14th January 2004, 8:48 PM
No question.
Caesar II... I have that game. Of the City Building Series actually I only have Caesar II and Zeus. Caesar II scared me away... its extreme difficulty was just too much. I'm sure that part of it was that I was younger and not that good at strategy games, but I could handle Warcraft and Civilization... but Caesar II? Not even close. I only ever beat ONE MISSION in that game -- Corsica and Sardinia. Yeah, I never even beat Campania... that Galley Slave "You Lose" video is still burned into my head from seeing it so many times...
Zeus, though, when I finally many years later got myself to buy another game in the series... it isn't Caesar II hard (and would you believe it, but from hardcore series fans I've heard CII be called to easy because Caesar was harder... but I haven't played the first one). It's tough, and I didn't beat the game, but it's not Caesar II hard. Which is good, that was just ridiculous... the games are fun, though. I like having a goal. "Sandbox" games get me bored after a while... I want something to do. The City Building Series (that's the official name) does that. It's very different from Civ, of course... but it does that.
I'd suggest trying the demos of the games, if you weren't on dialup and probably couldn't download them...
Caesar II... I have that game. Of the City Building Series actually I only have Caesar II and Zeus. Caesar II scared me away... its extreme difficulty was just too much. I'm sure that part of it was that I was younger and not that good at strategy games, but I could handle Warcraft and Civilization... but Caesar II? Not even close. I only ever beat ONE MISSION in that game -- Corsica and Sardinia. Yeah, I never even beat Campania... that Galley Slave "You Lose" video is still burned into my head from seeing it so many times...
Zeus, though, when I finally many years later got myself to buy another game in the series... it isn't Caesar II hard (and would you believe it, but from hardcore series fans I've heard CII be called to easy because Caesar was harder... but I haven't played the first one). It's tough, and I didn't beat the game, but it's not Caesar II hard. Which is good, that was just ridiculous... the games are fun, though. I like having a goal. "Sandbox" games get me bored after a while... I want something to do. The City Building Series (that's the official name) does that. It's very different from Civ, of course... but it does that.
I'd suggest trying the demos of the games, if you weren't on dialup and probably couldn't download them...