An homage to the greatness of Simcity 4

[EdenMaster]

Originally posted by A Black Falcon
National borders? You mean showing them on the map, of course. Civ II has them implemented similarly, just without lines... yes, putting the lines on the map was a huge improvement in the series for sure. Nice thing brought from Alpha Centauri.

I also hate how you cannot irrigate from the ocean. I've been in games where I'm surrounded by mountains and ocean with no rivers so I cannot irrigate. That is just idiotic...

Civ II had no borders, I hated that. You have a nice little continent going, then some other Civ comes and puts in little 1 and 2 population cities everywhere, mooching off your irrigation and mines. The new national borders were the best thing they did for this game. Period. I also love taking over enemy cities with my massive culture scores :).

Civ is all about realism. Finding real advances, building real things, and controlling a real group of people. Try growing crops with ocean water. See how far you get. If I start too far from a river, I quit and start over and hope for a better draw. One game I found my capital surrounded by mountains full of gems and a river below. What a nice game that was...