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Pharaoh/Caesar/Zeus Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 02:21:36 8264ff No.14928041

So I want to try one of these city building games but don't know which is the best. Without nostalgia, which do you recommend the most?

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 02:22:20 32fcdb No.14928047

WITH nostalgia, Caesar 2.

I tried Caesar 3, but it kept crashing.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 02:37:17 819757 No.14928149

Zeus is probably the best one, through all of the impression games city-builders are good. Zeus' expansion has some cheesy shit in it, but it's alright too.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 02:38:10 8264ff No.14928157

>>14928047

I remember a thread about these games months ago, but I don't remember which people were hailing as the best. I think it was Zeus, or maybe Pharaoh.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 04:04:12 3fdad1 No.14928647

>>14928041

PLAY EVERYONE OF THOSE

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 04:35:33 8264ff No.14928796

>>14928647

Ok but which one would one enjoy the most?

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 05:36:09 9ad276 No.14929104

>>14928796

Zeus is the best one.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 05:39:37 ecab61 No.14929116

>>14928047

lol that's funny I bought Caesar 3 and could never get it to run properly and that was about 20 years ago. I haven't even played one of these games since I think I just saw it in walmart and thought oh this might be cool but I was too young and stupid to get it to play without fucking it up for some reason.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 05:39:55 43a3d5 No.14929119

>>14928047

>but it kept crashing.

What are you running? I'm playing it in Win7 and it hasn't crashed on me once.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 05:41:56 e53210 No.14929128

I have been playing emperor rise of the middle kingdom recently.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 06:30:32 dc55ab No.14929326

>>14929128

I would say that Emperor is the best of the sierra games in terms of gameplay. It has a few more mechanics compared to the other games and they work pretty nicely. The voice acting is atrocious though. I prefer Zeus because greek cities look really nice and because sometimes I want to play a city-builder that's easy and comfy.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 07:00:44 c779c0 No.14929449

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>>14929116

>look it up

It really is almost 20 years…

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 07:05:23 38a998 No.14929462

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Zeus and Poseidon - Best ones in my opinion.

Pharao - Bit bland.

Caesar - More complex than the others. Probably a good second to try.

Middle Kingdom - Feels like a reskin of Zeus.

Lethis - Too simplistic.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 08:02:39 065520 No.14929683

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Caesar games are a bit too old tbqh, don't bother.

Zeus is great for beginners (can build in pause, remote districts).

Pharaoh is a lot more difficult due to the employer mechanic, 5 gods, water level and a few other things such as the very long house evolution (unless you are one of those awful grovernors that puts a house that's not connected to any services in an industrial district (it's disgusting, how can you do it to your own people…)).

Emperor is in few ways more complex than Pharaoh, but easier overall (farms have seasons, geomancy, deadly salamanders, common/elite housing like in Zeus; but no flood plains, employers).

I would suggest Emperor if familiar with concepts of efficiency and logistics, and can anticipate disasters/expansion/requests. Otherwise, if you are a new to gaming, start with Zeus, as it is more story driven.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 08:04:46 6827aa No.14929698

Just got Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom because of this thread. Hope it has some good Three Kingdoms content.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 11:16:16 8e7ae4 No.14930395

Has anyone seen my spear?

How can I be a spear carrier without my spear?

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 11:55:10 2589a0 No.14930480

>>14929698

there is a widescreen hack for it

http://www.wsgf.org/dr/emperor-rise-middle-kingdom/en

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 11:59:57 6827aa No.14930495

>>14930480

Very handy, playing it windowed is decent, but it could do with a little expansion. Also looking into a fansite with content for it. I like that it's not quite as immediately complex as say Sim City 4.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 11:59:59 6cc6df No.14930496

Caesar is great.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 12:04:39 a457f6 No.14930511

>>14928157

>>14929104

Pharaoh is the best for. Zeus is good but a little to slapstick kiddish >>14929104

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 12:08:57 2589a0 No.14930523

>>14930495

http://emperor.heavengames.com/

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 12:10:54 ed37a1 No.14930533

Caesar III is good, but Pharaoh + Cleopatra is like a proper expansion to it with much desired things like roadblocks. From what I've played of them Zeus + Poseidon and Emperor are similar, but make some fundamental changes to the formula in terms of gods, production, food distribution, trade, and desirability - core aspects of each of these games. The changes in Emperor are more extreme than that of Z + P. I couldn't get into either of those last titles for very long, but Pharaoh was very enjoyable.

Anonymous 06/09/18 (Sat) 23:52:29 6827aa No.14938758

>>14930523

Yep, that's the site I'm looking at. It was on the wikipedia page for the game even. Going to love that RoTK campaign.