Imperium Romanum

[Mouzafphaerre]

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stereotypical barbarian warriors and 'hastati' wearing lorica segmentata

Please excuse my stupidity, which can often compete and compare with RTW (but not MiNO) AI, for not understanding your elegant literary style but may I ask if Imperium Romanum includes them or not, exactly?
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[frogbeastegg]

But a non-vet of city-builders might have a tough go of it?

(*Kukri seeks a new genre to explore*)

No, no, not at all! :tries not to trip over in her rush to indoctrinate new blood!:

It's one of those simple yet complex types. The interface is easy to use and the foundations of your city are easy to lay: build basic housing, a water source, some way of getting food, done. Then it gradually edges out into more. Basic industry, more food types, religion, posher housing, trade. The demo doesn't let you progress too far, however I expect that circle to keep on pressing outwards until there's a lot going on and a large population in place to support it.

Typically in the early missions of these games you can expand at your own rate. After a year of game time you might have a thriving city with hundreds of citizens and a complex economy, or you could have a basic little polis with 400 people herding cows. By the time missions need you to set up quickly you should be ready for it.

Half the fun of these games is in the tweaking your building plans so they're more efficient. It's satisfying when you plan out a compact, thriving little city which produces better results than the improved sprawling mess you used to first pass a mission.

Download the demo and try it. There's 2 tutorial missions and nothing else. They do a good job of showing the basics.

may I ask if Imperium Romanum includes them or not, exactly?

The basic Roman infantry unit is called 'hastati', and the graphic has them looking like the classical early imperial legionary. The barbarian warriors have horned helmets and wear fur. They stand out more because the rest of the game is more accurate than the norm for this genre.



I found a link to what appears to be a good review while looking around the official forums.

With regards to the release date, it appears that the US release was delayed a bit, and that it came out a couple of days ago. The European release has been on shelves for a couple of weeks now.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Thanks Lady froggy. I think I'll give it a chance.
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