Europe
France from the air
Flyover drops you over 5 cities in France — 1 the game rates easy, 3 standard, 1 expert. Each one below carries the tell the game uses: the single feature that separates it from everywhere else.
The 5 cities
- Bordeaux Reads as: river crescent.
- Lyon Reads as: two rivers.
- Marseille Reads as: old port and hills.
- Nice Reads as: riviera curve.
- Paris Reads as: radial avenues.
Telling them apart
The hard part is rarely recognising that you are over France — 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 Paris as easy, which usually means a landmark or a coastline you already know. The expert-rated ones — Bordeaux — are hard precisely because they lack a single unmistakable feature, so you are reading grid texture and building height instead.
Easily confused with
Other Europe cities in the game, which share enough climate and building era to cost you a round.