Caesar IV demo

By Tom Bramwell Published 17 August, 2006

With your mouse-clicks.

Vivendi and Tilted Mill have released the first playable demo of Caesar IV, giving you a chance to try out the latest thing in thousands-of-years-old urban planning.

The 446MB demo apparently tasks you with putting together a small city in the "timber rich province of Narbonensis". Grand though it may be, however, you won't find you need a colossal PC to get the most out of it - the developers quote a 1.6GHz processor, 512MB RAM and a 64MB video card.

The full game, as someone as excellent as you well knows, is due out later this year, and if you want a bit more insight into whether it's interesting or not, or simply something to do while you wait for the download to finish, we suggest exploring the game-page where we have a preview, trailers and shots.

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About Tom Bramwell

Tom is Operations director of Eurogamer Network and Editor-at-Large of Eurogamer.net. He joined the company in February 2000.

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Comments (6) Latest comment 6 years ago

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  • UncleLou #1 6 years ago

    First impressions:

    It's Caesar III in 3d (which isn't a bad thing), lots of neat graphical details, performance is awful, and I was struggling to find a satisfying camera perspective.

  • Jigglybean #2 6 years ago

    /agree

    I hope they fix the camera stuff before release

  • Pirotic #3 6 years ago

    I don't know where they came up with the minimum requirements, but my machine is miles above even their 'recommended' requirements and still runs the game like a complete dog in anybody above 800x600 resolution with medium graphic settings.

  • SentientNr6 #4 6 years ago

    If it's Caesar III in 3D then it sounds like fun.
    Will try it out tonite.

  • UncleLou #5 6 years ago

    I don't know where they came up with the minimum requirements, but my machine is miles above even their 'recommended' requirements and still runs the game like a complete dog in anybody above 800x600 resolution with medium graphic settings.

    Yes, this is a system hog if there ever was one. And not quite understandable, it's not as if it's looking that terrific.

  • Spanker #6 6 years ago

    Hmmm..yes to crazy sys requirements..still not sure how the move to 3D benefits the game...(?)
    Edited by 1 at 22/08/06 @ 16:06