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Caesar 3

Caesar 3

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Rating: 5 stars
Summary: my ceasar III review
Review: I really enjoyed this game. You can play it for hours on end without getting bored!
It is very well made and the graphics are excellent. I enjoy playing games like this one, where you design something and see it progress. In the past, I have also played Theme Hospital and The Sims. Caesar III has the same qualities as these games, which is probably why it is so popular.
Overall, I think this game is great. I would definitely recommend it! ^_^

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Waiting for Caesar IV
Review: Hi to all!
Caesar III is great, but after playing Pharaoh and Zeus,I must admit that a new Caesar should be improved in many ways.First, the warfare should be more offensive,in order to conquer new cities or empires.Then,we should be allowed to request military help, as in Zeus.I must include also the possibility of foreign alliances-military or give-receive gifts.
That's it!
Bye!

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Classic
Review: This game may be old, But it Rocks. It is made by a company, (In my opinion, The best PC Game company) Sierra Studios. Makers of Half-Life the TOTALLY Versatile FPS game.
Two Words.
Hot Dogs.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Caesar 3
Review: Not long ago, I could remember once playing (and being addicted to) a thrilling game called Caesar 2. I also remembered that since my computer had crashed, I was unable to continue my thriving civilisations and had been deprived of any games as enthralling. So, in search of another great game to fill my endless hours of boredom, I stumbled across a demo download of Caesar 3. Curiosity got the better of me and after waiting 2 hours for it to download, I started playing the game. 5 hours later, I shut down my computer.
This game is so brilliant, I was not distracted by anything while playing it. I was completely intrigued by it. I do not even have the full version (but am currently prowling round my local stores, hunting it down), but found the game to be so exciting, especially compared to it's predecessor, Caesar 2. Although it presents some rather challenging assignments, I managed to overcome them, and considering my inexperience, I think that this shows that it poses challenges that are not impossible - rather...well, challenging!
It is definitely a game which is easily recommended to all people who are looking for a new kind of entertaining game.
By the way, in case you have classified this game into a group which is limited to the likings of 30-something, male archaeologists, take this into account - I am a 15 year old girl!!! It definitely has no restrictions as to it's fans!

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: Four Stars
Review: Caesar 3 is a very good city building game. It challenges your abilities at city management. Once you've played this game you can rank yourselves as administrators. Basically, people who love this game either have loads of patience or are very good administrators. People who find this game mediocre can rate themselves the same as administrators (either they lack patience or they need a change in career/game). And people who have no patience with the game...need I say more. I'm pretty good at this game hence I give it a four star rating.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: Caesar 3 - A Remarkable Game!!!
Review: Emperor Caesar has allotted you the task of building a city and managing its affairs in a certain region of the Roman Empire as your 1st assignment. You are asked to meet certain victory conditions such as food storage targets, a desired population, a certain amount of Imperial Favor, rise in Cultural Rating and so on. If you are able to attain these goals the Emperor promotes you to a higher rank of nobility and yet another challenging task to perform. If not you are fired and that is the end of your newfound career as a clerk.
Believe me, this is a superb city building game wherein you start your career as a clerk, completing the various assignments allotted to you and finally get to be Caesar himself. You have to build cities that are prosperous and well defended from unwanted invaders.
I played the demo; it was so appealing that I had to try out the full game. Playing the game was such a wonderful experience. I enjoyed every second of it. City building was a whole lot of fun especially when you can learn the opinions of citizens walking up and down the streets of your city. This kind of interaction helps a lot since you get to know what kind of changes need to be made in the infrastructure of the city to create more peaceful neighborhoods, which are the foundations of a healthy and crimeless city.
To make your city prosperous first of all you have to see to it that the basic needs of the locals are well taken care off - like providing easy food accessibility by placing a market in every neighborhood. Placement of fountains is equally important for fresh water supply. Their medicinal, educational, religious needs should also be considered important. Another thing you find the citizens complaining about is limited entertainment; so keep that in mind too.
The graphics are simply neat. Certain buildings especially the gardens and fountains serve the double purpose of adding beauty to the environment and providing relief to the citizens. This helps to attract people to your city, which means more citizens. More citizens mean more jobs and more jobs mean more buildings to be built to erase unemployment. So far so good! But doesn't all this sound like spending a whole lot of money. Help!!! The city vaults are running out of money. This is where trade and industry come to your rescue. Open a trade route with a friendly city and with careful management your city vaults will have enough so as not to keep you worried.
Another thing, which might keep you worried, is defense against foreign invasions. Setting up a military will help you against enemy attacks.
The game also allows a certain amount of interplay with the Gods who prove to be a major influence on the people and thus threaten to affect the prosperity of the city. Planning and dedicating festivals to the Gods seems fruitful and loads of fun. Make them angry and get ready to suffer their wrath. This often leads to shortage of food or unwelcome problems in trade routes, which ultimately affects the citizens. It makes them either unhappy or rebels. The first lot usually leaves the city and the latter causes crime.
Another interesting factor is that you can set a salary for yourself and you can use the money you've saved to send the emperor gifts in an attempt to increase your favor rating. Not only this, you can also set the tax percentage according to your own will, set a salary for the employed lot according to your wishes etc. But at the same time keep in mind that too high a tax rate and too low a salary are going to affect the growing population of the city. Attention given to such minute details of city management is what holds the interest of the player and makes the game play loads of fun.
Some people find this game hard to play. True, city planning and managing its affairs is pretty difficult especially when you have to please the people, please the gods, defend the city and to top it all send the emperor gifts and meet with his over taxing demands which seem totally unfair especially at times when you find your city vaults do not hold enough to meet those needs. But hey! Are these not the very same factors that challenge your abilities as a good administrator and thus keep you interested all through the game and make it unique?
The game challenges your capabilities as a good builder and administrator. You have to supervise the affairs of the city and its citizens. You have full freedom to make decisions on the local, financial and military issues of the city to make it a prosperous one, but at your own risk coz if you fail to do so you are apt to suffer the Emperor's wrath.
Playing this game was a rich experience to me. I found myself in a totally different world, a different era. You get to learn so much about the History of Ancient Rome.
This is my first game by Sierra and I am totally addicted to it. I still have to try out the others. All in all it's a great game. Nothing less can be said about it.

Rating: 3 stars
Summary: A decent game if you like building cities.
Review: The graphics aren't exactly wonderful, but if you like Age of Empires style games without having to worry about as much military action, this would be a good game for you. You can determine how much military action you wish to have, and what's also handy is if you don't like any of the scenarios, you can go to sierra and download a map building feature. All in all, for the price, it's an enjoyable game. If you think you might enjoy Pharoah and Cleopatra, check out the bundled version.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: A fun game
Review: This is a very historic game. You can actualy get real cities and after you get done with a few goals its on to the next level but dont get me wrong this is a tuff game. I get discouragedged and feel like beating the crap out of my computer sometimes. If your good enough you can actually get to be caesar. I have never goten to be caesar,hey but nobody's perfect except for God right.

Rating: 4 stars
Summary: If you like simulations , you will love this game
Review: This is a great game for sim fans, it is also great for people who who enjoy games with historical themes. The sound does not work that great on my machine , every so often it will just stop working. I also do not like the fact that when I am playing this game it does not allow me to leave to while it is still running. When they make an announcement it will not go away until you tell it to, so when you leave the action will stop in less then 5 minutes.

Rating: 5 stars
Summary: One of The Best Strategy Games Ever!
Review: I love this game! I've spent countless hours building my very own Roman Empire and downloading other people's empires from fan sites. The graphics are great and you can learn a lot about the Roman Empire from playing this game. The best part is you *really* get involved in your city, you control everything, unlike Sim City. That's why I think Caesar III is much better than Sim City.

You can start a career and work your way up to the title of Caesar or you play a scenario and not have to worry about being promoted. In your career, you have two choices each time you get promoted (after the training levels). You can take a dangerous province which has many invasions and battles. Or you can choose the peaceful province which either has none or a very small amount of invasions. Both are balanced out in difficulty, so the dangerous province is not necessarily the hardest province. The peaceful usually has more obstacles and higher standings that need to be achieved in Rome in order for you to be promoted.

A great game! This game is such a bargain at it's extremely low price!


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