Caesar 3

I've spent so many hours playing this surprisingly difficult game that I've had to take breaks in order to let my laptop cool down. The time spent waiting is spent thinking of new ways to layout my cities and modifying my grid of roads. Loading times are almost nonexistent; the time from double-clicking the icon to playing the game is about 5-7 seconds. The game is incredibly deep and complex and will take a very extended period of time to complete. In other, less verbose, phrasing: I highly recommend Caesar 3.

Ah I still remember putting hours of leisure time into this game back when I was 4-6 years old. Back when I could barely understand what exactly was happening in the game, I still had immense fun with it. That was 8 years ago, now back to the review. The game had interesting graphics at the time and had a subtle but worthwhile soundtrack that I never grew bored of. Albeit the learning curve of this game was in the range of difficulty medium easy-medium. The gameplay itself was addicting because you got to watch your city grow from a tiny town to a bustling trade city-state. Its a must buy if your into city-building simulations.

This game is still fresh and feels good to play. You don't have the impression of outdated options. The graphics are simple, but not unattractive. I still enjoy building a gigantic city and doing trade with my neighbors. The campaign is awesome and brings you step by step into how to build a city and suddenly throws you into a real nice challenge. The challenge rise smoothly and the game is just plain awesome.

I played this game when I was around 8 years old and bought it instantly when I saw it on here. I haven't got properly into a game for a while now but managed to spend a total of 7 hours on this over 2 days. I only stopped because I realised I hadn't done the essay I'd planned to do the day before. So much fun. Great graphics style if not a bit basic now. So much fun.

A truly wonderful manager sim where you play as a newly appointed provincial governor that will be given several different tasks by the emperor himself as you progress in the ranks. You will have to make sure that the people who come to your city have access to food, work, security and entertainment among things. Another important aspect is to establish a trade route with any of the neighbouring cities in the province. It is also important that you keep the gods happy as they can quite easily get jealous if only one of the Roman gods are worshipped in the city, they will punish you with things like making a certain amount of food in your storage just disappear, fires break out and more. This is a true gem when it comes to manager simulators and is a must play, even if you haven't played any of the earlier Caesar games.