

Both of these buildings require a lot of resources which must be stockpiled before you can summon your chosen deity.Īnother addition is the ability to keep other cities as vassals and receive annual tribute. Hero halls are also built to summon Hercules or Jason to slay creatures on your map. Zeus expands upon the genre by having direct involvement with the gods you must build temples to the gods, and then they come to walk the city streets. They then provide benefits Ares goes with you to war, Aphrodite increases housing. This is the same for all of Impression’s Building series, so if you like to sound of it pick up some of the older titles in the bargain bins. And so the circle of life goes on, presenting many challenges and a lot of fun. Housing is improved by goods and services, requiring more industry and trade. This requires more workers, which you’ll get by improving housing. You make money by trading goods with other cities, so you have to produce excess goods to trade. But if it’s close to undesirable buildings such as farms, industrial or trading centers then it won’t fully develop. For example: the base housing requires food, water, oil, culture, fleece to evolve to it’s highest standing. For housing to develop and draw more people, it has to be passed by various representatives providing goods and services to that house. Buildings work in two ways housing draws settlers in, and all other buildings send out a representative to the community.
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You start by building houses, roads, water supplies, food production, distribution, maintenance, culture, etc. You then move on to the map early levels are landscape requiring you to build everything. You start each level with a goal so much housing, goods or accomplishments met to complete.
ZEUS MASTER OF OLYMPUS SERIES
For those not familiar with the series let me elaborate on the basic premises. What makes Zeus any different from the others? The obvious choice is the setting of ancient Greece, with direct involvement from the pantheon of Greek gods. Impressions’ unique concept of having the gamer place the buildings and then watching the people emerge and work the streets has kept me coming back each time. After Caesar 3, Pharaoh and Pharaoh: Cleopatra we see the latest work: Zeus, Master Of Olympus. Blast from the past: originally published October 2000.Ī game run that has been near and dear to my heart is the City Building series from Impressions. From Caesar II on I have been an avid fan of building a city, meeting the needs of the citizens and watching everything flourish.
