Caesar IV

[SwordsMaster]

Thanks froggy! Apparently patch 1.5 or something of the sort is out, so perhaps some of the issues you mentioned have been solved.

Basically I am feeling like a city-builider for when i finish my thesis in 2-3 weeks and was wondering about this game. I'll have a look at Civ-City Rome.

What are the main differences between these two? Apart from farming, which apparently is one...

[edyzmedieval]

I found Civ City: Rome a big dissapointment. True, I didn't play it with the patches...

[frogbeastegg]

Oops. I didn't have time to reply when I first read this, and then I forgot about it.

It's been a while since I played either game, and I didn't get so far in Caesar IV. That in mind, here's what I remember:

1. CivCity has the ability to research. This tailors your city to your task or personal preferences. Want your people to get about quicker? Research better roads. Want more output from your farms? Research that area. If there's an industry you rely on then you can research improvements for it too. Plenty of options, and it makes for some tough choices in the early stages of the scenarios.

2. Roads. CivCity's plebs can get about without roads; they move faster when on a road, and the speed boost increases with each road upgrade. I don't remember if Caesar's need roads or not ... I kind of suspect they did.

3. Distribution. CivCity's people will go and get what they need provided it is in a set distance of thier house/workshop. It's a pull economy and it works nicely for keeping everything running.

4. Caesar IV has more missions. I also felt that the early missions in Caesar IV took longer than the midway missions of CivCity, although this may be deceptively influenced by the fact I was not enjoying Caesar IV terribly much.

5. Visually CivCity looks more grimy, a lived in world. Caesar IV is shiner, pristine. Of the two there is no doubt that Caesar IV has more and better graphical options; if you have the right PC then it can look very flashy.

Got to go! I know Caesar IV has a demo. I think CivCity may have one too. I suggest you try them out.

[SwordsMaster]

Thanks froggy! No worries! Don't really have time to play now anyway. Thesis due Thursday, so barely have time to train even