I enjoy city builders, and I enjoy Civilization, so this one was very exciting for me.

It's really more of a city builder than a Civilization game, though. You can research technologies to unlock new buildings, but it stays in one era (of course), and it has wonders you may build. That's about all for the similarties between Civ and CivCity.

The campaign does a good job of easing you into building a city, introducing you to new buildings little by little. I kept expecting it to end, but it ended up being a fairly deep game, the ending having quite a lot of buildings and rescources to manage. I had a lot of fun, especially at the end when I had to make my city pretty with gardens and statues in order to win the game.

City Building and Civilization come together in this city-state based game. Build your settlement from just a few huts into a detailed and thriving center of trade, conquest and research. The game reminds me alot of the ANNO series where you have settlers that come into your city, you have to fill certain needs, and they level up. A player can choose from a free-build city, to doing the campaign, and even beyond to playing your own custom maps that YOU as a player can create.

A few things I have noticed that are not accurate, is that aquaduct technology allowed for one main trunk to branch into smaller segments, in this game that does not occur so you do not get the representation of the True aquaduct system. However the gameplay was not affected by this.

One thing that I do NOT like about it is that I found the maps to be small. I mean really small. I constantly had a high unemployment. Apparently settlers just come in even if there is no spare work slots. And the workers dont leave if you bulldoze work places if you move them. Documented sources via gametap.com/formus have stated that "when happiness is positibe, immigrants arrive reguardless of housing and cause unemployment and housing chrises" With this said its kinda broken in a sence if you have 100% happiness you will always have a high unemployment.

Another thing is that widescreen support is not automatically built into the game on download. (As also documented in steam forums) HOWEVER there are fixes and solutions for this that can be found on google.

Now then for the positives. It is a simple game. The menus are easy to navigate, and the gameplay is easy and quick to comprehend. For example Wheat farm -> Wheat -> Mill -> Flour -> Bakery -> Bread. Another thing is that it IS addictive. looking at my clock I played 3-4 hours on one map straight through. Please remember to set yourself a timer when you play this game I will not be responsible if you spend 3 whole days on the game and forget to eat or sleep. Yes it is that addicting.

Other thoughts : I wish widescreen resolution was included with the game. I wish there was alot more realism, for example you cant build on mountains.. Yet the alps are in the north, and the apennine run through the center. I am quite sure the Romans found a way around that.

Overall : Would recommend. Due to price. Recommend x 1.5 .. H/N Kinsha review rates this AS.... 4.25 cookes OUT of 5 cookies.

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There is unfortunately a serious bug that makes the game pretty much unplayable at the more advanced levels. Known as the "lazy worker" bug, craftsmen (especially woodcutters and well workers) will never work and simply lie down and sleep instead of gathering raw materials. This is a known bug, dating back to the original CD, which had never been corrected or fixed,

A strategic level-based city building simulator in the vein of the Caesar/Pharoah series of old. It's easy to understand but operates slightly differently from how most others do (where road access between buildings is necessary for benefits), instead opting for a direct "distance" approach in order for benefits to convey. Because of this, some strategies may seem non-intuitive at first to folks who are experienced in the genre.

It's competent, and fun - not the best example of the genre, but a good way to spend some time if you're into this type of game.

DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! I played this game 15+ years ago when it came out. Very fun. Loved it. Saw it last week ---> Nostalgia impulse buy. The only problem was that it had a bug that rendered it COMPLETELY UNPLAYABLE, namely a few hours into the game the workers would sit idling all day. The bug is still not fixed after 15+ years. I have tried all the work-arounds suggested online (uninstall/reinstall, admin permissions, change compatibility settings, etc.) and the bug keeps returning.

ONE bug? Okay, report it and let the developer fix it. Still... after 15+ years? That is trashy. I love Firefly games but that is tuh-rashy and deserves no support from users. DO NOT BUY THIS GAME.

I got this game because it reminded me of Pharaoh and Master of Olympus:Zeus, which I spent plenty of hours on when I was younger. I wasn't disappointed, I enjoyed building my cities which could grow quite quickly once you have managed to start making good money. I found some difficulty when I first realised that when the houses evolved they needed to be rehomed and I had to do a lot of remapping of my city to fit in my estates. My own fault for not checking the tutorial before each campaign mission.
It's all about balance. Big cities can be hard to manage if you haven't got the means to meet everyones needs. Also vagrants don't stop coming, by trying to house all your workers more vagrants come to the citie even if you don't have the jobs for them. This doesn't stop you from being able to play the game, it is only a slight annoyance in that you can't really create a perfect city.
It also has a military side to it for those who would like it, adding another level in the game. Trying to keep yourself well defended whilst also keeping your city happy and growing adds the next difficulty to the game.

Although I've only played this game for a few hours on steam, I can assure you that I've racked up more time playing this game, as I've still got the hard copy from when it first came out from 2006, and let that be an indicator of how good of a game this is. To start with, the game is very simplistic in design and approach, but don't let that fool you into think this game is easy. To put it simply, it is relaxing but challenging, but the challenge can be set harder if you want to try at a much more diffcult level. But overall, this game is a pleasure, and, I should think I will play many more hours to this game for many years to come.

This is full of bugs. Some of the industry workers will not work. It doesn't matter if they are on red (work) or blue (free) time the well workers will just sleep in their houses or at the well and do nothing, It is the same story with stone workers, and wine workers.

This is in my top 10 games of all time. It's rediculously addicting, blisfully simple, and occasionaly the most frustration found in a video game since double master hand in SSBM. If you like city builders, and graphics from the early 2000's, look no further.

I have been playing CivCity Rome for many, many years. I owned it originally on disc in about 2008. On older versions of Windows, like 7, I have had no issue with this game, it runs great, it's fun, it's simple, no problems. But ever since I bought it on Steam after losing the disc and started playing it on Windows 10, I encounter the same "lazy workers" bug that makes the game impossible to progress. Well workers won't gather water, woodcutters won't cut wood, ect and so on. There's countless "fixes" for this bug, and I've tried all of them to no avail. If you have Windows 10, it just isn't worth buying until someone finds a reliable fix, which is SO unlikely because it's a niche, unknown game from 2006 that only like 10 people play. It's a shame because I genuinely love this game. It's simple, to the point, and for a big, fat nerd growing up, I loved the educational value it had (it has a cute little civpedia feature so you can learn all about Roman culture and architecture and fun facts!!!). But it's kinda hard to enjoy the game when I can't get past the first level because my well workers refuse to work and just nap, stand, nap, stand, nap stand over and over again.