Sid Meier's Rule of 33s

[Junuxx]

Well the reused material is ... the basics of Civ? You know build city, make colony, research things, build stuff, and make war? Oh and lastly; Let the modders fix the game for us, after all it is cheaper than us doing it.

Things like Dan Quayle and Ethelred the Unready. "..a civilization that will stand the test of time". Yellow Egyptians. Four councillors. There are plenty little tributes to earlier civ games that are not just basic game mechanics.