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Summary: Build a Better Rome
Review: This game is almost like Age of Empires and SimCity put together. You are a governor of a province and start as a citizen and work your way up to caesar. Many people say this game is hard. It isn't. I have never once failed a mission, but I have suffered the consequences of disobeying Caesar and the Gods. Each province you have different resources and things you can build. The houses your people live in are influenced by a couple things: Water, Food, Security, Desirability, Goods, and Services. Your houses start as tents and work their way up to Grand Palaces. Overall this is a game that no gamer can be without.
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Summary: Divide et impera
Review: I like strategy games very much and that is just the kind I like the most. Tough, with broad list of varieties and not too fast to play. It has two different paths (you can switch between them as you wish, whenever you choose your next destination) - governing in peace or battle with the enemies. You must just follow some basic tips and the outcome will shorly be positive (it's only matter of time and nerves). 1. Build slowly (don't make too much housing at the beginning). You are usually limited with Peace rating and you can only gain it with the time, so take your time. You will spend too much money if you start too fast. 2. Build with care (leave space for additional buildings). When you start playing certain destination, take yourself five minutes (put in Pause mode or to 10% speed) to overview the terrain. I had best results with 4×4 blocks of housing with stripes of 2×4 spaces on top & bottom and 3×4 spaces left & right. 3. Watch your ratings and advisors carefully! Don't except everything they say to you, but keep in mind that people are very demanding and you won't be able to fool them for long. 4. Specials - you can have tax rate up to 14%, don't fool with Caesar more than twice (third time it's six legions!) and keep the festivals running. For futher info or comments please email me.
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Summary: Awesome
Review: I have been playing CaesarIII for the past few weeks and I have to say it is one of the best games I ever played. Most of the SIM games are fairly easy. Not so for Caesar which will keep you on your toes. The Prosperity Raiting is a little tricky but you can master it. Keep the Gods happy....
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Summary: A Laurel Wreath for Caesar III
Review: If there is a better SIM game out there, I wish someone would tell me. This game requires a high level of concentration and the ability to learn quickly from mistakes. Excellent for honing organizational skills. Easily 5 stars.
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Summary: Long-time Player
Review: I have owned and played this game for a long time now but I haven't played it recently for some time. My Mother continues to play, probably because she has a greater attention span than myself, the teenager. I enjoyed the game at first and it was challenging enough but it did not spitefully mess up your civilization. I found the simple city building things dull because eventually you run out of space to build and then it's just over. There needs to be a high score list too for greater competition with fellow players. The game gets dull after a while but all games do, eventually you forget about it and can go back to it. That's what I like about city-building games. If you like games like Civilization and Sim City and are interested in Ancient Rome, I reccomend this game.
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Summary: This game rocks, and that's all there is to it.
Review: This game is one of the best. I don't know what that one guy was talking about when he said that it lagged on his 700 mhz computer. I played it with no problems on an intel celeron 366. with 32 mb ram. There are several other reasons why he and his friends could have had problems.
I was very impressed. The graphics, while a little bit dated, soar over those in the Sim City games. Going to war and defending your city are refreshing extras, as with sim city it seems that the whole world is at peace.
Of course, just like any other game, it gets boring after a while, but for me, it took about 100 hours.
If you get this game, you won't be disappointed.
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Summary: Best building game since Civ II!
Review: This is an excellent game for gamers who want to build cities; the game is complex enough to challenge you, yet the "advisors" are there to prevent the complexity from becoming frustrating. You can get many hours of pleasure for your dollars. Very few games I know of have such a user-friendly and frustration-free system. One reviewer lamented the lack of difficulty settings, but a simple free patch at the Sierra site provides five difficulty levels and some other good tweaks. One of the interesting aspects of this game is how you get to know the character of certain neighborhoods. While the early building is great fun, even better perhaps is the urban renewal by which you fix some of the chaos that naturally occurs in cities (cyber and real). There is no random map generator, but you can play eight different games (four with and four without military actions) *or* choose the career path. Sierra has another free download which lets you create maps and scenarios (I haven't tried it). This is a major advance over Caesar II.
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Summary: Wonderfully Addictive and Challenging!
Review: Caesar III is wonderfully addictive and challenging. You can expect weeks and weeks (even months)of thought provoking game play with this one. Hours go by without eating or sleeping, it's utterly engrossing! Quit your day job! This is much more fun! I find myself dreaming of city maps and getting up in the middle of the night to play them out. This game can be won! Easy to install and run, very reliable (have not crashed once)and a wonderful online community of support and tips at Sierra. Can't wait to see Pharoh! A definate Buy!
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Summary: Waste of Money, Time, and Computer Resources
Review: I am very displeased with Caesar III. Altough the game is fun at first, it becomes so difficult in the latter part of the game that I became frustrated. Another problem is that you need a superfast computer in order to manager this program on your interface. For example, I have a Dell Pentium II @700 megahertz with 128 MB SDRAM. My computer should have handled the software fine, however to my surprise the program ran slow, and often I would have to reboot the computer because Caesar III would eat up my memory. Several of my friends tell me the same problems happened in their computers too. That's not coincidental! Its a problem for Caesar III. My final problem with Caesar III is that the computer often misleads you into building certain temples, fora, and buildings at the wrong time. Unlike SimCity, the tools that Caesar III offers you in the game work against you. Which makes the game a terrible experience and a load of time in order to complete each sceneario. I know that Julius Caesar was fastidious leader, however I would never suspect that he his so hard to please in a software game. This is what it comes down to: Don't purchase Caesar III. You'll find that many problems are common while running this program. I suggest that you find other software programs to purchase.
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Summary: sweet
Review: this game was sweet i played it a lot the graphics are great and the way you can interact with your fellow citizens is great. though the military thing was a little bad because you can only click around them not at them. all the buildings you can build worship gods and the option to not have enimies in city construction mode is great
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