Not a serious suggestion, more idle conversation.
But sub games in civ would be pretty cool. I used to love Pirates! back in the day (might have to get a new graphics card so I can play the updated version) and that was essentially lots of subgames slotted together.
Think about the possibilities in Civ (only for fun though, as I agree, I'd rather see the main game and AI as good as possible).
But, you could have a spy subgame where you have to infiltrate a city and sabotage something, or steal planes. A sort of stealth subgame.
A real time game of course for resolving battles (completely impraticle of course, as in a bit game later on, it would take far to long to resolve everything each turn). But it could take place over a 5x5 square section of the game, so multiple military units are involved.
Oh, and a flight sim for bombing runs over enemy cities. You fly the plane in on the approach, you have to find a target and hit it before you run out of fuel, crash or get shot down. Dodging search lights in the nightsky and anti aircraft fire. Ordering wingmen to try and take out scrambled enemy fighters.
Any more?
But sub games in civ would be pretty cool. I used to love Pirates! back in the day (might have to get a new graphics card so I can play the updated version) and that was essentially lots of subgames slotted together.
Think about the possibilities in Civ (only for fun though, as I agree, I'd rather see the main game and AI as good as possible).
But, you could have a spy subgame where you have to infiltrate a city and sabotage something, or steal planes. A sort of stealth subgame.
A real time game of course for resolving battles (completely impraticle of course, as in a bit game later on, it would take far to long to resolve everything each turn). But it could take place over a 5x5 square section of the game, so multiple military units are involved.
Oh, and a flight sim for bombing runs over enemy cities. You fly the plane in on the approach, you have to find a target and hit it before you run out of fuel, crash or get shot down. Dodging search lights in the nightsky and anti aircraft fire. Ordering wingmen to try and take out scrambled enemy fighters.
Any more?