Talk:Architecture (Age of Empires II)/@comment-26459635-20170427162734/@comment-2605:6000:170D:8861:AD38:E965:2098:C0B9-20190724110617

Gameplay-wise balancing tends to come before absolute historical accuracy. And in the case of Inca architecture prowess it is represented by the Stone discount civilization bonus.

Concerning architectural styles the people who made the game and its expansions don't like making a whole new architectural style for each and every civilization and prefer to reuse architectural styles, such as the Byzantines using islamic middle-eastern architecture and the Vietnamese and Malays using hindu southeast-asian architecture.

Also not having the Architecture technology isn't an insinuation that the Incas didn't have distinctive architecture nor is it a slight against the Inca civilization. The Slavs also don't have the Faith technology, does that suggest that the slavic populations of eastern europe didn't have faith in their religion? Of course not, that would be insane. It is merely an issue of balancing for gameplay, that is all.