Players are also provided with a series of advisers who can help with them with various aspects of city life, including a general overview adviser who can give a quick summary of each aspects, with any problems needing attention highlighted in red text (i.e. To assist further with city building, players have access to an "Empire Map", which can be used to set up trade with other Roman cities and keep tabs on incoming invasions. Various options, including being able to tune how fast the game is going and what difficulty it can be played at, are also accessible in drop-down menus. Additional buttons for viewing messages (recent or old), undoing recent building work, and moving to any trouble spots that have begun to occur (such as an invasion), are also provided, while the interface also includes a mini-map of the current region being built in. While some construction work, like building a road, simply require the left mouse button being held down and then released when the layout is right, most structures are of a fixed size and simply need to be put down where space is available some obstacles (man-made or natural) can be cleared away, but others cannot except in the game's editor (see "Editor" below). Players use an interface system to design a city, including buttons for different aspects of building such as Housing, Religion and Security, amongst others for some, an additional menu is provided of buildings available to the player. The game is played through a two dimensional isometric perspective, set to a fixed magnification level that can be rotated, but only by ninety degrees either clockwise or counter-clockwise.
Players take on the role of a Roman governor, tasked with building up a grand Roman city, in which they must ensure their citizens have their needs met, that their city is safe and profitable, while meeting various goals set for them and dealing with various disasters, angry gods and hostile enemies.
It is the third installment of the Caesar series of games and is part of Sierra's City Building series. Caesar III is a city-building game released on Septemfor Microsoft Windows and Mac OS, developed by Impressions Games and published by Sierra On-Line.
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