It seems like the end game is so accelerated that you never get a chance to enjoy the modern age at all. It is so easy to have techs flying by every two to four turns, by the time you've made your first tanks, the modern armor is ready to go. And it doesn't really matter much, because if you've got twenty turns between getting modern armor and launching the space ship, it probably means you are playing on a tiny map.
I like the idea of the space ship victory, I don't want to remove it, but its just too easy now. I went from starting the Apollo program to launching the ship in about 20-25 turns.
The run through the gun powder units seems extremely quick too - by the time you've built a decent force of riflemen, Marines are ready to be deployed.
I don't know if its a function of the reduced prereq's or just technologies that are far too cheap, but the end game seems really rushed. I know the entire game can be slowed, but the problem isn't with production, its with gold intake and science.
Also, the cultural win seems impossible unless you dedicate yourself to every cheesy culture short cut from the very start of the game. Its not something you can decide to try for at 500 AD based on the flow of the game, you have to force the flow of the game towards a culture victory from the very start.
Is anyone else feeling disappointed with the end game?
I like the idea of the space ship victory, I don't want to remove it, but its just too easy now. I went from starting the Apollo program to launching the ship in about 20-25 turns.
The run through the gun powder units seems extremely quick too - by the time you've built a decent force of riflemen, Marines are ready to be deployed.
I don't know if its a function of the reduced prereq's or just technologies that are far too cheap, but the end game seems really rushed. I know the entire game can be slowed, but the problem isn't with production, its with gold intake and science.
Also, the cultural win seems impossible unless you dedicate yourself to every cheesy culture short cut from the very start of the game. Its not something you can decide to try for at 500 AD based on the flow of the game, you have to force the flow of the game towards a culture victory from the very start.
Is anyone else feeling disappointed with the end game?