Zeus + Poseidon (Acropolis)

Ah, fond memories... I had to fax the NDA to the devs and wait for them to send me the dvd. xD And I remember being upset that I wasn't put in the same testing pool as my friends were. Being a fangirl of Greek mythology this was my second favourite city builder game from this company. The art was pretty (but not as pretty as Emperor) and the game play fun. Seeing the deities walking around was a bit of an oddity since none of the previous games had it.

I had an old CD version of this classic game that I loved as a teenager, but I just couldn't get it to open successfully in Windows 10. This version does work perfectly though :)

Has replayability value after more than 15 years for me. It's slightly easier than Pharaoh, but the gameplay, graphics and the overall user experience here is much better. The RTS part is very simple, almost not mention-worthy, but the city building and economics part is yet to be bested. It can even teach you something about old greek legends!

Brak polskiej wersji a byøa moæna powiedzie© od zawsze. Tragedia! Niedopuszczalne!

I have played a lot of city builders in my time: Caesar Series, Pharaoh+Cleopatra, Tropico Series, Sim City Series, Banished, etc. However, I always find myself coming back to Zeus even in 2015. The reason being is you rarely feel that you just need to sit and wait for whatever to finish building, resources to stock pile to whatever goal, or just for your town to get populated to build the next building. Path finding is excellent especially when pathing is used in conjunction with road blocks to keep walkers were they need to be and those who need to pass through do. The plot is entertaining no matter what story you choose to play. If you are looking for a great city builder with excellent models this is it, it blows things like Children of the Nile and Banished out of the water in terms of graphics even though is is quite a dated game. I cannot speak for the gameplay variance of Children of the Nile vs. Zeus as I have not played it, but I have seen it's garbage for graphics and would pick Zeus any day to look at something prettier. I hope this helps you make your choice.