Caesar 3
As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission is clear; build cities, foster trade and industry, make money.
Caesar III is a city building and management simulation that transports players back to ancient Rome, letting them live the life of a provincial governor. It's your job to create an environment that will attract citizens, keep those people fed and supplied with fresh water, and defend the city walls from jealous and greedy enemies. As if that's not enough, you also have to meet the demands of your caesar or face... dismissal. We were eased into the career mode with a series of easy tutorials that gave us a good feel for the basic game mechanics. After that the challenges were legion, but the rewards for good city planning and wise financial management were worth the effort. It is satisfying to create a self-sufficient and profitable city that can fend off enemy attacks and produce productive, educated citizens. Cities really come to life, thanks to the game's detailed graphics. Fountains, statues, and gardens can be used to pretty things up, and all the familiar Roman landmarks like the Colosseum and Hippodrome will eventually end up dominating the landscape. We whiled away many hours with Caesar III's City Construction Kit, which lets players build a city without the goals of career mode hanging over their heads. Any fans of the SimCity titles should enjoy Caesar III, and its unique setting and fun gameplay should attract even those who didn't like that related series of games. --T. Byrl Baker Pros: - Roman theme makes for some challenging historical considerations
- You have to both build a city and defend it from invaders
Cons:- Demands from the caesar can be unfair (and sometimes impossible to meet)
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.
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Caesar 3 Reviews
The depth of the game is incredible, so much so that things hitherto unknown are still being discovered today. The main secret of successful play is walker control. Regular competitive events are still held for the game as well. You can also compete against other C3 players on [.]., but just don't expect to be able to defeat the experts immediately.
Fortunately, this contest site also caters for novices. You understand C3's walkers (which continued with few changes through Pharoah, Zeus and Emperor), you go a long way towards mastery of C3. It is tremendous to see this classic game still available a decade after its release. If you want to learn to play C3 well, I would suggest C3 Heaven, the site is still active and fans of this game love to help newer players.
Although support for the game from its makers has pretty much finished now, there are still fan sites that support the game. Caesar 3 is easy to play, but very hard to master. With the support for this game from its fans still out there, and the massive game you are getting for such a small investment, I'd recommend C3 to anyone after an immersive RTS historical citybuilding game.
I honestly sit and play this game while watching Tv. you can also choose between really hard assignments and more trivial ones. One of the main complaints that I have is that it's really hard to get your housing to evolve past a certain level. Happy gaming. The other great thing is that you can alter the difficulty and even turn the effects of the Gods off. I actually got it when it was first available and just recently thought about it and went online to find it again. Well this is the second time that I've purchased Caesar 3.
You have to send gifts to Rome, defend your city from invaders, make enough $ to sustain your city, and keep your people happy. Just go slow with your building and watch for running out of money.
There are very few cheat codes out there for this game.so it's not one you can just fudge your way through. I like to play the freeform mode or "City Construction Kit" I find that building a city and keeping all of the areas happy really challenging.
The career mode of the game is more challenging. The manual is a good tool to keep everything organized.
The best way that I have found to keep this from happening is to build forums and keep the tax collectors working. It's more frustrating to me that just about anything else.
I prefer the freeform mode of the game as opposed to the career mode but that's mainly because I just like to play.
I bought this product for my daughter, age 12. Her school used it as part of a intro to languages program. She loves it.
Campaign mode is my preference. Build temples, people love going to a nearby temple to prey to their gods. If you want a bit of a challenge then choose the harder province where you will need to deal with barbarian and sometime rebellious natives. It's been 5 or 6 years. There are two mode of gameplay; I'll call them city sandbox and campaign.
For example, farms are generally dirty places so any housing built right next to it will probably have a hard time evolving into a large villa. People want clean water from nearby fountains. They want jobs. You start your career as a clerk and you are given very low expectations by Caesar's proconsul since it is your first city. I believe after the first two cities you will be given the choice of which province you want pursue.
Peace is simply, do not let your people riot. However, as you advance in your career the proconsul expectations will increase. As people move in, the tents will evolve to shacks, hovels, small villas. While a well will provide water, it is much too primitive for most people and housing will not evolve beyond the basic hovel. You don't build villas or palaces from the start. Right clicking on a build, like a house will tell you why it has devolved or what is preventing it from evolving. Out of nostalgia, I decided to play Caesar 3 again. This is where the fun begins.
Graphics is sub-par compared to the games today, but Caesar 3's strength is the challenging gameplay. A place of business like farms or docks may tell you there is no one living nearby, thus no employees. Make sure they are employed and fed. Yes, there are the barbarian hordes, but the violence is very minimal. Culture refers to a combination of temples that you build to the gods, education infrastructure for your citizens and theatrical entertainment.
Favor is basically how much Caesar likes you. Workshops for building goods is also noisy as are granaries and warehouses. One complaint is that the game is less complex than Caesar 3 so some people don't find it as challenging as it's predecessor. Send the goods late then. Money means they can eat and buy things.
Anyway, for a game that was released back in 1998, I think it still holds up pretty well today. Anywaste, you get the point; people want to be happy. Building plazas, gardens, temples, theatres, and other structures as well can offset negative effects. Well at least you can say, "Better late than never." But if you fail to provide the goods at all, then your favor will plummet. There may or may not be any barbarians you would need deal with depending on which you province you choose. If I remember correctly the first two cities in campaign mode are pretty much tutorials where you will be given tips on how to improve your city. A bit of micromanagement and organizational skills are necessary to build a successful city. But you have to build up the desirability of the neighborhood for house to develop.
But I think it adds to the fun `cause you directly affect how well the city performing. Your goals are broken down into 5 categories: Population, Culture, Prosperity, Peace, and Favor. Hey, all work and no play means one hell of a boring city, so build theatres, amphitheatres, and a coliseum or two. They want a marketplace nearby to go shopping, but don't build it too close `cause marketplaces are noisy and will have a negative affect on the overall local desire level. Now that the introduction has been completed, it's time to start building. Send the goods on time and your favor goes up. They want a nearby bathhouse `cause who wants to walk around smelling like "old cheese".
Caesar 3 is unlike most games because very little violence is actually involved. All-in-all Caesar 3 is still a great game to play because of the underlying complexities of how citizens react layout of the city. Water is one of the primary necessities. All you have to figure out is how to do so and where to place the various types of buildings. You can also send gifts from your personal savings, but once you start giving gifts then they will no longer be gifts in the future. One of best features of the game is that you can right click on your own citizens and they will tell what's on their mind.
and how wealthy your citizens are. They are not shy about it. Violence can be totally avoided by simply choosing the peaceful career path. Most of the time you will start in an empty province and you will need to build housing and jobs to attract people to your fledgling city. Instead you build tents. But that's easier said than done. Employment means money. The Caesar series is the only city building sim game that I've played so I can't give a comparison to the SimCity games.
Lastly, defeat the barbarian hordes. The wealth or prosperity of your city his depicted by the type of building they live in; from tents through large palaces. At this time Caesar 4 is currently on sale, but it has some mixed reviews. That's not to say it will be a walk through the park though. It's more pretty (better graphics), but has less substance. Prosperity basically is a measure of how well your city is doing (are you spending more than you are collecting).
Mars (the god of war) may cause some of your citizens to rise up against you if you do not pay homage to him by build temples dedicated to him. The manual's pretty good and it should be referred to from time to time. Because the you will have less headaches in peaceful provinces, the expectations are generally higher than in the harder provinces since there will not be any barbarians to deal with. This will help you improve your city. Population is easy to understand, simply attract as many people to live in your city.
well you get the point. If you are the non-violent type, then you can select the peaceful province which is easier since you won't need to build forts with trained soldiers to repel barbarian attacks. Anything that is noisy or dirty will have a negative effect on the local neighborhood and prevent housing to evolve beyond a certain point. In the city sandbox mode (I don't play this mode) you select a province you want to play so that you can build a city from scratch. From time to time the proconsul will request "goods" from you that must be delivered to Rome.
They will become requirements. There is no one strategy to winning the game.
I love the challenge of building the city, and the battles aren't bad now I've figured out the strategy involved. More city building games. ;). please, make more. I keep coming back to this game.
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