Build, rule, and defend
As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome your mission
is clear; build cities, foster trade and industry, make money.
How you
accomplish this entirely up to you. Gain wealth and power, make a career out of
pleasing the emperor, battle Barbarians and repel invaders or concentrate on
building the next Eternal City. Fail and you'll end up as lunch for the lions.
Prove your strength of mind and spirit and you just may be crowned Caesar!
- Build, rule, and defend on one screen -
no more switching between city, province, and battle screens.
- Use the City Construction Kit to build
the perfect city, or climb the ladder of Roman politics with a
career.
- Now your citizens can give you a glimpse
into the life of the common man - talk to them for clues about how
to improve your city.
- Appease 5 gods with temples and
festivals. Each god has its own sphere of influence; Please Ceres
and your crops will thrive. But dishonor Neptune and watch your
trade ships sink into the sea.
- Various new structures and challenges
arise throughout your governor's career, for tremendous depth of
play and replay-ability.
- A truly intuitive, helpful interface let's you jump right in and start
building.
Players of Caesar III are immersed in a city simulation 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
which must be overcome. Players have specific objectives to achieve, although
many players will not use these, but rather will content themselves in
designing their idea of the perfect city.
The game is structured as a career, beginning with a training mission,
and then progressing 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 allows us to introduce elements of the
game step by step, thereby teaching players how to play without forcing
them to play through something called a tutorial. This technique has been
extremely well-used in games such as Warcraft.
There will also be a "City Construction Kit" option, where players ignore
the career progression, and simply play the full game with no promotion
involved.
"I find myself continually drawn back to the game to try just one more
tactic… To paraphrase Shakespeare's Antony, 'I come to praise Caesar III…"
- Johnny Wilson, Computer Gaming World
