CAESAR 3 IN SOUTH AFRICA

Caesar 3 Platform: Windows 95, Windows 98 Condition: New Other versions of this game available from us: Platform: Pre-Owned/Used: Very Good Condition copies available Product Information Create, rule, and defend a Roman city of your design. Expand Rome's legendary network of roads. Features real-time strategic challenges with rich, detailed graphics. A wide variety of terrain and an all-new intuitive interface. Defend against Barbarian hordes. Product Description Players of Caesar 3 are immersed in a city set in the age of the ancient Roman Empire. Players place buildings on previously empty terrain and construct a city. These buildings come to life, and the city begins to evolve. As the city grows, it encounters various problems that must be overcome. Players have specific objectives to achieve, although many players will choose not to use these and will be content to design their idea of the perfect city. The game is structured as a career, beginning with a training mission, then progresses through a series of ever-tougher real assignments. Each mission/assignment consists of a province and set objectives. Achieving these objectives will result in promotion and an offer of a tougher assignment, which can be turned down if the player is having too much fun to accept at that time. The career progression introduces elements of the game step by step, thereby teaching players how to play without forcing them to play through a tutorial. There is also an option where players ignore the career progression and simply play the full game with no promotion involved. Review Take SimCity, set it in the Roman Empire and welcome to Caesar III. This historical civilisation-building simulation gives you the opportunity to progressively develop a settlement in a different atmosphere from the plethora of modern sim games. Caesar III is strikingly similar to Pharaoh with the gameplay and controls following the same rules. With a useful tutorial, it doesn't take long to master the controls of Caesar III. As your settlement grows and you complete the tasks set by Rome, more options become available to you, such as building a colosseum and other Roman treasures. The little historical quirks are what makes this game so addictive--you never really know what is going to happen next. Fiscal management and town planning are crucial to success in the strategy sim; you must plan your water supplies and protect your houses from fire risks and structural failure. Once seated in your senate, and consulting your advisors, you control all aspects of life in your growing population, whilst winning the favour of Rome. Caesar III only requires minimal processing power, which offers a distinct advantage to those of us running older machines. The downside of this is that it cannot compete with more modern sim games, but the game is still highly playable and strangely addictive. Caesar III is an interesting twist on the sim market--the simple controls and the theme will be especially suitable to younger game generals. -- Chris Hall