World age

[CloudSeeker]

Can anyone tell me what the difference is between picking 3, 4 or 5 billion years old when setting up a game? I didn't really know what it did in civ 5 and still don't really know.

[Adenru]

The younger the world the more hills and mountains it has. It was like this in all civilization games.

[Kotli]

As Adenru says its effects how hilly/flat the map is (older maps are flatter).

[Ryika]

Random thought: Older planets should really have stronger aliens because they had more time to evolve.

[Adenru]

Originally posted by Ryika:

Random thought: Older planets should really have stronger aliens because they had more time to evolve.

This is not how evolution works.

[Ryika]

Originally posted by Adenru:

Originally posted by Ryika:

Random thought: Older planets should really have stronger aliens because they had more time to evolve.

This is not how evolution works.

Yes it is. Partly.

When we look at fossils on a moderate time scale we see predators become better at evolving tools that allow them to hunt down pray while we see pray becoming better at avoiding these weapons.

That's of course only half of the story, as the "adapt to the environment"-factor also plays a big role and changes in climate and other living conditions wipe away whole species. That's even more true for catastrophes that change the environment in the blink of an eye and pretty much guarantee the r.i.p for any species that was to specialized.

Anyway. Assuming that the planet didn't undergo too many changes, it should inhabit more specialized to the environment (and thus more dangerous) species the older it is.

With that all being said, let me add one thing: I was just kidding, D'OH.

[CloudSeeker]

Originally posted by Adenru:

The younger the world the more hills and mountains it has. It was like this in all civilization games.

Thanks.

[Dr. Deathmurder]

i did not knew that, now i can make young worlds and spam production to insta build ♥♥♥♥ by spamming mines on hills woo thanks

[Lyle]

Oh, I thought the younger the world, the more cracks and craters

[Black Hammer]

In the older Civ games, it changed how diverse the terrain was. Areas were larger and more specific in younger worlds, while older worlds were smaller more varied. So a young world has a big rainforest or mountain range, while an older world will have that rainforest smaller and more broken up by erosion and so forth.