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Great Game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: February 13, 2007
Author: Amazon User

It has great graphics. It was a good game overall Do not use this to study because it has some inaccurate facts.I really liked how you can command the army and how you can make your own scenario in the map editor.I also like how you can make wonders like the Colloseum.

Firefly/Firaxis Deliver

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: July 28, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I have found little about this game I don't like so far. I find the game highly addicting for one thing. The artwork and animations are great, not to mention the game runs very smooth. The only complaints I have are its hard to target things at times, no strategy in the military aspect and it takes a long time to load. Other than that, its great!

Excellent strategy game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: January 18, 2008
Author: Amazon User

I've been playing this game for quite a while and as I said, it is an excellent strategy game. Although it does have some military action, it is very related to cities development. In some ways similar to Stronghold, in the sense that you have to build complete commodities chains.
I really like this game and recommend it to people who enjoy adding details to cities, and that would like to know more about Rome.

Keepin up with the Civ Name

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: March 31, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This game is very fun to play if you are one who likes to focus on the city building aspects of a Strategy game. I have been lost for hours playing this game. However it does require a good vid card. MIlitary functions could be increased but im sure that it will happen in an upgrade.
Very Fun

Ancient Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 30, 2008
Author: Amazon User

This is just an awesome game. You learn a lot of the strategies as you progress through the game. It definately makes you think.

Good game - I like it

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 11 / 12
Date: September 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I think this is a great game and my wife and I are currently addicted to it. It's definitely more to the SimCity style of play than the Civilization series; though it allows more granular control of your city than SimCity. The only Civilization aspect is the research which is enjoyable. But other than that there isn't much "Civ" to CivCity (which isn't necessarily bad).

This game reminds me heavily of a german title "Knights and Merchants" (1998) but with much better implementation. On that note, if you find that this game isn't for you, try the VERY similar but much easier "Glory of the Roman Empire".

This game is definitely challenging, but in a good way. Someone complained about small maps - the maps get bigger as your progress through the game and the small maps are small for a reason - it adds challenge to the game (for example, there is an island map with limited resources which requires that you build a shipping fleet). The interface is generally good, but there are some non-intuitive things like sending tributes.

I think the graphics are nice, especially the temples, but it's definitely not the end-all as far as graphics go. There are a lot of city beautification enhancements (fountains, gardens, etc) that I don't tend to mess with, but they are pretty and increase your city's happiness. (Your citizens will candidly tell you if they think your city "is a dump". I think they did an excellent job on the citizen interaction - amusing yet useful.)

Regarding the "game breaking" click-select bug. I'm playing at 1024x768 resolution and I barely have any problems with it. When I do, I simply rotate my map and I'm able to select what I want. I don't consider the bug to be "game breaking" or even all that annoying; though I'm glad they're coming out with a patch to fix it.

All in all, I think the game play is excellent. Like all modern games, the implementation was rushed (nothing that a patch won't fix, though). I suspect the game will age well and have a high-replay value.

Enjoyable & Challenging City Builder Set In Ancient Rome...with a few bugs.

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 7 / 8
Date: August 26, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Disclaimer: I am not employed by or associated in any way with the game's publisher or developer. I am just another consumer.

I put that disclaimer because people have a tendency to point out all the positive game reviews here as "planted by the developers". That may be true in some cases, but, not here.

CivCity:Rome is not without it's flaws. The mouse cursor bug is a known issue on high-resolution settings, and the game developers have acknowledged this and will be releasing a patch soon. How this slipped by their beta testers is beyond me, but, I'll agree with some others here, it is nearly a game-breaker.

That aside, if you love things set in ancient Rome, like me, and if you love city builder (CB) PC games, like me, you'll absolutely love CivCity:Rome. Don't be fooled by the title, the game has absolutely nothing to do with the Civilization series of games. It is more like a blend of Caesar III and SimCity, with a heavy influence of Stronghold II thrown into the mix.

I personally have spent many hours playing the game, on medium difficulty, and I find the interface and in-game advisors extremely easy to navigate. Some have stated the game's interface is "clunky" and hard to navigate...I would love to know what game they are comparing CivCity:Rome to, because, the interface is slick and very easy to use.

Graphically, the game is beautiful to look at. Those who say the graphics are dated are living in a fantasy world. Just take a look at the screenshots! Admittedly, the graphics are not as pretty as those in the upcoming Caesar IV game, but, they are very well done, especially on newer systems.

The tutorial and the manual were both very generous and well done, the in-game voice acting is charming and appropriate, the gameplay is challenging and addictive, and the learning curve is about what you would expect for any city-builder. I strongly suggest anyone interested in city-building games, and especially ancient Rome based games, to check this game out. It is well worth the 40 bucks and you'll get many hours of enjoyment. If you have a high resolution monitor, you may want to wait for the first patch, though.

Cheers.

OK, but lacks principles

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 7
Date: August 05, 2006
Author: Amazon User

ok, i wanna get one thing straight first. i LOVE this game! it has great graphics, and decent gameplay. it isn't generic, like Glory of the Roman Empire, but it isn't the best, either. i still have yet to see a city builder where you can kill of some of your citizens for being mad for no reason. one of the flaws is SOMETHING that gets them angry, unemployment. It'd be nice if you could turn off immigration for awhile, or lessen the flow of immigrants. You just can't keep up with the tide of immigration. another flaw, though i thought otherwise later, is the fact that your watchtowers don't react effectively. they don't go down and put down the bad cats that are killing your citizens with clubs, instead they use slings, which isn't very much of a change, just a little less accuracy. and the third thing is the LAZINESS of the citizens. the butcher can be right next to a goat farm, and they'll just sit there. sadly, the military aspect is just so generic. you sit there and wait for an attack, you build up your military, then you slaughter the enemy in an age of empires kinda style. On a scale of 1-10, i'll give this game a 7.5.

Flawed, but fun

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 6
Date: September 15, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I agree with some of the reviews about the rush and need to keep up with the happiness tied to immigrant status. That being said - I spent endless hours researching and building and thoroughly enjoyed this game. Well worth the cost and enjoyable. I am not familiar with the other Civ games - and was looking more for a city building game set in the past, similar to my favorite game Children of the Nile - perhaps that explains why I was not disappointed.

CicCity: Rome

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 17
Date: January 05, 2007
Author: Amazon User

My 14.5-year-old daughter, who is homeschooled and has almost two years of Latin, simply loves this game. Dr. J. Busey, Red Bluff, CA

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