2 cents on cIV from a vet...

[Shigga]

I think he was including CTP as outside the normal Civ box, not as being the oldest...

Venger

You got ir right. Of course I started with civ 1+2, even played civNET.

Re: the slow-mo unit movement -- try moving units with the right-click pathfinder thingie rather than using the number pad. That way they just zip right over to where they're going.

Been there, done that I also turned the Quick Moves on but sometimes, especially when right-clicking on an adjacent tile, the unit moves like it wades in jelly. It's really rather funny looking but a little annoying after a time

 

[Shigga]

I think the graphics really improve the whole game experience immeasurably over the previous Civ incarnations. Much more atmospheric, much more detailed, and everything's easier to distinguish and recognise than before.

Concerning the different terrains, I agree. BUT- the resources are a lot harder to distinguish than in civ3, the gravest exapmples: bananas, corn + silk, inscense, silver + stone + iron. Had a silk for ages right next to my capital but didn't see it and the workers were too dumb to connect it. Annoying, that was.