Villages from Civ IV

[R0gue]

I wonder why they removed this feature from Civ V.

It was nice, to see your city grow with the villages. The borders expanded with the city, and showed as little villages. Making your capital look like a capital.

Also I wonder why they removed the graphic feature of viewing your city buildings, you could actually point out the building of the city.

Now the city, just shows you a list of the buildings and your boundaries.

I like the graphical changes, where you see your wonders in the world map.

 

[VainoValkea]

I don't wonder about the removal of individual building graphics at all - creating 3D models for all buildings is a lot of work and not necessary for gameplay.

 

[Ximixanga]

I wonder why they removed this feature from Civ V.

It was nice, to see your city grow with the villages. The borders expanded with the city, and showed as little villages. Making your capital look like a capital.

Also I wonder why they removed the graphic feature of viewing your city buildings, you could actually point out the building of the city.

Now the city, just shows you a list of the buildings and your boundaries.

I like the graphical changes, where you see your wonders in the world map.

I don't remember this being a feature in any previous iterations of Civ V. Are you perhaps referring to the cottages from IV? I liked that they'd eventually grow into hamlets and eventually towns as time went on and they developed. I think the closest thing to cottages in Civilization V would be the trading posts, as they serve the same function and also look somewhat like a small town or settlement.

 

[pilot00]

I don't wonder about the removal of individual building graphics at all - creating 3D models for all buildings is a lot of work and not necessary for gameplay.

It could be done at a nice 2D setting no problem at all. But I agree that its not necessary for gameplay, aesthetic touches are great and always welcome though. The best city screens ever were in Heroes of Might and Magic 5.