Caesar IV

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Caesar IV

Developer(s)	Tilted Mill Entertainment
Publisher(s)	Sierra Entertainment
Release date(s)	September 26, 2006
Genre(s)	City-Building Game
Mode(s)	Single player, Multiplayer
Rating(s)	ESRB: E10+ (Alcohol, Violence)
Platform(s)	Windows
Media	CD-ROM
Input	Mouse, keyboard

Caesar IV is a city-building game set in ancient Rome, developed by Tilted Mill Entertainment. The game was announced in August 2005 and was released on September 26, 2006 in the United States. The game features a three dimensional game engine and individual modeling of game character behaviors.

Like its original release Caesar in 1993, the game simulates city administration in historical Rome. Like its sibling release Children of the Nile in 2004, the game continues a new trend in the city building game genre to use more interactive and detailed game design and play.

A demo was released by Tilted Mill on August 16 2006. [1]. Both the full game and the demo have technical problems which prevent them from running on many systems, especially those with ATI video cards.

1 The 3D aspect
2 Scenarios
3 See also
4 External links
5 Reviews

[edit] The 3D aspect

A new perspective. Screenshot from Caesar IV

In changing from older versions in the series, Caesar IV is equipped with variable, realistic 3D instead of fixed, isometric 3D. This means more realistic landscapes and city views, and ability of players to better see and use game building space. In addition, buildings and roads may be placed at 45 degree angles to the playing grid, as well as aligned with the grid, allowing game players more options in creating pleasing city layouts.

[edit] Scenarios

The game is divided in 3 parts: Kingdom, Republic and Empire.

The Kingdom part is only a tutorial. In the Republic and Empire parts one can choose between a peaceful and a military assignment.

The following table shows the peaceful and the military assignments, and also the rank that is used in each assignment.

*The Scenarios*
Rank	Peaceful assignment	Military assignment
	Kingdom
Clerk	Arretium
Clerk	Verona
Clerk	Capua
Clerk	Genoa
Clerk	Brundisium
	Republic
Clerk	Syracusae	Mediolanum
Deputy	Narbo	Thessalonica
Decurion	Caralis	Burdigala
Magnate	Corinth	Tarraco
Quaestor	Narona	Emerita Augusta
Aedile	Condate Riedonum	Hippo Regius
Praetor	Carthago	Londinium
	Empire
Decurion	Viminacium	Argos
Magnate	Alexandria	Virunum
Quaestor	Lugdunum	Ulpia Traiana
Aedile	Caesarea	Antiochia
Praetor	Ephesus	Moguntiacum
Censor	Tingis	Tarsus
Consul	Nicomedia	Colonia Agrippina

There are still five more scenarios that are sandboxes: Amida, Corduba, Cyrene, Djedu and Roma. The latter is only available for people that pre-ordered the game directly from Tilted Mill Entertainment. In all these scenarios the rank that is used is Quaestor.