Are Wonders of the World, really wonderous?

[DashieBaby87]

I like the Great Library, though. I think that's the one I built. It gives you a free tech, so I grabbed Civil Service and got into the medievel era faster than everybody else.

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[ezzlar]

Really, many wonders are just fantastic monuments without real effects. For example, what does the Tour Eiffel really do? Nothing. Its just a fantastic building. Culture and tourism.

 

[padlock]

I don't know. It seems that Cristo Redentor is almost a necessity when going for a cultural win.

 

[LarzJG]

In game terms, it's not a good thing that you care less about the wonders this time around. You want players to care and get heart palpitations, not the other way around.

I would imagine this might change over time, tho, when you start building long-term strategies around getting a specific wonder...

 

[Louis XXIV]

I like these wonder's effects and being able to see them being constructed but I miss the movies.

The paintings are really cool looking, however. The quotes are also nice, but don't always feel appropriate for the wonder.

 

[boredatwork]

I preffer the paintings to Civ4 style movies which I always thought were meh but I still miss the Civ2 style movies.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Civ2 wonder movies were amazing. Civ4's movies don't compare. I actually feel this gets closer to the spirit of the Civ2 wonders, which were about the awe of the wonder, not some CGI building of it.

 

[Neato]

In game terms, it's not a good thing that you care less about the wonders this time around. You want players to care and get heart palpitations, not the other way around.

I would imagine this might change over time, tho, when you start building long-term strategies around getting a specific wonder...

I see what you're saying, but sometimes games at higher difficulty levels in IV were nigh impossible if you couldn't build a couple of the wonders pertinent to your strategy/gambit and I didn't like how games could fall apart almost instantly because of a lack of a wonder.

Then again, higher difficulty levels of V, which I haven't tried yet (I like starting slow to learn things), might make wonders more key, and they might feel more important and wonderful and necessary. Not sure, though.