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    A good ancient city building game recommendation

    Discussion in 'Gaming (Software and Graphics Cards)' started by Baerius, Nov 9, 2012.

  1. Baerius

    Baerius Notebook Geek

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    Hi guys,
    was wondering if any of you have any good recommendations for an Ancient-City building game in the vein of classic titles such as Pharaoh and Caesar? I do have Imperium Romanum Gold Edition in my Steam list but it is really buggy and is not worth the time trying to make it work. I have done a cursory search of Steam but found nothing of note. Have these games stopped being developed? I remember that Sierra was big on ancient cities but I haven't seen anything as outstanding as those good old days.
     
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  2. Zymphad

    Zymphad Zymphad

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    It's not ancient, but Annon 1404
     
    Zymphad, Nov 9, 2012
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  3. Yiddo

    Yiddo Believe, Achieve, Receive

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    Anno is great if you want old go back to the original Anno 1602 :)
     
    Yiddo, Nov 9, 2012
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  4. masterchef341

    masterchef341 The guy from The Notebook

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    sim city 2000 is a classic game set in the ancient times of the year 2000.
     
    masterchef341, Nov 9, 2012
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    leadermac Notebook Enthusiast

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    Its not like an ancient rome style but the settlers games aren't bad either
     
    leadermac, Nov 9, 2012
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    Karamazovmm Overthinking? Always!

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    Yeah I have been playing anno 1404 straight for 2 weeks, love it, though Im getting bored.

    Im subscribing to this, I want to play one as well
     
    Karamazovmm, Nov 9, 2012
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    Qing Dao Notebook Deity

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    us.ikariam.com

    :p
     
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    My friend is really into Civ City Rome
     
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    Pharaoh was awesome, but I like the Anno series too.
     
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    Thanks guys, the general impression I'm starting to get is that there just are not any around! I love those old city building games, but I don't have the time to play any 'retro' stuff from 10 years ago. I would however, totally buy a 2012-2013 ancient city building game! I guess there just isn't that much of a market for them any more....Although I get the feeling that if a triple A dev went for it for PC towards the Xmas period, the game would sell like hotcakes....
    It's interesting what Roberts Space Industries is doing over on kickstarter...maybe a brave dev might take the plunge there with regards to ancient city building....
     
    Baerius, Nov 11, 2012
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