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Caesar 3

Hail Governor, your city awaits. As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is 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 - a truly intuitive, helpful interface lets you jump right in and

Release date
February 16, 2010
Platforms
Windows
Developer
Impressions Games
Publisher
Activision
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Hail Governor, your city awaits. As a provincial governor charged with spreading the glory of Rome our mission is clear: build cities, foster trade and industry, make money. How you accomplish this is 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 - a truly intuitive, helpful interface lets you jump right in and start building. Citizens give you a glimpse into the life of the common man – talk to them for clues about how to improve your city.

Various new structures and challenges arise throughout your Governor’s career, for tremendous depth of play and replayability.

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★ 9.0/10GOG · 2,319 ratings
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Most helpful8

★ 4 / 5
. . . has an important problem. None of the building animations work, and those of you who are familiar with the game know that…
★ 5 / 5
A great game from a genere now past I was really into sandbox building games when this came out and was highly impressed. Caesar 3…
★ 5 / 5
I loved this game, and played the heck out of it on my old win98 box. Two things I really appreciated: - You could play…
★ 5 / 5
This, together with OFP, is by far my most beloved good old games, and I still have the CD laying around . I have used…
★ 5 / 5
Have fond memories of playing this back in 1999. When I finished the campaign I spent hours and hours with the map editor that is…
★ 5 / 5
I probably am a bit biased, because I spent my entire 1999 summer holiday on Caesar III, but this game has aged quite well, given…
★ 5 / 5
This game is great with flaws that many of the negative reviews are valid but there's a mod for that called Augustus that solves every…
★ 5 / 5
I got this game many years ago in a $10 bin and immediately fell in love with it (OK, maybe not love, but extreme like).…

Most recent8

★ 5 / 5
Always liked this game, very satisfying . It can be frustrating when everything is burning down but once you are past that it is fun!…
★ 5 / 5
Still just as enjoyable as it was decades ago, and not just for nostalgia reasons. The game is challenging, but quite engaging once you get…
★ 4 / 5
WARNING: slightly long-winded. Let's just say I'm really passionate for this game, and it shows in this way. I love Caesar 3. I loved it…
★ 5 / 5
I see most of the reviews here are old, but there has been tremendous progress on this game since the 2010s. Caesar 3 is a…
★ 5 / 5
If you enjoy excel spread sheets with hammy British accents then boy howdy, get ready to spend far too much of your God given time…

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