These anomalies take the place of Civ V‘s “Natural Wonders,” being both visually distinct and providing resource boosts. On the topic interesting visual aspects, the anomalies in Endless Legend are some of those fascinating and exotic titles that really stand out – on stock settings for world generation, you’ll have two to three in any given region, sometimes multiple in close proximity. First, I think it looks a lot more vibrant, lush, and alive than Civ V: the color pallets make the important areas of a region “pop” a bit more, and the more subdued colors used for general terrain (plains, mountains, deserts) help provide contrast to the more fascinating and exotic tiles Civ V has bright colors, but they’re all bright, and none of them look that special.

So before we get into any of the fun stuff, let’s talk about some of the personal stuff – by which I mean, let’s go into a quick rundown of the more “subjective” aspects of Endless Legend that really appeal to me. Despite this modest investment in the genre, I’d like to discuss exactly how Endless Legend gets so many things right, and how it brought me back to enjoying 4X after the Civilization series eventually fell flat, because I think that’s the true success story of Endless Legend: it takes the Civilization formula, and improves upon it for modestly invested 4X players. I have friends who have close to 2000 hours in Civ V. I have played enough to understand the flow of the game, and generally be better at Endless Legend than my friends who have half or less of my play time I am by no means an expert, or even good.

I feel it’s important to start this discussion of Endless Legend and the Civilization series by saying I’m not a huge 4X (eXpand, eXplore, eXploit, eXterminate) player – I have 58 hours in Endless Legend and its expansions, 116 hours in Civilization V ( Civ V moving forward) and its expansions, and 30 hours in the base game of Civilization: Beyond Earth.

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