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License:
Free to try
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Editor's Rating:
Not rated
- Average User Rating:
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Downloads:
75,745
- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/2000/XP, 1.5GHz CPU, 256MB RAM, 32MB video card (GeForce 2MX/Radeon 9000+)
- Limitations:
Six missions
- Date Added:
Date unavailable
Publisher's description of Glory of the Roman Empire demo
Glory of the Roman Empire is an empire-building simulation set during the height of the glorious Roman Empire. In the game, the player assumes the roles of city planner, governor and military leader. Successful players will need planning skills, economic savvy and - should those fail - military might. Glory of the Roman Empire will challenge gamers to grow a small village into a thriving community through trade with neighbors, while also expanding and defending its borders through more militaristic means. Players will need to focus on the physical and emotional health of the citizenry, as villagers age and mature under strong leadership, contributing to the development of more advanced societies and larger cities.
Take on the role of the Roman Caesar as you play six missions designed to get you acclimated with running a Roman city.
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User reviews
- Average user rating: 3.2 stars out of 11 votes
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10 out of 13 people found this review helpful
Version: Glory of the Roman Empire demo
Pros: I love the graphics in this game. Most of the natural things in this game (such as water, trees, mountains, etc) look very realistic. Scenery was definitely worked on for a long time.
As far as gameplay, most of the controls were very easy, no confusion at all on how build or look at anything. The physics of the people and how they do things were also unbelievable.
In the options, you have many selections for resolution, detail, shadowing, draw distance, etc. You can put things the way you want it, so your computer runs it the best. Also after changing setting (such as resolution), you do not need to restart the game, something that irritated me in other games.
If you were fans of the old Impression Games games, such as Zues, then this is definitely a try. If not, it's still a good city building game to try out.
Cons: Although the graphics were really good, with a 64MB video RAM, 512 MB RAM, and 1.7 processor, it seemed to not get every frame it should be.
As far as gameplay for the cons, at some parts it was very confusing on what a building would need to continue struction/opperation. And once you did find out, it was complicated on how to fix it, I'm still not sure to this moment...
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Version: Glory of the Roman Empire demo
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Cons: asks for disk 2 on install. um ... yeah. bad demo, bad, no cookie for you.
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Version: Glory of the Roman Empire demo
"Its so good, only being bigger would have made it better"
Pros: I love city building and this city builder sure is a damn good one. Easy game play, easy controls, lots of options.
Great graphics, really natural feel, zoom in and it looks as real as a roman city can look like on a computer. The water streams and splashes, the trees move softly in the wind, the shades fall delicately on the balconies of the newly built villa's..
Great builder. After playing the demo, I instantly bought it.
Cons: But. So limited in amounts of maps. There are but very few maps available in the free builder mode, and the maps one gets to play in challenger mode aren't available in free builder mode, nor is there any word yet on wether or not there'll ever be a map editor for this game (Which I myself would love to have) and in no map is there space enough to build a truly big city. I wonder if this is simply to keep the game running?
So even though I could use some more options (and definately would like more statues and gardens and other embellishment options) it is a great game. Definately recommend it!
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Version: Glory of the Roman Empire demo
Pros: i don like anything
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Version: Glory of the Roman Empire demo
Pros: I loved this game demo...and I can't wait to buy the actual game.
The graphics are beautiful and very detailed. There are many options, menus and buildings to choose from, and it looks like the game will have tons more. I think they did a great job with this demo as they start you out very simple, with small portions of the the menu and buildings, so you are not overwhelmed with trying to figure out what to do. It takes you through step by step so you can become familiar with the controls of the game...wish more demos were like that!
As you progress through the 6 missions, you get more challenges and more menu options open up. I thought there was tons of stuff to do, and by the end of demo I found myself definately wanting to play more. From the previews of the full game, it looks like the demo only has a very small portion of whats in the full game, so it looks very exciting.
This demo focuses on starting villages and getting them to grow successfully, you don't even get to the military and big city life, so it appears the game is going to be huge with lots to do.
I loved Age of the Empires III, and this felt simular to that game, only it focuses more on the details of starting the villages and growing them into cities.
As for downloading and playing this demo, I had no problems at all. Everything went smoothly and worked perfectly for me. Here my system info: XP SP2, Pent 4 3.2Ghz, 512 RAM and Geforce FX5200.
Cons: None, loved it...I thought they did a great job with this demo.
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