Very good strategy game overall that will take you forever to play.

User Rating: 9.8 | Caesar III PC
Very good strategy game overall that will take you forever to play. I very much enjoyed Caesar III even if you must spend a very long time building your province in order to gain any real accomplishments. You are a governor in Ancient Rome who is given a piece of land to build into a great city. Be forewarned, you must not only appease the Roman Gods at all times but Caesar as well. The Gods will punish you with bad crops or treacherous weather but if you put off a request by Caesar or simply try to ignore his instruction and play your own game he will send in his legions and destroy everything you've spent the last 3 days building. Don't upset Caesar, always stay in his favor. Build farms, housing and markets to start your settlement. After a while (and I mean a long while) you will be able to build your little town into a luscious city complete with bathes, plazas, theatres, aqueducts, amphitheatres and many more luxurious elements. Be sure to trade goods with other cities and collect enough taxes from the wealthy citizens of your province to balance the books. As you gain favor with Caesar you move up in Roman society. Overall I've spent more time in this game than any other but it is well worth it.