It's also by Impressions Software and has very similar gameplay to Caesar 3, but improved in pretty much every way. Also, you build smaller temples/hermitages to heroes like Hercules, who can assist you in defeating beasts like Hades' 'pet' Cerberus.Originally posted by simonizor:Honestly if you want to play improved Caesar 3, play Pharaoh. It's neat to litter your city with (huge) temples dedicated to different Gods. And it adds a unique gameplay element over the others- managing your relationship with the Gods. The cartoonish quality of the graphics is annoying at first, but it grows on you. It's nice to see a shift from the Mediterranean towards the east.Īlso, give Master of Olympus: Zeus + Master of Atlantis: Poseidon (expansion), a whirl.

It was my favourite a few years back, though it is easier than Pharaoh. I also liked Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom. But you find yourself building magnificent cities in inhospitable locations, as you get better. While terrain variety isn't exactly excellent, the challenge is worth it, and there are plenty of campaign missions that get progressively more challenging. However, my favourite is Pharaoh + Cleopatra: Queen of the Nile expansion. As it stands, I only play Caesar 3 occasionally. If Caesar 3 had roadblocks, I would've never even considered giving it up and trying Caesar 4.

As for combat, it's barely better than in the Caesar games, mainly because you can control your troops properly, but it doesn't compensate for the dumbing down. Money is also very easy to come by, with gold mines and temples providing income (and there are no expenses aside from building costs). You just need to place houses within range of a workshop you don't even need to build any roads like in the Anno xxxx games, so you end up squeezing as many buildings as you can in the smallest possible space. Grand Ages Rome got rid of that element, so it's purely a puzzle game. In the Caesar games goods and services are provided by workers who're spawned at each workshop or public building and then randomly walk around the vicinity, so directing their itineraries by laying out the roads and built-up areas in certain ways is key. It's greatly dumbed down as it removes the only significantly challenging element from the Caesar-style games, namely the various worker flows. I have to advise against playing Grand Ages Rome.

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