The original Rome: Total War felt similar. You can't have enough sanitation to keep a truly enormous city happy, so what to do? Well, knock the population dow

The original Rome: Total War felt similar. You can't have enough sanitation to keep a truly enormous city happy, so what to do? Well, knock the population down. How? Either raise taxes until they revolt and then put them to the sword, or move plague carriers into the city to keep things in check. That was a properly dark game, and I'm glad Civ isn't.