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Grand Ages: Rome DEMO (Imperium Romanum sequel)

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Joseph Merrick

Member
Download (it says german on some of those mirrors, but it's all the same multi europe languages file, I think)
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/imperiumromanum2/demo/29468.html
http://www.atomicgamer.com/file.php?id=74639
http://www.4players.de/4players.php/download_info/Downloads/Download/50998/Grand_Ages_Rome/Demo.html
http://www.gameswelt.de/downloads/demos/12951-Grand_Ages_Rome_-_Demo.html
http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc/spiele/strategie/aufbau/1953480/grand_ages_rome.html

Video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZ0oqv077H0&fmt=22

Screens
http://www.haemimontgames.com/garome/screenshots/
http://www.grandages.com/en/gr_screens.php
http://www.gamersgate.com/img/screenshots/DD-GAR/12622_GAR-Multiplayer-06.jpg
http://www.gamersgate.com/img/screenshots/DD-GAR/12612_GAR-Multiplayer-05.jpg


About game (http://www.grandages.com/en/grandages.php)

"GRAND AGES ROME" is the long awaited sequel to the best-selling strategy game "Imperium Romanum".

You are a Governor of a Roman Province in the time-honoured Roman Empire, its fortune very much lies in your hands. Choose one of five Roman noble families such as Caesar's Julii with different abilities to accomplish the comprehensive missions. Defend yourself against barbarian tribes, trade with other cultures, build a wealthy economic environment and fullfil the needs of your people in a huge single player campaign or with up to 3 human players in the multiplayer mode!

And remember - even Rome was not build in a day!


Features:
- Non-linear single player campaign with 40 missions.
- Enhanced, multilevelled economic system and sea trade
- RTS-like battle system and comprehensive research opportunities
- 18 different warfare abilities for your units (like Praetorians, War Elephants, Triarii, etc.)
- Lively huge historical locations like Cyrene, Lugdunum or Rome
- Character development system leads through timeline of history
- Naval warfare and colonization of islands
- Multiplayer mode with many different types of gameplay (co-operative, etc.)
- Full english speech


Featuring 4X Real-Time Strategy:

Explore - Journey to ancient Gaul, Britannia, Egypt, and more to colonize barbarians and establish new trade routes.

Expand - Stake your claim throughout the known world in the name of Rome! Help build the empire through military conquest and economic prowess.

Exploit - Natural resources are yours for the taking as you establish farming, mining, and logging operations. Raze barbarian villages for riches, labor, and property.

Exterminate - Destroy all who stand in the way of Rome's glory! Defend your territories by land and sea to secure peace and prosperity for the empire

Set Your Sights on Domination!

Advanced Battle System
Take command of 18 different military units, including naval command, elephant cavalry, and mercenary forces. Recruit citizens of Rome, draft captured enemy forces, and pay foreign squads for their special skills. Defend and expand the Empire by land and sea with exciting RTS gameplay.

Intense Multiplayer
LAN and online multiplayer functionality with 6 different strategy modes - play competitively or cooperatively. Create buddy lists and challenge your friends to a battle, or use the matching system and take on an unknown foe with the same skill level. Advance your career and increase your rank from praetor to consul and beyond.

Epic Campaigns
Rub shoulders with Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Cleopatra and more in a non-linear historical campaign featuring over 40 missions. Choose your own fate as you create and destroy alliances with more than 20 different historical figures. Celebrate your victories by erecting legendary monuments such as the Coliseum, Circus Maximus, the Pantheon, and more.

Complex Economy
Flow resources eliminate tedious micromanagement, giving you the freedom to create thriving cities with multileveled economic systems. Information overlays visualize the city economy and satisfaction of the people on every location on the map.
 
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Kabouter

Member
I played Glory of the Roman Empire a few years back, and didn't like it all that much, was Imperium Romanum substantially different or basically the same game with some upgrades? And/or is there any indication this might be? :p

Although the screenshots already show they improved one thing over GotRE, cities actually look like Roman cities now.
 
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Fragamemnon

Member
Kabouter, these guys are doing Tropico 3 so you might as well try out the demo of this to see how scared you are for that release. :D :lol
 
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Kabouter

Member
Joseph Merrick said:
No idea, I never played Glory.. but I always thought it was city building only?
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From what I remember (it's been a while), it was yeah. But that doesn't have to mean much, I mean, I've played plenty of city building games with combat where it was such a minimal part of the game that it really didn't matter at all.

Fragamemnon said:
Kabouter, these guys are doing Tropico 3 so you might as well try out the demo of this to see how scared you are for that release. :D :lol
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I'm just happy they're making Tropico 3! (First I'm hearing of this too :D)
Fools better put in Lou Bega though.
 
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Fragamemnon

Member
Kabouter said:
From what I remember (it's been a while), it was yeah. But that doesn't have to mean much, I mean, I've played plenty of city building games with combat where it was such a minimal part of the game that it really didn't matter at all.
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Yeah most of the reviewers-many of which are just the run of the mill "fuck it if it ain't simcity, I can't wait for someone to find a cure for my asperger's " _ type bagged it because it plays like an Impressions CB.

I'm just happy they're making Tropico 3! (First I'm hearing of this too :D)
Fools better put in Lou Bega though.
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WARNING! IT GOOD!

Tropico-3-Picture.jpg
 
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Kabouter

Member
Man that looks gooooooood, want.
Hope they actually show it when you send your prisoners on shitty rafts towards Florida.
 
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Joseph Merrick

Member
Kabouter said:
From what I remember (it's been a while), it was yeah. But that doesn't have to mean much, I mean, I've played plenty of city building games with combat where it was such a minimal part of the game that it really didn't matter at all.
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Yeah, the combat here seems very simple. Might be exactly like Imperium Romanum? The whole thing (city building) is like just a bit removed from Imperium Romanum, the main difference of what I can tell is that it's a lot more user friendly / a lot less confusing. It gives way more and clearer information on everything going on.
 
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Kabouter

Member
Okay, so this is pretty fun. Except I do seem to suck quite a lot, I actually lost the first campaign mission because of a fire in my only outpost :lol
 
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CabbageRed

Member
I'm having trouble getting into this. Maybe I just need to fiddle around a bit more, but right now the UI seems anemic to the point of being crippled.
 
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Fragamemnon

Member
I like this a lot. Certainly the removal of transportation from production chains is a jump for those used to the impressions CB's way of doing things (warehouses, etc.), but the RPG elements in the campaign, research, and the MUCH more usable and intuitive military system are quite nice.

Seems like a nice beer and pretzels sort of citybuilder made for fans of the old Caesar games. Thumbs up.
 
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SpacePirate Ridley

Member
Joseph Merrick said:
yeah, maybe the same as imperium civitas 3. if that isn't just imperium romanum. no idea. same series anyway.
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Yeah, I searched the interwebs and its Imperium Civitas III, here, in spain, was released in christmas and costs 19,95 euros (as all the FX games)
 
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platypotamus

Member
Holy shit this thread tells me about a demo for a game I didn't know I wanted, AND it tells me Tropico 3 is coming?


...and I was ALREADY having a good day today!
 
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platypotamus

Member
I guess with this thread being a couple weeks old, I can't expect someone to have posted since my last post, but forgive the double double.

Just wanted to say this demo was pretty good fun. I really like the way the economic stuff works in the game, and the forum accomplishments gave/bonus objectives gave me a lot to do while playing, even if I don't think the forum accomplishments do anything really? It kind of ran crappy on my system for whatever reason, but I'll probably pick the full version up from whatever digital distributor ends up having it for a good price.
 
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