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Caesar 3

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Caesar 3
Description
Hail Governor, your city awaits.  As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle Bar...
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Product details
1999, Impressions Games, ESRB Rating: Everyone...
System requirements
Windows 10, 1.8 GHz, 2 GB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 9.0c...
Time to beat
35 hMain
55 h Main + Sides
82.5 h Completionist
44 h All Styles
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Description

Hail Governor, your city awaits. 

As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of pleasing the emperor, battle Barbarians and repel invaders, or concentrate on building the next Eternal City. Fail and you’ll end up as lunch for the lions. Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar! 
 

  • Build, rule and defend on one screen - a truly intuitive, helpful interface lets you jump right in and start building.
  • Citizens give you a glimpse into the life of the common man – talk to them for clues about how to improve your city.
  • Various new structures and challenges arise throughout your Governor’s career, for tremendous depth of play and replayability.

© 1998 Activision Publishing, Inc. Activision is a registered trademark of Activision Publishing, Inc. All rights reserved. All other trademarks and trade names are the properties of their respective owners.

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manual (219 pages) HD wallpaper reference card avatar
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Why buy on GOG.COM?
DRM FREE. No activation or online connection required to play.
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Time to beat
35 hMain
55 h Main + Sides
82.5 h Completionist
44 h All Styles
Game details
Works on:
Windows (10, 11)
Release date:
{{'1999-05-30T00:00:00+03:00' | date: 'longDate' : ' +0300 ' }}
Size:
494 MB
Rating:
ESRB Rating: Everyone (Violence, Mild Animated Violence)

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What improvements we made to this game:
Changelog (13 November 2024)
  • Applied the IndirectSound emulator to resolve looping sound and music issues
  • Integrated DDrawCompat for improved system stability on modern PCs
  • Fixed issues with windowed mode, ensuring a smoother user experience
  • Validated stability
  • Verified compatibility with Windows 10 and 11
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Posted on: September 24, 2010

spikescopilot

Games: 14 Reviews: 1

Still love to play it

This was the game that got me into city building. Like other reviewers, I'm not into combat, so I loved the fact that I could play a whole series of levels without having to deal with the military. This one was an enormous time sink for me until Caesar IV came out; and that one is still a time sink. :) The Caesar series is exactly what a city building game should be.


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Posted on: July 31, 2011

Ztrobos

Verified owner

Games: 19 Reviews: 2

Good old strategy

One of the best city building games, and since everyone´s crazy about making shooters nowadays, my guess is that CEASAR 3 will remain at the top of the genre in the future as well. If you like city-building, low intencity warfare and apeasing your superiors with lavish gifts, this game is a blast.


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Posted on: July 6, 2014

Detonate31

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Games: 44 Reviews: 1

Exceptionally Awesome

Easily the most entertaining and prolific game I have ever played. It's been 16 years since its debut and I still find myself playing it here and there just for the thrill. Exponentially worth more than a 5 star rating. If you haven't played it yet, drop everything and buy it. You won't be disappointed...or I'll buy you a round of beers.


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Posted on: March 17, 2020

Pomme_de_Pain

Verified owner

Games: 322 Reviews: 107

A good old game

I wanted to start playing city-builders games. I didn't know where to start, and i was told this was a great game. Well it is ! The strategic dimension and micro managment is really high, but not too harsh. A real pleasure to watch your city grow and your building evolving. There is always something to do. Watch for the gods, make sure they are happy, you can rise or low the taxes, you have to set your water installation correctly, you need to make sure the food is well distributed, you can trade, import, export, produce soldier to defend yourself. The sound design is cool, the graphics old but nice. If you're into that kind of game, and you don't mind the "old" looking, go for it.


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Posted on: December 20, 2024

anastassio

Verified owner

Games: 40 Reviews: 5

very good

if you are in to city builders itds a classic helped to make city builders good


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