Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar

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Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is a single player and multiplayer role playing game with fantasy, warfare and historical themes. It was developed by Longbow Games and was released on May 15, 2014. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar takes you to the plains and forests of ancient Gaul where the proconsul Julius Caesar wages a decade long war to subjugate the barbarian hordes. Sequel to the critically acclaimed Hegemony Gold, Hegemony Rome will immerse you in the history like no other real time strategy game on the market, forcing you to pay close attention to the changing seasons and rapidly c…

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Audience ScoreBased on 281 reviews

gameplay17 positive mentions

stability17 negative mentions

The game offers a unique blend of real-time strategy and resource management, making it engaging and challenging.
The graphics and historical details are impressive, providing an immersive experience for players interested in the Roman era.
The seamless transition between strategic and tactical views enhances gameplay, allowing for fluid control of units and battles.

The game suffers from performance issues, including crashes and lag, especially during late-game scenarios.
The user interface can be cluttered and unintuitive, making it difficult to manage units and resources effectively.
There are significant bugs and glitches that disrupt gameplay, such as units getting stuck or disappearing, which can lead to frustration.

gameplay
60 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
28%
65%
7%
Gameplay in this game is characterized by a mix of strategic mechanics, including unique supply and manpower systems that add depth but can also lead to frustration due to bugs and awkward controls. While some players appreciate the historical detail and the ability to manage units effectively, others find the pacing slow and the mechanics repetitive, leading to a less engaging experience overall. Despite its potential and interesting concepts, many reviews highlight significant gameplay issues that detract from the overall enjoyment.
- “The way supply and manpower are handled in this series is brilliant, creating a very thoughtful style of gameplay that I would love to see more often.”
- “A wonderful strategy game that handles gameplay differently than most; involving logistics and resource management to create an interesting and novel approach to creating history.”
- “The seamless map where strategic and tactical layers are fused together with smooth zooming that makes the gameplay quite enjoyable.”
- “Game sucks, hey let's make an RTS game where you need to wait 2 minutes to get one recruit without any speed-up mechanics, so you just have to blankly stare at the game for 20 minutes before doing anything on the map.”
- “However, its gameplay very rapidly becomes repetitive, especially in the grand campaign, and somehow it manages to make an absolutely massive map encompassing the entirety of France and some parts of Italy, England, and the Lowlands feel small and congested.”
- “As the gameplay stands now, I find it far too frustrating to be able to enjoy it; this is only in regards to the core mechanics of the game and has nothing to do with bugs and glitches as they will surely be fixed by repair.”
graphics
37 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
32%
60%
8%
The graphics of the game receive mixed reviews, with some players praising the appealing artwork and decent visuals, especially given the game's large scale. However, many users report issues such as graphical glitches, crashes, and performance problems that detract from the overall experience. While some find the graphics satisfactory or even impressive, others feel they are dated or not up to par with expectations, particularly in comparison to other titles.
- “The artwork is very appealing and great.”
- “Kudos to their graphic team; wicked crazy graphics! I love them. Longbow and company have done an excellent job on this game, in my opinion.”
- “The graphics are fantastic, and although there are still a few large bugs (it is pre-release alpha), it is very enjoyable.”
- “The graphics are rubbish; when soldiers battle, they look like they are square dancing.”
- “It sometimes freezes or has graphical glitches.”
- “Also now having some graphics issues that prevent play at the 3D level without blurred views of the terrain and units.”
story
25 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is centered around historical missions that follow Caesar's campaigns in Gaul, presented in a linear format with limited map exploration. While the narrative is engaging and enhanced by decent voice acting, players have reported significant technical issues, including crashes and lag, particularly during early missions, which detracts from the overall experience. Despite these challenges, the graphics and smooth transitions between objectives are praised, making the story enjoyable for those who can navigate the technical difficulties.
- “The four story campaigns follow the career of Caesar in Gaul in exacting detail.”
- “I want to focus on the storyline and enjoy gameplay in the campaign.”
- “That being said, I love the graphics and smooth transition between objectives in the storyline.”
- “The main story features historical missions, but they are divided into parts on very restrained maps.”
- “The sandbox mode offers an open map, but the missions are boring, random, and token, with no connection whatsoever.”
- “I have struggled to finish the first two chapters of the story with many saves, crashes, and reloads.”
optimization
18 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
17%
66%
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The optimization of the game has received largely negative feedback, with players reporting significant performance issues, including lag, click delays, and bugs, particularly in late-game scenarios. While some patches have improved performance slightly, many users still find the game poorly optimized, especially on certain hardware configurations, leading to a frustrating gameplay experience. Overall, the game's graphics and UI have also been criticized, contributing to a sense of disappointment regarding its optimization.
- “It is now decently polished and optimized.”
- “The 2.2 beta patch has helped the performance issues a good bit, but more should be done.”
- “Other than some minor performance issues - not gamebreaking at all - my biggest gripe is that once you conquer a city, you can only ever recruit that old faction's recruits.”
- “The performance late in chapter 4 tanks; the engine seems just incapable of handling the amount of cities, resources, slaves, and armies that one has.”
- “Good idea but badly optimized game!”
- “Badly optimized, lag spikes occur every 3 seconds, which ruins much of the experience.”
stability
17 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
100%
The game suffers from significant stability issues, including frequent crashes, graphical glitches, and performance slowdowns, particularly as players progress through the story. While some users appreciate the game's mechanics and design, the overall consensus is that it is still too buggy and in need of further polishing to enhance the gameplay experience.
- “After chapter 1, it's just too buggy and blows up all the time.”
- “As you progress through the story and open more of the map, the game starts to slow down and lag to the point it becomes unplayable, with mini freezes and inevitable crashes at the end.”
- “It's definitely pretty buggy, loads of crashes, but it did recently come out of early release.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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17%
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The music in the game is generally well-received, with a fitting soundtrack that enhances the overall experience, particularly through its drum beats. However, some players feel that the music can blend into the background and lacks impact unless closely monitored. While the voice acting is praised, the music's effectiveness seems to diminish after the initial introduction.
- “The only pros I can think of are that the voice acting is generally good, and the music is also very fitting.”
- “The soundtrack fits the game.”
- “It's an attractive game with a wonderful map, some decent strategic options, a good basis for gameplay (it's a wonderful time period for war games) and has nice music.”
- “The only alert you get is a little drum beat that mixes into the drum beat-filled soundtrack.”
- “Unless you are closely watching everything in real time, the various drum beats mean nothing and blend in with the soundtrack.”
replayability
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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67%
Overall, the game's replayability is considered good, though some players find it moderate and are awaiting updates to enhance the experience further.
- “The game has great replayability; I really enjoy it!”
- “The replay value is moderate, which keeps me coming back for more.”
- “I'm looking forward to more updates to enhance the game's playability.”
- “Replay value is moderate.”
- “For the time being, I'm going to wait for more updates until the game becomes more playable.”

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Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is a role playing game with fantasy, warfare and historical themes.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is available on PC and Windows.

On average players spend around 21 hours playing Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar was released on May 15, 2014.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar was developed by Longbow Games.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its gameplay but disliked it for its optimization.

Hegemony Rome: The Rise of Caesar is a single player game with multiplayer support.

Similar games include Hegemony III: Clash of the Ancients, Medieval Kingdom Wars, Oriental Empires, Frozenheim, Grand Ages: Medieval and others.

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