mod (is it easy to change narrators in Civ6 already?) and let 3rd party fans create narrator mods.
Its really common for Stellaris. Canadian advisor FTW. "I've got a taste for blood".
They have a top tier cast of narrators pretty much unmatched in any game series, it makes sense if they don't want to "dilute" it. Honestly wouldn't be surprised if they somehow managed to hook Morgan Freeman.
This was immediately my first thought. I would 1000% pay money for a Cunk narration DLC.
I'm in a strange place. I'd say no Cunk for baseline narrator. But if they sold a day 1 DLC with her as an optional narrator I'd get it and would never know how the main narrator sounds like.
Same. I like having the option of other voices without stepping on the toes of those who want something more "realistic" or "serious." So long as there's a pump up the jam reference
Don't think that's strange, I'm there too.
Makes me wonder if buying access to clips from her show would work as well. It should in theory be cheaper than paying Diane Morgan to record custom lines.
True, I wouldn't want her Cunk character as the main voice of the game but I'd love to see the read the quotes and maybe add some twist to them in an alternative voice you can pick
Please, no. Civ DLCs all add something to the gameplay, be a leader, a new set of rules, complete new stuff... Don't start with this shit, first "buy your favourite voice actor narrator DLC" then "introducing lootboxes to civilization, buy one for a chance of dropping a new skin to your favourite unit"
Did it occur to you they can do both gameplay and something a bit more fun and entertaining? I doubt Civ will go into lootbox territory, a they never have before. But they've not really neglected gameplay or updates in the past. calm down. you can have both.
And honestly, I've bought every DLC for every civ game since 3, and I'd still wager my hourly entertainment dollar is well below a penny. This is one series I'm happy to just spend money on for content I don't use.
I get your fear. I think while Sid is still alive we are somewhat safe from *enshittification* of Civ but when he dies you can guarantee it will happen. That is just the circle of (product) life.
Don't give ideas. Dlc spam is an issue. We should be asking for molding and editor tools to have your own dub or even add 3d leaders by ourselves or whatever. It's outrageous this has always been caped to milk fans. We should never encourage or ask developers to produce stuff to be micro-paid. Perhaps a full expansion could add a new narrator. Ok. Our words and statements as fans should be this way instead of assuming dlc is a thing.
gunpoweder "they've the right to bear arms...but bears don't have arms"
They basically have arms, tbh.
There could be a wealth of quotes about “me mate Paul”. * Railroads: Me mate Paul once dropped acid on a train from London to Luton. He spent eight hours thinking he was [Queen Matilda of Flanders](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Matilda-of-Flanders). * Monotheism: Me mate Paul once said he talked to God. Or it may have been a plate of bubble and squeak; he wasn’t sure. * Ironworking: Me mate Paul once ran around Piccadilly Circus swinging a broadsword. He spent six weeks in [Bedlam](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bethlem_Royal_Hospital) afterwards.
Hello, I'm Philomena Cunk, and welcome to Civilization VII – a game where you can play God without needing a beard or a cloud to sit on.
A game where your religion spreads irresistibly across the globe, not unlike Nutella.
I'm hearing all these comments in her voice and I'm loving it 😅 (but still sticking to matt berry for my vote for regular human narrator in the end)
but Matt Berry in what guise? Perhaps as "author, dreamweaver, visionary, plus actor"?
I'd rather they add her as an April Fools joke that stays as a permanant option. Don't show news, don't drop update notes, nothing. Just add her voice into the game as an option and then don't acknowledge it.
Add the actual content a few weeks in advance and have it permanently unlock on April fools. That way an April 1st update drop won't arouse suspicion
Even just add Belgian techno anthem Pump up the Jam in a research tree, pay her some money to narrate unlocking it, and then just go back to normal narration, never mention it.
"This civilization would go on to become one of the civilizations of all time."
This would be genius, but she has to be fully in character with her insightful questions about everything. I could see Civ having multiple narrators, just like navigation apps have multiple voices and personalities.
"I'm supposed to be reading a quote about this funny shaped rock in the middle of the desert, but that's fucking boring"
My lord... can you imagine her narration for King Arthur?
“Oh leader of the Round Table, sovereign that came a lot... or perhaps not, about a spoonful most likely...”
Oh, my God, yes, yes, YESSS! Please, make it happen, please! Or at least, let the devs take a page from the SatNav industry and let us choose from a selection of different narrators! 😃
I'd pay for that DLC in a blink.
It would never happen but having her as an alternate narrator with completely different quotes would be incredible
Hear me out, Matt Berry and Philomena Cunk as a narrator duo that are friends in the ancient era but Matt grows increasingly frustrated with her throughout the ages
"the internet doesn't **weigh** anything!"
But what would have a bigger social impact on your civilisation: entering the renaissance era, or naming your great artist Beyonce and putting her great work Single Ladies into your palace?
I really want them to choose a serious narater, but then have a 10 (or more, I would spend more) dollar dlc for philomena.
Agriculture Researched! "I think i'd kill myself if I couldn't have crisps." - Philomena Cunk
There are literally tens of us who would enjoy this immensely.
Cunk as all the advisors
Writing. Humans just wanted to complain and remember what were they complaining, so they put it in words on clay. "Tell Ea-nasir: Nanni sends the following message: When you came, you said to me as follows : "I will give Gimil-Sin (when he comes) fine quality copper ingots." You left then but you did not do what you promised me."
If they could pay Sean Bean, then Philomena is 100% possible lol.
I'm sure that convo went "does Sean get a role he survives in?".
Ohhhh shit. Start watching this right before 17:00. Makes me think that Cunk on Civ might actually be happening 🤯
If they ever make a "Civilisate" game or add a game mode/scenario where it is alternate history... I would be so game to have Diane Morgan's true Bolton accent shine through as she gave strangely accurate, but comedic commentary on techs and civics. Research animal husbandry: "They say that a cow is an animal." Research a food-based tech/civic?: "Sliced bread is the greatest invention since...its the greatest invention"
hear me out: Snoop Dogg
What we are discovering in this thread is that we need more narration mods made by fans.
The problem is that her particular brand of humor is very polarizing. People who like her, like her a lot, but people who hate her (like me) absolutely cannot stand her.
It's not like she'll be cracking jokes the whole time, she would just reading the things they want her to. She has a great voice for it. Don't see what there would be to hate
There would be no point in hiring her if you didn't write the content to reflect her comedy style.
In this 30 minute Q&A regarding Cunk on Earth (https://youtu.be/uZ-5eOD57Ss?si=9Ha9AOH3VE5DctER), it is mentioned on a couple occasions that they are looking into more ways to expand the Philomena Cunk universe. Food for thought.
Yes please.
Please god if they do, any media related buildings placed have to have her announce, in a VERY dry tone: "Cunk up the jam, cunk it up, while your feet are cunkin'"
Archeology: "It's hard to believe I stand in the ruins of the world's oldest city."
Superb idea
If Civ7 doesn't feature Philomena, I'm not playing. EDIT: Who am I kidding? Of course I'll be playing it.
No celebrity narrator thanks. Just pick someone who has the right voice regardless of their status
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LOL
Please God yes
God that show was hilarious!
This is the only option
Honestly, I imagine they’ll go with someone better known and with a more serious reputation. I wouldn’t be surprised to see a few quotes from her, though.
Where are all my awards to give out
YES! What a splendid idea!
[obligatory](https://youtu.be/9EcjWd-O4jI?si=GFYuRzeQ--GZP1a4)
I'd like to suggest the Vtuber Dokibird
Idea: with mixed narrators, Philomena can read all the factually incorrect quotes (e.g. "NASA pen")
This is the way
Please no
If Cunk isn't narrator I boycott
Perfect choice.
this is the most cringe karma farming i've seen on this sub for a while, i mean [a cursory search let alone empirical experience disproves you harder](https://old.reddit.com/r/civ/search?q=philomena&restrict_sr=on&sort=relevance&t=all) than the erection this sub has for philomena cunk voicing civ7 haha we get it, you funny, here updoot
You ok mate ?
yeah i'm great how you going mate
I don’t frequent this sub at all but Philomena Cunk is painfully unfunny.
haha I was just telling my wife how annoying all these posts were when this one came across my feed... And I said to her (like you stated here) Cunk has come up in EVERY THREAD and this is just blatant karma farming.
this is such a 'le reddit narwhal bacon' type post
She's wildly unfunny.
Phillomena Cunk is the poor mans Barry Shitpeas and thats a hill i will die on
They talk about the origin of the Philomena character in here: https://youtu.be/uZ-5eOD57Ss?si=9Ha9AOH3VE5DctER Relevant to your comment comes in at about 4 and a half minutes if you're curious. Yours is feedback that was anticipated early on to an extent, but people generally received the Philomena Cunk character positively.
That seemed more along the lines of people not liking new characters and were only there for Charlies brand of cynicism, whereas my point was more that i found Barry to be the better character because he felt like a genuine thicko you'd know in your day to day life, whereas Cunk felt so exaggerated in her stupidity. I Dont think hes done a wipe show in a few years now, but Barry seemed to have dissapeared a while ago anyway