
The availability of natural resources is also a feature you're going to want to think about, depending on how much emphasis on industry is in your plans. Experienced players might welcome the challenge though, or have ideas of their own that play into the irregular ground.


For new players, maps with lots of flat land are great because they create clean and consistent cities where minimal terraforming is required.

On the same line of thought, the amount of flat land is also a point to consider, but this largely depends on your skill level.
