Huitzilopochtli calls !
For this review, I'm playing Montezuma.
Aztecs have eagle warriors, who can capture enemy troops and convert them to builders.
I'm planning on not upgrading my eagle warriors, so I can capture troops in later stages of the game.
A unique ability is, that my builders can boost the construction of a district.
I started with
- standard size map
- difficulty: king
- continents
- domination and score victory
I liked the starting position:
A new feature is the eureka and inspiration events, which grant you a boost in science or civic:
If you plan it well, you can get a significant advantage over the AI.
I managed to fight of the Romans, who decided to attack me.
I captured some of their warriors as builders and declared a surprise war on Arabia, when they left a settler unprotected.
Also I keep leveling my troops, by fighting of the barbarians.
Note: You can't capture them as builders
I have 3 cities now - I used the captured settler to build Xochicalco. (Xochi) and then declared peace again.
My cities have two lakes in their territory, so I will try to build that special Aztec lake wonder.
I lost the race for the first prophet and I will have to try and get the second one, so I can fund a religion.
I plan for a time of peace, as I'm trying to build up the districts.
The next part will contain more details about districts and envoys.
I also need two more cities, because I don't have access to an ocean yet and I need to build one on the lower lake, still.
I still enjoy the game:
- It has nice music, too
- I did not encounter any bugs or crashes
- it seems balanced and the maps seem to be well adjusted to your civ
It lacks a good statistics tab, but maybe that gets revealed with espionage later.
As a fan of the original civ games, I'm still sceptical towards it.
It will not recreate the epic feeling of the older parts, but it's still a good game.
I find it much better than part V.
I will keep playing and writing about it :)