[notahacker]

Still has a very vintage vibe to it; I'm not sure how favourably it compares with Civ II (1996)...

Some people appreciate retro looks, but everything from the sprite resolution to the colour palette feels like a nineties aesthetic.

[CapTVK]

Thanks, the Amplio used the original Civ2 sprite resolution and colour palette as a starting point. It seems to have hold up well.

There's also some layout logic at work. If you look at the way the units are aligned in the tileset you may notice that defensive units point right and offensive units point left.

[untog]

Yeah, I paid money for Civ 5 and I'm happy to have done so, just because it looks so gorgeous. Maybe I'm just superficial.