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  • #16
    Originally posted by java4me
    CivFanatics: What Wonders of the World are visible on the map, besides the Great Walls?

    Jeff Morris: We experimented with this, but ultimately found the scale was too much of an issue. When you build a wonder a gorgeous "wonder portrait" pops up over the main map. The wonders are then visible on the city aerial view screen.
    When I had read the interview I was stunned. Unbelievable! Scale is not an issue for units, nor for cities. Then suddendly scale is a problem for wonders?

    On the funny side, now we know that Windows alert can be defined by Microsoft as "gorgeous portrait" of message, the same way Firaxis define the Civ III "postcard" as "gorgeous wonder portrait"

    If Great Wall and Great Channel are out of main map view it will be another great opportunity missed by Civ III.
    Yes, I can play without many elements, but if you stretch the concept too much, what is left is still enough?

    On a game shop near my office are selling a new edition of the original "Civilisation" board game. May be I should give it a try: everything on the main map, not viable in SP but multiplayers ready out of the box...
    "We are reducing all the complexity of billions of people over 6000 years into a Civ box. Let me say: That's not only a PkZip effort....it's a real 'picture to Jpeg heavy loss in translation' kind of thing."
    - Admiral Naismith

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