Is Caesar 3 still worth playing when it's the earliest game of the Impressions formula? Should I instead go straight to Emperor or one of the modern games like Nebuchad?
There's a mod that brings Caesar up to Pharaoh's level at least, although I haven't tried it out for myself.
>>1751063It was great, for it's time.>But it's time was 1998Short answer, no. Play something newer.
its definitely worth trying out, maybe not to complete it. but getting a feel for the old days lets you appreciate emperor for example a bit bettergithub augustus for the opensource extra features version
>>1751063i wasted so many hours on this game as kid... Fuck, i miss it so much. I wonder why they never made 4...
I went to play it with augustus this days, barely blinked and lost my entire sunday on it, is as addictive as always
>>1751063I never played it but I already see from the pic that Pharaoh copied everything from this game and nothing was actually original. Many buildings are 1:1 identical.
>>1752100>Pharaoh copied everything from this gameBeing made by the same studio does itAs for OP, Caesar 3 is missing some of the features the other inpression games (roadblocks most importantly) but all that stuff has been added with the Augustus mod anyway. Alternatively there is "Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom" which is the peak of the series IMO
>>17510632024 and nobody managed to beat the old impressions games, just mod it so widescreen works and they still beat every other clone out of the water
>>1751063https://github.com/Keriew/augustus
>>1752116>Alternatively there is "Emperor: Rise of the Middle Kingdom" which is the peak of the series IMOIt is, they pretty much built on the same game for several entries with new additions being largely positive ones, what sucks about that is when you try to go back to the older games because you crave their setting but it's not as good to actually play as the later ones.
>>1752088What do you mean anon?
>>1752326Anon means that 4 is such a departure from the others that it doesn't count as a 'real' sequel.
>>1752326nice art... one day maybe...
>>1752545Doesn't look so good close by, but the animations are pretty soul, like a guy baking a pizza at a pottery and one flying a kite at a weaver when neither have the raw materials.
>>1752116>Emperor... peak of the seriesNo it's less complex than Pharaoh with simpler economy and housing evolution and without monuments. The only "monument" is a straight wall in 1 mission. The massive pyramid constructions of Pharaoh are the highlight if the series.
>>1752116Emperor is not the peak. I will agree it had mechanical improvements, but Pharaoh was much more impressive and Emperor wants you to build the city a certain way with feng shui which is boring.
>>1753580>muh monuments>waiting 5 hours with fully built city on top speed until enough clay is broughtPeak gameplay.
caesar 3 augustus has all the improvements of later games with modern hotkey support, zoom, new OS compatibility and more
