Quote Originally Posted by doc_bean
Considering a lot of people who have had civ3 for years still don't play on the hardest level, while a lot of mods exist to make MTW harder than it is, I'd say civ3.
It may be more of a reflection of the ability of the players of civ3 if they cannot play at the hardest level. On my third game I was playing it at the hardest level (mind you having played civ series including alpha I did have a bit of an advantage).

I do have to admit RTW is too easy.