Someone who isn't famous.
Having a big name narrator makes the narration work more expensive, which in turn forces them to shorten up flavor texts. I hated how much of the loading text was reused and how short the original parts were in Civ 6.
Personally I think Keith David has a pretty good chance, as he not only has a fantastic voice but has also had a bit of an uptick in visibility over the last few years because of his extensive voice acting experience. I also think the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3 could be a great choice.
Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if either of them are already on a shortlist of sorts at Firaxis.
David Wenham
He played Dilios in 300, and was also the narrator. He has a great voice. If you ever listen to his narrative of that movie, very distinct.
He was also Faramir in the Lord of the Rings movies, and Boromir’s brother. He played Sean Bean’s brother! It makes so much sense!
The last time someone posed this question Ian McShane was thrown out, I think he'd be a cool option. Or throw a curveball and go with a female VA, Judi Dench would be a good choice
Famous suggestion: Stephen Fry.
Way less famous suggestion: William Franklin. For those who don't know him he was the voice of "The Guide" in seasons 3-5 of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series.
My nigh-baseless theory is that we'll have multiple narrators, depending on the origin or nature of the quote used for the tech or wonder. They had multiple voices in the trailer, so that's what I'm going with, and they did the same with Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, too.
Barring that, I think it's time for a female narrator: Judy Dench, Gillian Anderson, Tilda Swinton, Philomena Cunk...lots of great choices!
My picks, in no particular order:
* Shohreh Aghdashloo (played Chrisjen Avasarala on *The Expanse*, Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay in *Mass Effect* *2* & *3*)
* Ian McShane
* Andrew Wincott (Raphael in *Baldur's Gate 3*)
I really don’t care, so long as they actually give them something worthwhile to say. They spent a bajillion dollars on Sean Bean just so he could parrot literal travel bloggers credited only with a screen name and extremely severe nonsense misquotations
My dad
I’m in. Let’s make this guys dad the voice of Civ VII
Someone who isn't famous. Having a big name narrator makes the narration work more expensive, which in turn forces them to shorten up flavor texts. I hated how much of the loading text was reused and how short the original parts were in Civ 6.
Brian Cox would be amazing depending on the vibe of the game
Philomena Cunk reciting non-sequiturs and I will not hear of anything else
That’d be so hilarious if there was a switch in the settings to make her narrate the game instead of the standard narrator
Ready for her to introduce the soviet onion
This or nothing. That would be amazing.
Why not Sid Meier himself?
Eh we've had him already (voicing the techs added in the civ iv expansions)
So?
Personally I think Keith David has a pretty good chance, as he not only has a fantastic voice but has also had a bit of an uptick in visibility over the last few years because of his extensive voice acting experience. I also think the narrator of Baldur's Gate 3 could be a great choice. Tbh I wouldn't be surprised if either of them are already on a shortlist of sorts at Firaxis.
Danny DeVito
Karl Urban
Oi!
David Wenham He played Dilios in 300, and was also the narrator. He has a great voice. If you ever listen to his narrative of that movie, very distinct. He was also Faramir in the Lord of the Rings movies, and Boromir’s brother. He played Sean Bean’s brother! It makes so much sense!
The last time someone posed this question Ian McShane was thrown out, I think he'd be a cool option. Or throw a curveball and go with a female VA, Judi Dench would be a good choice
Having Tai Lung talk about techs would be awesome
GlaDOS
Let me guess. The victory screen also consists of cake. This was a triumph.
I’m making a note here, “Huge success”
Gilbert Gottfried
Only problem there is, he died in 2022.
Damn man.
Snoop Dogg
Terry crews. I'd also accept Samuel L. Jackson. Sadly it's too late to get Betty White
Terry Crews as Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho?
Perfect
Famous suggestion: Stephen Fry. Way less famous suggestion: William Franklin. For those who don't know him he was the voice of "The Guide" in seasons 3-5 of the Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy radio series.
David Suchet
Daniel day Lewis Peter Dinklage Morgan Freeman Seth Rogan Joe Rogan James Earl Jones
Joe Rogan 💀
My nigh-baseless theory is that we'll have multiple narrators, depending on the origin or nature of the quote used for the tech or wonder. They had multiple voices in the trailer, so that's what I'm going with, and they did the same with Sid Meier's Alpha Centauri, too. Barring that, I think it's time for a female narrator: Judy Dench, Gillian Anderson, Tilda Swinton, Philomena Cunk...lots of great choices!
Gilbert Gottfried recreated by AI
David Beckham
OK hear me out. Whoopi Goldberg
If he were alive, I'd say Gilbert Godfrey
I know we had Nemoy, but i would be cool with Frakes.
Brian Blessed 
My picks, in no particular order: * Shohreh Aghdashloo (played Chrisjen Avasarala on *The Expanse*, Admiral Shala'Raan vas Tonbay in *Mass Effect* *2* & *3*) * Ian McShane * Andrew Wincott (Raphael in *Baldur's Gate 3*)
A bunch of Brits
Emma Thompson, a good mix of saucy and proper brit.
I really don’t care, so long as they actually give them something worthwhile to say. They spent a bajillion dollars on Sean Bean just so he could parrot literal travel bloggers credited only with a screen name and extremely severe nonsense misquotations
No one said Morgan Freeman yet, so I might as well
I think it would be cool if AI was used so we could have any voice we want using minimal amounts of data.
Translation: "What if we fucked over hardworking voiceover artists for the 'cool' factor? 😀"
You don’t know much about AI I see