Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #1712 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sierra
• Released on: 2006-10-19
• Rating: To Be Announced
• ESRB Rating: Rating Pending
• Platform: Windows XP

Amazon.co.uk Review:
In a nutshell:
Build Rome in a day with the first Caesar game in full 3D. There’s not much debauchery here though, but plenty of zone planning and fending off pesky barbarians.

The lowdown:
Pitched as a sort of SimCity 100BC, Caesar IV is a little more structured than its modern equivalent, as you’re put in charge of an increasingly large population, while also keeping Rome happy by furnishing it with whatever goods it requires. You can’t just slap buildings down anywhere though but most consider aesthetics, supply and demand and the three tier social structure. The interface could’ve been a touch more intuitive, or at least not so thoroughly old fashioned, but this is still easily the best historical city builder in terms of depth, graphics and the impression of being in control of an actual living, breathing city.

Most exciting moment:
Combat is by no means the focus of Caesar IV but there are plenty of fights to get into. Naturally most of the battles revolve around the defence of your city and as such you can build huge defensive walls as well as specialised guard towers and barracks.

Since you ask:
Many of the designers at developer Tilted Mill also worked on the original Caesar game, the last one of which appeared over seven years ago. The studio’s first game, to which Caesar IV has many similarities, was Immortal Cities: Children of the Nile for Sega.

The bottom line:
Fiddle while Rome builds in the most comprehensive city sim yet. -HARRISON DENT

Games Master
A must for city-building fans

Manufacturer's Description
Hail Caesar! The best selling city-builder series returns. Caesar IV takes the ancient city builder to the next generation with leading edge graphics and expanded control over the Roman Empire. Developed by the award-winning creators of Caesar III and Pharaoh, Caesar IV is sure to please the masses.

Starting as governor of a newly formed province in the Roman Empire your goal is simple: advance up the empire's political ladder to become the next Caesar. As governor, you will have total control over your province: including city planning, finances, and defenses. As you succeed you will be given new challenges in other provinces within the Roman Empire ultimately ending in the heart of the empire: Rome.

Caesar IV represents the culmination of more than a decade of development experience in the city-builder genre making it the definitive ancient city-builder. Plebs need not apply.

Customer Reviews

Very....very limited
Unlike some of the other reviews here, I haven't had any probs with the game crashing or deleting The Sims 2 stuff. I bought this game not long after it came out. As a die-hard caesar 3 fan (and all those others e.i. pharoah, emperor, e.t.c) I expected this to be amazing, or at least like Caesar 3 but with good graphics. I was very disappointed!
The map sizes are the 1st Problem. They are miniature and you hardly have room to build anything, and when you do, it doesn't look like a bustling city but more like a few houses and buildings placed down randomly. There are lots of options and different buildings but sadly the gameplay lets it down too much. As far as the combat is concearned, it is an improvement on the awkward Caesar 3 setup but I can't really comment on it as I haven't really done enough of it yet. This game is boring and you'll lose interest in it very quickly.
Overall I wouldn't recommend Caesar 4, I personally liked CivCity Rome instead and found a lot more potential in that. Hope that helps any!

poor
Compared to ceasar 3 this game is very dissapointing you dont get to see your city evolve as you improve it and the map is very jerky when setting downn building you apear to have set down items but thenn they move . the amount of options is annoying and the tutorial voice over often freezes.
Dont buy this get ceasar 3 severe dissapointment and a waste of money

Extremely disappointing
The biggest disappointment with the game is its poor user interface and the fact that the game crashes far far far too often. My system exceeded the system requirements, but the performance is exceptionally jerky and poor, and the game is prone to complete system crashes or lock ups. Perhaps the makers may be able to resolve these issues with a patch in the near future, but until then I would look else where for your gaming needs.