Nova Roma, made by the Kingdoms And Castles devs
Nova Roma will challenge you to grow a sprawling city from a tiny village, building out, unlocking new technology, managing water flow in those impressive Roman ways, expanding into the countryside for resources, establishing laws, making edicts, dodging disasters, and keeping citizens entertained with luxury goods and games. Also, if the gods don’t like what you’re up to, they’ll let you know with all the subtlety and proportion they are famed for. The publishers, Hooded Horse say you’ll also face trouble from barbarians and “the jealous machinations of the old empire.”
It’s very pretty, this. And I do like Rome’s mastery of water. It’s neat to see a bigger, prettier citybuilder coming from Lion Shield after their debut.
In ourKingdoms And Castles review, Graham said K&C had “satisfying city building and beautiful city simulation”, and “It’s attractive enough that tinkering simply to make your town more attractive is almost an endgame in itself.”
Creative director Pete Angstadt said in today’s announcement, “We’re building on everything we learned making Kingdoms And Castles and hope to create the best ancient roman-era city builder we can, set in a world informed by both history and mythology.”
