I think the Aztec victory icons should be redesigned or “completed”; it’s no secret that the Aztecs were released—or at least appear to have been released—in an unfinished state.
Perhaps I’m the only one who cares, but looking at the icons—where previously each one featured a symbol representing a specific god—the Aztec ones are bland and derivative. The icons, and the game’s art style in general, are too beautiful to leave in this state; just compare them to the others (though I admit the Zeus icon is a bit simplistic).
The Huitzilopochtli icon is clearly a copy of the Isis one, while the Quetzalcoatl icon could be more complex—incorporating wind motifs, for instance. As for the Tezcatlipoca icon, it is simply unfinished; not only does it lack references to his mirror or the smoke, but it consists merely of jaguar heads with no further detail. I believe they could be remade or finished; at this stage, it certainly wouldn’t hurt.
I’m not saying they need to be incredibly complex—I’ve seen some very stylized ones—but take Shennong’s: it’s very simple, yet it’s more representative of him. And sure, regarding Huitzilopochtli, even though the concept is similar to Isis’s, it’s distinct enough. Still, I would have included Xiuhcoatl and changed the arms to something else—or just left them out. Again, Quetzalcoatl’s icon is missing something, and Huitzilopochtli’s is just ridiculous; it clearly looks unfinished. It’s not just that I arbitrarily feel it lacks representative elements; the icon itself is smaller than the others. It looks as if the empty space was designed for something else, but they ran out of time and left it half-done. We live in the internet age; while missing a deadline is understandable, this isn’t the 90s where only the disc version existed. If something goes wrong or is left incomplete, they can finish it later and release it in an update. Huitzilopochtli’s icon is clearly a copy of Isis’s, while Quetzalcoatl’s could be more complex—perhaps featuring wind waves—and Tezcatlipoca’s is simply unfinished; I mean, it’s not just that it lacks references to his mirror or the smoke, but that it consists solely of jaguar heads without further detail. I think they could remake or finish them; at this stage, it wouldn’t hurt.
Put some love into it.
Also, their citadel should be redesigned so it isn’t just a copy of the Egyptian one.
P.S.: Regarding the Spanish localization, the descriptions for some Chinese passive abilities are outdated.
In Spanish, Heracles is named Hercules (the Latin form), meaning there is an error where the Roman name is used instead of the Greek one.
P.S. 2: I’m still hoping for a rebalance in favor of the Aztecs; they still aren’t quite working right. Maybe make the villagers gather a bit more or cost less, because their early game is far too slow compared to the others.
