#Grand ages rome series#

It's all well and good wanting luxuries, but those luxuries must come from somewhere. For example, Plebians only require food to be happy, Equites additionally require entertainment and Patricians also desire religion. Campaign mission goals normally revolve around trade, city development or military conquest alternatively a number of the maps are available to play in Free Build mode, giving the player the option to construct a city without the objectives.Д¬ity inhabitants are split into three social classes - Plebians, Equites and Patricians - each has more needs that require fulfilling than the previous.

#Grand ages rome series#

Grand Ages: Rome follows the traditional formula of calling on the player to expand their settlements and meet a series of criteria whilst balancing the needs and desire of their citizens. Haemimont Games, recent inheritors of the fabulous Tropico franchise, are seeking to reinvigorate the classic city-building genre by mixing in RTS mechanics along with a pinch of RPG for good measure.

Will Wright is one of the few to outlast his virtual cities, however these days he is more concerned with the lives of individual Sims, or interfering with the theory of evolution.

Nowadays Impressions Games (the developers behind Sierra's city-builders) are no more, Blue Byte have been consumed by Ubisoft and are relegated to milking their former glory with lacklustre remakes. Many moons ago, city-building games were all the rage Sierra's Caesar and Pharaoh series appealed to history enthusiasts, The Settlers games were the cult favourite whilst Sim City was the one to beat.