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2006 · Tilted Mill Entertainment · City-building · Historical

Caesar IV

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.

Released: 26 September 2006
Platforms: Windows
Genres: City-building Historical Simulation Strategy
Developers: Tilted Mill Entertainment
Publishers: —
Series: Caesar
Modes: Multiplayer Single-player
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Country: United States
Age ratings: ESRB E10+PEGI 12 USK 0
Languages: English
Time to beat: 17hmain story69hcompletionist

About

Caesar IV is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment and published by Sierra Entertainment (Vivendi Universal Games). The game was released on September 26, 2006, in North America. The game features a three-dimensional game engine and individual modeling of game character behaviors.

Like the original Caesar in 1992, the game simulates city administration in historical Rome.

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Gameplay

In a departure from older versions in the series, Caesar IV is equipped with variable, realistic 3D instead of fixed, isometric 3D. In addition, buildings and roads may be placed at 45 degree angles to the playing grid, as well as aligned with the grid, allowing game players more options in creating efficient and visually appealing city layouts.

In an attempt at historical realism, the game tries to stay as close to proper Roman lifestyles as possible. To this end, Sierra Games did detailed research into Roman lifestyles using secondary sources and primary sources.

Reception

Caesar IV received mixed reviews, with review aggregator website Metacritic giving it a rating of 74. Positive aspects mentioned were the city building, large amount of content, visually appealing 3D graphics and professional sound and music. However, there were complaints centering around crashes, user interface issues, lag problems and repetitive game play.

The Australian video game talk show Good Game's two reviewers gave the game a 6/10 and 8/10.