Quote Originally Posted by Big_John
to any who have played both, how similar is this game to knights and merchants?
I played the demo of K&M at the start of the year. They're quite different games. K&M is closer to the Settlers series IMO. It's about setting up resource chains and expanding your territory. Imperium is a true city builder. Everything is centred around building and improving your city.

Quote Originally Posted by CountArach
@ froggie - What's it like? I'm tempted to try the demo, but if I know the full game isn't great I won't bother.
I've completed a grand total of 1 level so far. There's loads left for me to see.

Unless the game has something unexpectedly rubbish lurking in its untouched depths I expect it will remain at the higher end of my post Impressions city builder scale. That makes it the best Roman city builder since Caesar III. If I'm unkind I might say that is not difficult, as I don't like Caesar IV and found CivCity: Rome to be good but not spectacular.

Without a doubt I can say that the full game is better than the demo. There are important facets of the game which are not touched upon in the demo, such as the mini economy which requires your citizens to earn money in order to buy the goods they need to survive.