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Imperium Romanum Gold Edition

PC (Microsoft Windows) • 2008

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Quick resume

Global score

85/100

Genres

Simulator, Strategy

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    Pros

    • Historical roman city-building setting
    • Relaxing and accessible gameplay
    • Detailed graphics and animations
    • Varied scenarios and campaigns
    • Good value for price

    Cons

    • Simplistic and limited combat system
    • Some repetitive gameplay elements
    • Lack of multiplayer or social features
    • Interface and controls can be unintuitive
    • No official localization in some languages

    Motivations

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    • Competence

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    • Competition

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    • Continuation

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    • Cooperation

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    • Creativity

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    • Domination

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    • Escapism

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      "Players use the game as a relaxing and immersive escape into ancient Roman city life."

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    • Expectation

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    • Experimenting

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    • Exploration

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    • Expression

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    • Fantasy

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    • Fellowship

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    • Growth

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    • Health

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    • Idle

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      "Requires active attention to manage city and resources; not a casual idle game."

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    • Intimacy

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    • Leadership

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      "Players manage and lead their own party and town, but no leadership over other players."

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    • Progression

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      "Players accumulate resources, unlock buildings, and upgrade their town through research and achievements."

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    • Relaxation

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    • Sensation

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    • Status

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    • Story

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    • Strategy

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    • Thrill

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    • Value

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    • Violence

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    • Survival

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    Analysis

    A very typical example of its motivational profile. Motivations that often define this kind of title include Fantasy, Violence, Story, Thrill. Here, the score leans higher than usual among comparable games on Story, Leadership, Survival.

    How to use the graph
    Similar games map

    Each dot is a game. They are arranged from the same motivation profile as in the “Motivations” section below. Closer dots usually mean more similar reasons to play (exploration, competition, relaxation, etc.)—not that one game is “better” than another.

    • Larger dot with a light outline: the game you are viewing.
    • Colour: groups of games with comparable motivation patterns (statistical clusters).
    • Hover a dot to see the game name; click to open its page.
    • Scroll or double-click the chart to zoom out and see more games.

    Why don’t the axes read like a score? This view uses t-SNE: it only keeps who is close to whom. The scales are not “good to bad” or hours played—they separate groups on the map. Read distance between dots, not the axis numbers.

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