If you have the time and patience, it can turn into a rewarding experience, but initially it’s more an exercise in frustration. This giant exercise in logistics might not be to everyone’s taste, not least because you need to micromanage practically every aspect of the game, from assigning who can buy what in the market through to ensuring that the warehouses don’t fill to capacity – a task not made any easier by the inability to dump goods. What’s more, many of these buildings evolve once they have access to a certain number of items get two varieties of food and running water to a pleb’s house and both its look and cultural value will be enhanced. In fact, there are over 100 different structures to build, from lowly apartment housing for the plebeians through to expansive villas for the gentry. You need people to work all these places, and they all need homes. For example, to make bread, you need cornfields and a farmer, and the corn needs to go to a granary before you send it to a baker. You’ll need resources to keep Rome happy and, as with almost every other city builder, this means setting up both production chains and infrastructure. Each successfully completed task wins you favour with the Emperor – you need to achieve a certain level in his good books before you can progress to the next map. The game is about the expansion of the Roman Empire, and to this end you get a series of challenges throughout each map, from setting up a new trade route though to shipping grain or luxury goods back to Rome.
The success of your city depends on building the right shops, temples, farms and housing, and as your resources are limited this can be a tricky proposition.Īlthough the game has much in common with Sim City, it isn’t a totally free-form city builder.
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