Tlatoani: Aztec Cities Reviews

This is a great game already in the current state with much potential. Highly recommend to try it if you like classical city builders like Caesar, Pharaoh etc! My favorite classical ancient city builder is Emperor: Rise of the middle kingdom and imho no other game since has been able to better combine all these aspects: aesthetically appealing 2D artstyle - well-distinguishable buildings & cities that feel lively, gameplay complex enough but not overly so, many distinct resources interwoven into a believeable production system, military (on the same map as well as foreign expeditions) which is important but not the main focus, unique historical setting with accurate religion system ... Tlatoani does all of these things really well and adds a few great & more realistic gameplay mechanics, e.g. being able to change the environment of the map, a more complex logistics system etc. For the future I hope the sandbox mode will get more features. the map generation with different vegetation zones is already great, what it needs is more possibilities for interacting with the other cities in terms of trade, negotiations, warfare etc Some great ideas are already there, e.g. being able to build auxilliary settlements, but only implemented in basic terms. Overall I think this game has all the potential to become a truly great city builder to surpass many, many others ;)