Zeus: Master of Olympus for Windows

Pros: Great Game Play
Cons: Very time consuming

While I'm not a big "game" player, I have in the past found myself addicted to sim games of all sorts. However, this is the first time that I can justify the addiction.

Zeus: Master of Olympus, goes along the basic line of sim games, but then...

Pros: Solid strategy, thinking man's game-play. Pleasant sound.
Cons: A shoddy sequel to the Caesar series, dressed up with few new ideas and a new coat of paint and passed off as a new game. Unstable to the extreme on my system.

Around the time I was first joining Epinions nearly a year ago now, I was playing and enjoying Pharaoh from Sierra, having previously enjoyed the very similar Caesar 3. My Epinion defended Pharaoh from the "Oh, its exactly...

Pros: Good sound, good city building system and management.
Cons: It's all rehashed material.

Background
I love simulation (sim) games and have played most of them over the years. I have played many city building sims including Simcity classic, 2000 and 3000 as well as the Sierra games of Caesar I, II and III as well as Pharaoh. I...

Pros: Sim City type of game with a good sense of humor and more specific goals.
Cons: Can be frustrating.

This game is much more than just "Sim City" during the ancient Greek times.

"Zeus: The Master of Olympus" was made by Impressions, who also created "Caesar III", "Cleopatra" and "Pharaoh". But all four of these games are very similar. Each...

Pros: great depth, nice graphics, involving, but divided into small parts
Cons: -

That's what Shaftocles the watchman told me while he was walking through the city I had just built. That's the name of the game in Zeus: build a city, attract a god or two, maybe throw in a hero for good measure, and see what develops.

From...

Pros: Fun colony-building game, neat overview of Greek mythology, some amusing inside jokes
Cons: No control over battle sequences, so-so graphics, does get old eventually

Your rich citizens are complaining because they’re not getting enough wine. Your poor citizens just want food. Your closest ally is begging for olive oil. Your rival is demanding fleece. Your timber industry has shut down for lack of workers. And an...

Pros: Simplified city building, yet strategy still necessary, gods and monsters.
Cons: Poor battle control

Welcome to Ancient Greece. Zeus, Master of Olympus is the latest in Sierra's and Impressions Studios' acclaimed city building series, following in the footsteps of Caesar I, II and III, and Pharaoh and it's expansion Cleopatra. My first ...

Pros: excellent strategy,great for designers and engineers
Cons: needs hell lot of a patience

A rehash of Ceaser III- that is what is best described of ‘Zeus: Master of Olympus’. Zeus is basically a strategy game that would excite any town planner and the creators of the game, Sierra have done a good job of it by using a sophisticated search...

Pros: Good graphics, lots of adventures, will keep you busy for a while
Cons: Poor AI, terrible battle control

I got Zeus about a week ago and have played it quite frequently (obviously) over the past week. Although it is fun, it is not something that you need in your collection if you already own Civilization 2 or Sim City 2000. This game is a perfect hybrid...

Pros: complex, good interface, fun, funny, well thought out.
Cons: no fun battles, no multiplayer :(

Overview
Zeus is an excellent strategy city building game. It's basic structure of walkers providing benefits where they walk is excellent and ads a new dimension, though it should be expanded upon in the future. The major drawback is...

Pros: Great Fun, Addictive Gameplay
Cons: To Time Consuming!!

I first read about this new game a while back in the "previews" section in Gamepro magazine. I looked at some in game pictures and read a little and decided this game would be excellent to try out. I must admit, I was a little apprehensive about...

Pros: Educational mythology, clear & interesting manual, smart & funny approach to the ancients, a fun game for minutes at a time
Cons: Always crashes my computer (as in, 100% of the time)

For Christmas, my brother gave me this game. In retrospect, I wish he'd just forgotten me this holiday. The first of many problems began when I attempted to install the game. On install, the program hung my system twice. After three reboots and an hour,...

Pros: Entertaining, Hero's and Their Quests, Good Graphics and Sounds
Cons: Doesn't have a thrilling scenario, hard to build army

Another strategy and city construction game. Zeus the mythological god of Greece gives his name to this game.

The aim of the game is to build a city that can supply the needs to accomplish the mission. Then what does this city have? It has...

Pros: Great sound and decent graphics
Cons: very similar to Pharaoh

Zeus is the newest installment in the renowned city-building games created by Impressions Games and Sierra. Starting early on with the Ceasars and followed by Pharoah, the historical cities could not be complete without including the grand realm of...

Pros: Great gameplay, super funny character names and actions
Cons: Addictive! Some may want better warfare

That's just one of the lines uttered by the characters in this game.

Basics
People familiar with the City Builders series from Sierra (Caesar II, Caesar III and Pharaoh and Cleopatra) will find this game...