Ive been tooling around conquering and then suddenly its the middle of winter and my guys are out of food!

Probably too late to 'patch' but I surprised there is no snow effects....or maybe it doesnt snow in Greece?

Wak

Yeah, I noticed that as well, but although in some places in Greece it does snow, up in the mountains of the central and north, it may have snowed even less back then as Greece was a lot more tropical than it is now, it had lions, other animals and vegetation that is found in more equatorial countries nowadays... but I dunno if the developers knew that or they just didn't think or didn't have the budget/time for that kind of graphics...

In my view the developers have made the wise choice to focus on the AI and the game mechanism and balance, instead of simple graphical effects.

After all, at the top of the screen you can always easily see the season and which part of such season, such as "Late Autumn" or "Early Winter". And you can then plan accordingly.

More eye candy is always a welcome feature to have in addition to a solid game mechanic and AI. Just my opinion ;)

As long as there is no tradeoff. :o)