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Imperium Romanum

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire and players will marvel in the incredible attention to detail when working on a strategy to build a well organised…

60 22 February 2008

Imperium Romanum is a real time strategy (rts) developed by Haemimont Games, released 22 February 2008 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Imperium Romanum is

Imperium Romanum is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by Haemimont Games and released in 2008. It was published by FX Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

The city builder strategy game Imperium Romanum is set in the time-honoured Roman Empire and players will marvel in the incredible attention to detail when working on a strategy to build a well organised, prosperous and commanding settlement. As governor of a Roman province, the fortune very much lies in the players own hands. Imperium Romanum is the sequel to Glory of the Roman Empire.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component.

How it was received

Imperium Romanum holds a critic score of 60 out of 100. That places it above 13% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2008 averaged 65, so it scored 5 points below the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1.6 GHz minimum and 512MB RAM. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Imperium Romanum launched on 22 February 2008, within three weeks of God of War: Chains of Olympus, Audiosurf, Bully: Scholarship Edition and Sins of a Solar Empire. All of them reviewed better.

Released around the same time: God of War: Chains of Olympus, Audiosurf, Bully: Scholarship Edition, Sins of a Solar Empire.

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Quick answers

Imperium Romanum — frequently asked questions

When did Imperium Romanum come out?
Imperium Romanum was released on 22 February 2008 for PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Imperium Romanum?
At minimum, Imperium Romanum needs 1.6 GHz minimum, 512MB RAM.

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