Buy CivCity: Rome

A strategic level-based city building simulator in the vein of the Caesar/Pharoah series of old. It's easy to understand but operates slightly differently from how most others do (where road access between buildings is necessary for benefits), instead opting for a direct "distance" approach in order for benefits to convey. Because of this, some strategies may seem non-intuitive at first to folks who are experienced in the genre.

It's competent, and fun - not the best example of the genre, but a good way to spend some time if you're into this type of game.

City Building and Civilization come together in this city-state based game. Build your settlement from just a few huts into a detailed and thriving center of trade, conquest and research. The game reminds me alot of the ANNO series where you have settlers that come into your city, you have to fill certain needs, and they level up. A player can choose from a free-build city, to doing the campaign, and even beyond to playing your own custom maps that YOU as a player can create.

A few things I have noticed that are not accurate, is that aquaduct technology allowed for one main trunk to branch into smaller segments, in this game that does not occur so you do not get the representation of the True aquaduct system. However the gameplay was not affected by this.

One thing that I do NOT like about it is that I found the maps to be small. I mean really small. I constantly had a high unemployment. Apparently settlers just come in even if there is no spare work slots. And the workers dont leave if you bulldoze work places if you move them. Documented sources via gametap.com/formus have stated that "when happiness is positibe, immigrants arrive reguardless of housing and cause unemployment and housing chrises" With this said its kinda broken in a sence if you have 100% happiness you will always have a high unemployment.

Another thing is that widescreen support is not automatically built into the game on download. (As also documented in steam forums) HOWEVER there are fixes and solutions for this that can be found on google.

Now then for the positives. It is a simple game. The menus are easy to navigate, and the gameplay is easy and quick to comprehend. For example Wheat farm -> Wheat -> Mill -> Flour -> Bakery -> Bread. Another thing is that it IS addictive. looking at my clock I played 3-4 hours on one map straight through. Please remember to set yourself a timer when you play this game I will not be responsible if you spend 3 whole days on the game and forget to eat or sleep. Yes it is that addicting.

Other thoughts : I wish widescreen resolution was included with the game. I wish there was alot more realism, for example you cant build on mountains.. Yet the alps are in the north, and the apennine run through the center. I am quite sure the Romans found a way around that.

Overall : Would recommend. Due to price. Recommend x 1.5 .. H/N Kinsha review rates this AS.... 4.25 cookes OUT of 5 cookies.

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Great classic city building game!

Experience dozens of missions, buildings and other geat stuff in the Roman era!

If you have Windows 7 or higher, it can be a little tricky to start it up sometimes.

8/10

This is in my top 10 games of all time. It's rediculously addicting, blisfully simple, and occasionaly the most frustration found in a video game since double master hand in SSBM. If you like city builders, and graphics from the early 2000's, look no further.

I've played this game a LOT before steam existed but now that its on steam I bought it and haven't played it much the steam version is definitly more child friendly with a "kid" difficulty! I LOVE this game so I have a slight bias... If you love city builder games this is definitly a game you should look into.

This game is nearly identical to Caesar II. They just updated the graphics and removed some of the complexity. Caesar II was better.

More Enjoyable than I had expected.

Really Great game not sure how i missed this when it came out but im glad i found it.

If you like the history of the ancient roman empire and like city building games, CivCity: Rome is for you, other games that fall in the same game style as Ceasar 3 and Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. Trade, defend and live the roman life, the game also includes roman history pedia of how the common roman citizen and plebian lived and worked.

This game will hold the interest of any Civilazation Fan, for awhile that is.

Super fun. the narator says "hello govn'a" to mutch

Doesn't live up to the "Civilization" name. It's not a _bad_ game, but the gameplay is repetitive and not particularly compelling. It has elements of the "sim" genre and the "strategy" genre, but this is a better game for Sim fans than strategy fans.

Oldie but goodie. The number of Rome-themed city-building games is oddly high, but this one is my favorite. Not for anyone who likes the RTS/combat aspect, as that part is rubbish here. But if not, it can be really fun, at least through the campaign. The stand-alone scenarios have limited replayability, and though you CAN make your own maps (and campaigns!) the tool to do so is not user friendly and there are some bugs in it. Overall though, a great way to spend some time building & managing, especially for the price.

Incredibly fun and detailed game. I learned a lot about Rome from this game and I can spend hours upon hours playing it. Great way to pass time and learn history at the same time.

This game is awesome and very much like the original Ae of Empires. Just a 3D version. But that's not what I love about it. The thing that intrigues me the most is the in-depth resource collecting process. Though, the buildings will instantly appear, some of them take time to build and it works better with the research system. Your citizens have realistic needs and all that, so they will need you to know how to play the game. This game is classic and a sure 10/10 snowflakes.

got this game on sale and am so happy i did! it is fun and has goals :) not sure what else to say it is a city building simulation set in the roman era. easy to use interface and yes dated graphics but they are clear and concise. tutorial is ok. took me a few min to figure out how to rotate the buildings...ikr? love building simulation games and this one was a very nice surprise since i had never even heard of it till was looking at on sale games. i is also worth full price...it is very well done and under publisized but that is just my opinion ^^

I love Zeus: Master of Olympus but wanted a change of scenery, this game has fullfilled that.

10/10 "Would build Rome in 2 seconds again." -IGN

Nice balance with stuff to do with ease of doing it. I would recommend this to all fans of this genre

cool and fun game 8/10