Cradle of Rome 2
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Oct 12, 2015 |
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Big Fish Games Step into the shoes of Romulus and Remus and experience the incredible city-building process of Rome. By gathering a variety of resources via match-3 games, you’ll be able to add new structures to your seemingly small town of Rome and eventually grow it into the magnificent city that it is meant to be. Play Now Similar Games Played
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Summary
Surely you’ve heard of the story of how Romulus and Remus, the children who was suckled and raised by wolves, founded the great capital of the Roman Empire, Rome. Well, now you can experience the incredible city-building process of Rome in this unique match-3 game, Cradle of Rome 2. By gathering a variety of resources via match-3 games, you’ll be able to add new structures to your seemingly small town of Rome and eventually grow it into the magnificent city that it is meant to be. The journey will be hard and filled with challenges though... will your epic match-3 skills be sufficient enough to get the resource you need? Play Cradle of Rome 2 now and find out!
Gameplay
Cradle of Rome 2 provides 3 different game modes for you to choose from, namely adventure mode (the default mode), tourney mode and blitz mode. In adventure mode, you’ll be gathering resources by playing match-3 games in order to establish the city of Rome. For tourney mode, you’ll be attempting to surpass the best scores on each of the leaderboards for all 40 levels of match-3 games available to earn awesome medals. Depending on how you perform, you’ll earn a bronze, silver or a gold medal. To unlock this game mode though, you’ll first need to obtain at least 500 thousand accumulative points in adventure mode.
To unlock the blitz mode, you’ll need to complete the adventure mode first. For this game mode, you’ll be playing match-3 games after match-3 games starting from level 1. The games are timed and the timer will only decrease when you hesitate. How many levels do you think can you complete before the timer goes out? As you may have noticed, all of the games in Cradle of Rome 2 are timed, which is perfect for players who crave the rush of a fast-paced game. Unfortunately though, the game doesn’t provide a more relaxative game mode.
That being said, are you ready to start the construction process? Awesome! To begin, you’ll need to gather some resources first. Resources in this game generally consist of gold, food, and supplies. To get them, you’ll need to swap to match 3 or more adjacent specific tiles together. For instance, to obtain gold, you’ll need to match up gold or silver coins. Naturally, gold coins will earn you more gold than silver coins (5 times as much), thus, if you have to choose between matching a row of 3 gold or silver coins, you should always go with the gold option.
Food, on the other hand, can be gathered by matching up water buckets. Each water bucket provides 3 units of food, but as you progress in the game (and have set up your hunting lodge), you’ll gain access to a much better “food source”, namely meat, which will give you 4 units of food per match. For supplies, you can get them by matching lumber or stone. Stones provide more supplies than lumber though. There is also a special tile, named the super arrow, which you can obtain by matching 5 tiles together. When swapped, this special tile will explode, resulting in the removal of nearby tiles.
The match-3 games in Cradle of Rome 2 are timed. You are given 5 minutes to complete the tasks assigned in the game and this may sound simple enough as 5 minutes is a rather long period of time. However, as you move on to the much tougher levels, the time limit doesn’t change, making the subsequent games a lot harder than they look. Not to mention, the game also spices things up with a variety of obstacles such as chains and marble tiles. To clear chains which lock the tiles in place, you’ll need to match the resources underneath them. For blue marble tiles, you’ll need to match over them to clear them off the board. There are also green marble tiles that will require two matches to remove.
Sad but true, there will be times when you are not at your best and due to this, you’ve failed a level. Every unsuccessful level will cost you 1 life, and to begin with, you have 3 of them. They will recharge themselves over time though, so don’t worry. You can increase the maximum number of lives you get by reaching the accumulative score points milestones set by the game.
Naturally, you would want to avoid losing any lives if possible and thus, the game provides you with a nice range of power-ups, such as the hammer and the bomb. However, uniquely, to obtain these power-ups, you don’t need to spend your hard-earned gold or any of your other resources to purchase them. Instead, you can earn it by matching up hammer or bomb tiles. Each match will fill up the power-up meter of the respective power-ups and once filled, you can then use it whenever you wish. The hammer allows you to remove a tile from the board while the bomb will vaporize all tiles within a 4x4 radius around it.
With sufficient resources at hand, you can then obtain the necessary blueprints to start the construction process. Blueprints can be purchased with resources, and once bought, you’ll need to solve a mini-puzzle before you can actually get the blueprint itself. Most puzzles are logic-based puzzles, such as combining pieces of the blueprint together like a jigsaw puzzle, match-2/ pairs games, and rearranging tiles by moving them around to form the complete blueprint. If puzzles aren’t your thing, don’t worry! You can choose to skip them once the skip button is fully charged up.
Community
Cradle of Rome 2 has a great community over at Big Fish Games website. To be a part of the community, you can head over to the game’s allocated forum spot on the site and meet some of your fellow players. There is an unofficial Facebook fan page (with over 1 thousand likes) that you can visit as well. Who knows? You may make some new friends there.
Graphics/ Sound
The graphics in the game is acceptable but not particularly colorful or beautiful unlike the other much more cartoony and brightly-colored games. It may look a bit dated for some. Music-wise, the game has a selection of very pleasant and soothing music that accompanies you as you play.
Conclusion
To sum it all up, Cradle of Rome 2 is a time-based match-3 game that allows you to relive the legend of how the great city of Rome came to be. Play match-3 games to earn resources, such as food, supplies and gold, to buy blueprints, construct buildings and attract new citizens to your city. Have fun with the many mini-puzzles available as you develop your city. So, don’t just sit and listen about how Rome was built, experience the story yourself in Cradle of Rome 2 today!
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