Awesome / Civilization

• This line from Queen Victoria if you capture England in Civilization VI.
  "This severe and affiliating loss will not be sustained, and England, thank providence, will ascend again."
• From VI: Sean Bean - a.k.a. Richard Sharpe - surely counts as a Shout-Out with this line:
  "Worry not over the possibility of defeat for your loyal redcoats and overwhelming navy will surely carry the day."
• In the VI expansion Rise and Fall, Golden Ages have been reworked, such that your achievements in each era decide whether your civ falls into a Dark Age or a Golden Age. Well, what happens if you jump from a Dark Age straight into a Golden Age? You've not only come back from what was likely your civ's Darkest Hour, you've come out of it stronger and more triumphant than ever, entering a Heroic Age that allows you to choose three of the four available dedications instead of just one. The achievement for scoring one, appropriately enough, quotes Napoléon Bonaparte with "victory belongs to the most persevering".
• The quotes you get when you unlock a technology are frequently badass, especially in Civ IV and Civ V, where they're voiced by Leonard Nimoy and Morgan Sheppard respectively. One from V, however, deserves special mention. Upon researching Lasers, and thus unlocking Modern Armor and Jet Fighters, you're treated to the following:
  "The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armor of light." - The Holy Bible: Romans 13:12

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