Reviews for: Cradle of Rome

TonyMontana's Review - March 10, 2007 - View all my reviews (18)

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Cradle of Rome: All Hail Caesar

What a m a g n i f i c a n t game!
Yes, it is a match 3 type game, but nothing like the rest.
You are slowly re-building the ancient city of Rome, as you progress through the levels.
Each building you buy, gives you a new power up, and source for either food, gold, wood, etc, as each building requires a certain amount of each for purchase.

It's not an easy game either, it's a definite challenge, with around 100 levels of addicting game-play, and you are on a clock, the faster you finish, the bigger the bonus!

Once you've reached Emperor status, [from Peasant, Merchant etc] and completed re-building Rome, you are given the chance to visit Olympus, hence, giving you several more levels to complete, and here is where it gets harder.
If you lose all of your lives during these levels, you will need to start off at the last Era [there are five Era's eg: Epoch] and re-purchase everything from that Era all over again.

It's challenging, fun, and very rewarding once you've completed it.

Great graphics, brilliant sound, I thought the sound went very well with the whole Roman theme, and excellent game-play.
The different power-ups keep it from seeming/being repetitive, as some of these games from this genre tend to get, but this one tops them all.

Worth every cent!
Big thumbs up and a Hail Caesar!

This review has an average score of 3.4 - Based on 261 ratings
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leoniethomson's Review - June 7, 2008

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cradle of rome

I loved the game but it is really frustrating when you run out of lives and have to start over. The sound is boring but the game is too good to let that stop you.

This review has an average score of 3.1 - Based on 15 ratings
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wingedfox's Review - March 2, 2007 - View all my reviews (14)

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For the Glory of Rome!

I played this with expectations that "here we go again yet another match three." That's where I was wrong, as I was playing it was like a strange addiction, kind of like mixing Milk with Pepsi. It should'nt be so good but yet it's strangely addicting.

I am always a history enthusiasts and especially when it comes to Egyptian, Greece and Roman history so naturally I explored it much like other games of history like Caesar I-IV, Age of Empires and Sid Meiers Civ series.

The powerups are as follows, from the very useful thunderbolt, to the useful bomb shot that blows out 6 cells. And the semi-useful the hammer shot. It's not revolutionary in terms of setting any standards or precedent but rather the feeling of building an empire without micromanagement of standard RTS/RPG games some of which I already mentioned.

I cannot really list the real appeal of this game, for me it's like when I play Fizzball and Talismania, strangely I was addicted to playing it if for no other reason than the cartoony graphics along with the feeling like you're actually doing something, building a momument, buildings, or rescuing animals. It's a sort of a feeling of accomplishment as you read the entertaining comical anecdotes or interesting facts from mankinds past.

Maybe I'm just a really really strange person that way. I love it.

This review has an average score of 3.1 - Based on 256 ratings
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nobunny's Review - October 7, 2007 - View all my reviews (2)

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Prettiest sounding game

this is a very good game, and it shows. well crafted, easy to understand, lots of fun secrets to uncover, and it is pretty.

also, i want to add this has some of my favorite music from a casual game ever.

This review has an average score of 3.1 - Based on 45 ratings
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strummer4462's Review - July 1, 2007 - View all my reviews (7)

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Build The City,Climb The Mountian

This is the first game i have purchased,so it is difficult to compaire to others.All I can say is I LOVED IT...totaly chalenging.Many times I had to start an epoch over to compleate the level giving me hours of game play.Climbing mount Olympus was the most chalanging. Well woth the price.You'll get your moneys worth with this one.

This review has an average score of 3 - Based on 27 ratings
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