Imperium Romanum (video game)

Imperium Romanum is a 2008 video game for Microsoft Windows developed by Haemimont Games and published by Kalypso Media (SouthPeak Games only licensed the game for a U.S. release by Kalypso). The game is a city-building game where players are governor of a province and must build and maintain a thriving and prosperous settlement. The game takes place during the time of the Roman Empire. Players build Roman towers, gates, and bridges and use currency to fund projects.[1]

This article is about a video game. For the Roman Empire, see Roman Empire.
Imperium Romanum
Imperivm Civitas II
Developer(s)Haemimont Games
Publisher(s)
Platform(s)Microsoft Windows
Release
  • EU: February 22, 2008
  • NA: March 11, 2008
  • AU: April 11, 2008
Emperor Expansion
  • NA: July 30, 2008
  • EU: August 29, 2008
Genre(s)City-building, real-time strategy
Mode(s)Single-player, multiplayer

Gameplay

Imperium Romanum is a sequel to a game released in 2006 by the same developer, Glory of the Roman Empire. Imperium Romanum features significantly improved graphics than its predecessor, and also adds several big Roman monuments such as the Circus Maximus and the Colosseum. The game doesn't necessarily have a 'campaign' mode like some other city-building games, but instead has the player play through different scenarios such as life in the chaos of Pompeii under the terror of Mount Vesuvius. Along with maintaining cities, the players must also keep them very well-organized and keep money spread out among the people. If there are cases of extreme poverty, then the people of the city may turn to lives of crime, which has a number of negative effects on the city.

The game features full 3D structures and people and allow the player to zoom in and out of the scene as well as rotate the camera around a full 360 degrees. While much of the game is focused on building and maintaining cities, there are some RTS elements when opposing cities and civilization do battle with the player's. Along with building fortified walls and towers around the cities to prevent enemy attacks, players may also build objects such as trebuchets to go on the offensive against opposing nations.

Expansion pack

An expansion pack entitled Imperium Romanum: Emperor Expansion was released in North America on July 30, 2008, and in Europe on August 29, 2008.

Reception

Imperium Romanum
Imperium Romanum
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic63/100[2]
Review scores
PublicationScore
1Up.comD[3]
GamePro[4]
GameSpot3.5/10[5]
IGN6/10[6]
PC Gamer (UK)61%[7]
PC Gamer (US)50%[8]
PC PowerPlay6/10[9]
PC Zone75%[10]
411Mania6.6/10[11]

The game received "mixed" reviews according to the review aggregation website Metacritic.[2]

Emperor Expansion
Imperium Romanum: Emperor Expansion
Aggregate score
AggregatorScore
Metacritic59/100[12]
Review score
PublicationScore
IGN5.9/10[13]

The Emperor Expansion pack received a "mixed" review based solely on IGN's review according to Metacritic.[12][13]

References
  1. "Imperium Romanum - PC". IGN. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  2. "Imperium Romanum for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  3. Chick, Tom (April 10, 2008). "Imperium Romanum". 1UP.com. Archived from the original on March 10, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  4. Dagley, Andrew (April 11, 2008). "Review: Imperium Romanum". GamePro. Archived from the original on April 13, 2008. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  5. Todd, Brett (March 18, 2008). "Imperium Romanum Review". GameSpot. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  6. Butts, Steve (March 24, 2008). "Imperium Romanum Review". IGN. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  7. "Imperium Romanum". PC Gamer UK. April 2008. p. 79.
  8. DuLac, Anthony (July 2008). "Imperium Romanum review". PC Gamer (GamesRadar). p. 60. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  9. "Review: Imperium Romanum". PC PowerPlay. No. 150. May 2008. p. 64.
  10. Korda, Martin (April 2008). "Review: Imperium Romanum". PC Zone. p. 85. Archived from the original on November 4, 2013. Retrieved October 6, 2017.
  11. Huston, Ty (May 16, 2008). "Imperium Romanum (PC) Review". 411Mania. Archived from the original on May 18, 2008. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  12. "Imperium Romanum: Emperor Expansion for PC Reviews". Metacritic. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
  13. Butts, Steve (September 22, 2008). "Imperium Romanum: Emperor Expansion Review". IGN. Retrieved October 5, 2017.
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