Valkrionn
The Hamster King
Eh. Frankly, those were minor effects and only rewarded you for having the Holy City.
Those effects have been more or less replaced by City States (and yes, I said that too in my post on 2kforums ).
My point is, excluding mods the mechanic was crap, and could never NOT be crap since all religions were the same... And this sameness is required by politically-correct 2K. Hence, as far as Civ5 itself is concerned, trimming that particular bit of fat was a good thing.
Really though, my thoughts on Civ5 (and Civ4) are already here: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthrea....-What-is-your-thoughts&p=1342322#post1342322
Those effects have been more or less replaced by City States (and yes, I said that too in my post on 2kforums ).
My point is, excluding mods the mechanic was crap, and could never NOT be crap since all religions were the same... And this sameness is required by politically-correct 2K. Hence, as far as Civ5 itself is concerned, trimming that particular bit of fat was a good thing.
Really though, my thoughts on Civ5 (and Civ4) are already here: http://forums.2kgames.com/showthrea....-What-is-your-thoughts&p=1342322#post1342322