Its a good attempt at a city builder. I've played many of this genre from Pharaoh to Children of the Nile, to IR. While Imperial Romanum cannot be compared to the classics of yesteryear, it provides the solid gameplay a city builder should have. I don't feel it brings anything special or new to the genre. The graphics are crisp though, and it provides a wide array of missions to undertake. I was disappointed that the battle tutorial mission was broken. Currently I still can't deploy my troops. But the other missions haven't proved to show the same problem thus far. A core complaint is that there are no overlay features. Various structures provide information, but there is no clear way to see what is in range of what, or which buildings need what. I expected an overlay feature not unlike those of Zeus, Pharaoh. A second bug is that placing structures is weird, and roads don't seem to have the same effect as they do in past city builders.

Bottom line: its a good game. IR doesn't do anything new, but looks great and plays well.