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Article: Caesar IV.(computer strategy game)(Product/service evaluation)
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- Australian PC World
- Article date:
- December 1, 2006
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Though perhaps not as widely known as Sid Meier's Sim City franchise, Sierra's Caesar series has been entertaining city-building fans for over a decade now, with multiple spin-offs like Pharoah, Zeus: Master of Olympus, and Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom, not to mention three incarnations of the original Roman theme. Despite the fact that each game has clearly been a variation on the existing game engine--delivering a surprisingly similar game experience each time--the formula is a winning one, and this latest version is no exception.
It's the first version to come from developer Tilted Windmill, but president Chris Beatrice comes straight ...