Imperium Romanum is a very solid city building strategy title that's very similar to its predecessor; it does however improve on it in just enough ways to be worthwhile. The lack of a campaign mode with any sort of story does trouble Gameslave slightly but they are not really sure why, there are plenty of missions to try after all, and does this type of strategy title really need a story?
However, Gameslave have very much enjoyed ploughing through the game and they are sure any city building game fan will too. It does need to be said that if you've played Glory of the Roman Empire, Imperium Romanum is not very original and you need to knock half a point off the below review score, but if you haven't then Gameslave thoroughly recommend you at least try the demo.
With the release of Tropico 5 in a couple of days, I've decided to take a look back at the Bulgarian studio's history. Be wary, it contains a lot of Romans.
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Imperium Romanum is a real time strategy game set in, you've guessed it, the era of the Roman Empire. It's the usual build your city affair with houses, military buildings, buildings for food, etc. Then you have to defend it against attacks, generate money and keep your people happy – pretty much the same as every other RTS then? Well, not really.
