"Review of Cradle of Rome
- Cradle of Rome --For the Glory of Rome! I started Cradle
of Rome with expectations that "here we go again yet another
match three." That's where I was wrong, Cradle of Rome has
a strange addiction, kind of like mixing Milk with Pepsi. It should'nt
be so good but yet you keep coming back for more. I always fall
for history game, especially Egyptian, Greece and Roman history,
I have tried them all, even the more complex simulatins, but I found
that Cradle of Rome held up against the best. The powerups are useful
and fun, but the good thing about the Cradle of Rome is the feeling
of building an empire without micromanagement of standard RTS/RPG
games, It's simplier buy very satisfying. I found the cartoony graphics
appealing and loved the feeling that you're actually doing something,
building a momument, buildings, or rescuing animals. There are entertaining
comical anecdotes and interesting historical facts. I'll be playing
it again and again--I love it."- Gaming for History
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome is Addicticus Maximus.This is not just match three,
this is Empire building!. You use strategy,speed and cunning to
gather food,gold and supplies to feed your citizens and help Rome
grow. The music and graphics are stunning- the city fountain is
mesmerising, it seems to lift out of the centre- watch it for a
while and see what I mean.The bonuses are a little different, building
up as you progress,increasing your resources and wealth. You can
save bonuses from level to level, continue to make matches whilst
combos happen all over the board. Cool crashing and exploding sounds
and viz effects,like lightning, add to the feeling of real acomplishment
at the end of each level. Houses and building which you buy with
supplies become increasingly expensive so its a real incentive to
keep matching and smashing your way through the levels to see what
comes next. You pass through each stage to a fanfare of music and
fireworks, your citizen status increases from Peasant to preist
to merchant and so on. Last game as good as this, for me, was Realms
of Gold. I've got to go now- My people and my Empire await me!"
- Citizen of Rome
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome: All Hail Caesar. What a magnificent 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 and have 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 of the five Eras and re-purchase everything
from that Era all over again. It's challenging, fun, and very rewarding.
Big thumbs up and a Hail Caesar! " - Emperor at Last!
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome is Addicting... Oh yeah, this game is really, really,
really addicting. Once again, at first I thought it was a simple
match-three shape match game. I started to play it and then instantly
got hooked. It is easy to play, it has cool powerup's, and the graphics
are very colorful.The idea of having to build your own Rome also
added to the challenge. It gets very hard, very fast but never loses
it great gameplay value. Surely Cradle of Rome will become one of
the classic games." - Georgio
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome Really Put Me in Rome Heaven. I bought this game
and thought, oh no not a 'kind-a-bejeweled-game'! But it's very
different. You earn new kind of blocks to swap with each other,
and that's fun! Beside your score, you have to gather recources.
When you collapse some wood-like-blocks, you get more lumber for
it. The same with food and gold/silver coins. With the recources
you've earned you can buy some buildings to enhance your civilisation
more and more. While doing that you get new blocks and new reacources
to gather. A real fun game for the Bejeweled-kind-addicted, which
I am NOT, of course, but then I did really like this one."
- Sofisticated Sofia
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome is a very good matcher. Excellent game, produced
like a movie. The gameplay is perfect and the animation is funny."
- Little Match Girl
"Review of Cradle of Rome -
Cradle of Rome is the best match-three game ever! *Standing ovation*
At first I thought it's just a match-three game. I was attracted
by the title and the description, but wasn't really convinced when
I saw the screen shots, but I've always had passion for history
especially the European history. When I began playing I discovered
that Cradle of Rome was different--This game doesn't just need matching,
but you should think of what to match! Every item is an ingredient
to buying structures for you to build a civilization. The power-ups
are great and different from each other. Cradle of Rome always has
a new challenge but there are levels that can just let you sit back
and match away. Even my mom was hooked, and she's not even into
computer games aside from Bookworm. So for those of you who want
challenges and logical thinking, this game's for you. Don't just
try it, buy it and limber up your brain.." - Julius
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