Asia-Pacific
Australia from the air
Flyover drops you over 7 cities in Australia — 1 the game rates easy, 4 standard, 2 expert. Each one below carries the tell the game uses: the single feature that separates it from everywhere else.
The 7 cities
- Adelaide Reads as: parkland ring.
- Brisbane Reads as: river bends.
- Gold Coast Reads as: beach towers.
- Hobart Reads as: river and mountain.
- Melbourne Reads as: river and grid.
- Perth Reads as: river and coast.
- Sydney Reads as: harbor landmarks.
Telling them apart
The hard part is rarely recognising that you are over Australia — it is working out which of its cities you are over. Start with water and terrain, because those do not move: a coastal city cannot be confused with an inland one, and a city in a basin reads differently from a city on a plain.
Then use relative size. The game rates Sydney as easy, which usually means a landmark or a coastline you already know. The expert-rated ones — Adelaide, Hobart — are hard precisely because they lack a single unmistakable feature, so you are reading grid texture and building height instead.
Easily confused with
Other Asia-Pacific cities in the game, which share enough climate and building era to cost you a round.