North America
Canada from the air
Flyover drops you over 7 cities in Canada — 1 the game rates easy, 2 standard, 4 expert. Each one below carries the tell the game uses: the single feature that separates it from everywhere else.
The 7 cities
- Calgary Reads as: prairie skyline.
- Montreal Reads as: island city.
- Ottawa Reads as: river capital.
- Quebec City Reads as: old city bluff.
- Toronto Reads as: tower and lake.
- Vancouver Reads as: harbor and mountains.
- Victoria Reads as: inner harbor.
Telling them apart
The hard part is rarely recognising that you are over Canada — 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 Toronto as easy, which usually means a landmark or a coastline you already know. The expert-rated ones — Montreal, Ottawa, Quebec City, Victoria — are hard precisely because they lack a single unmistakable feature, so you are reading grid texture and building height instead.
Easily confused with
Other North America cities in the game, which share enough climate and building era to cost you a round.