I played 2 games and am now in a third game and I bought the game last saturday so it must be good.
The first game I played on 'chieftain' level and followed always the recommendations of the AI for build options. Not a good idea... (I won but only because time ran out...)
The second game I played on warlord and by then I had a quick look in the manual and took building in my own hands (was BTW on an earth map). I went for a space race victory and that was very easy, no wars though, never neede one since I had all the resources I needed and also sufficient land to expand). I am now playing on warlord again but on a generated map to see if remains that easy.
What I did lack was the possibility to specify that certain cities don't have to build workers, settler, offensive weapons etc. and wasn't there a throne room?
It is possible that I just need to discover this during later games or on a higher difficulty level. (I am still in the discovery mode )
The first game I played on 'chieftain' level and followed always the recommendations of the AI for build options. Not a good idea... (I won but only because time ran out...)
The second game I played on warlord and by then I had a quick look in the manual and took building in my own hands (was BTW on an earth map). I went for a space race victory and that was very easy, no wars though, never neede one since I had all the resources I needed and also sufficient land to expand). I am now playing on warlord again but on a generated map to see if remains that easy.
What I did lack was the possibility to specify that certain cities don't have to build workers, settler, offensive weapons etc. and wasn't there a throne room?
It is possible that I just need to discover this during later games or on a higher difficulty level. (I am still in the discovery mode )