+ Comfy 2.5D graphics
+ Charming things lost in later games: create-your-own palace, city view, and leaders' outfits changing through the ages (Genghis Khan in a suit!)
+ First in series to introduce culture, cultural victories
+ First in series to introduce unique civ traits
+ Happiness is city-by-city instead of global
+ Challenging combat; beating AI at Prince is harder than Civ V Immortal

- This game is REALLY hard. If you normally play Warlord/Prince on Civ 5/6, you will not even survive the ancient era. 200 hours in I can only beat Emperor (normal)
- Combat can get tedious because of unit stacking, late game is a nightmare
- Building "tall" is not possible. You will get steamrolled if you have 4 cities to the AI's 32
- UI is just "OK" but if you've played Civ you'll get it

Anecdotal, but I had almost zero problem getting this running on Windows 10/11.

+ Comfy 2.5D graphics + Charming things lost in later games: create-your-own palace, city view, and leaders' outfits changing through the ages (Genghis Khan in a suit!) + First in series to introduce culture, cultural victories + First in series to introduce unique civ traits + Happiness is city-by-city instead of global + Challenging combat; beating AI at Prince is harder than Civ V Immortal - This game is REALLY hard. If you normally play Warlord/Prince on Civ 5/6, you will not even survive the ancient era. 200 hours in I can only beat Emperor (normal) - Combat can get tedious because of unit stacking, late game is a nightmare - Building "tall" is not possible. You will get steamrolled if you have 4 cities to the AI's 32 - UI is just "OK" but if you've played Civ you'll get it Anecdotal, but I had almost zero problem getting this running on Windows 10/11.