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Zeus: Master of Olympus
Developer(s)	Impressions Games
Publisher(s)	Sierra Studios
Producer(s)	Ken Parker
Designer(s)	Chris Beatrice
Programmer(s)	Mike Gingerich
Artist(s)	Darrin Horbal
Writer(s)	Lisa Gagnon
Composer(s)	Henry Beckett Keith Zizza
Series	City Building
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release	2000
Genre(s)	City-building
Mode(s)	Single player

Zeus: Master of Olympus (Zeus) is a single-playerstrategy game developed by Impressions Games^[1] and published by Sierra Entertainment.^[2] It is considered to be an additional installment in the City Building series of games.^[3] Like previous titles in the series, Zeus focuses on the building and development of a city in ancient times. The game features a number of changes from previous titles in the series, including being set in Ancient Greece as well as changes to certain gameplay mechanics; however, it is considered to be in most aspects very similar to its predecessor, Caesar III.^[4]^[5]^[6]^[3]

Game setting and mechanics[edit]

Zeus is set in a mythical version of ancient Greece and features many of the gods from the Greek pantheon and legendary monsters from ancient Greek mythology. The game chooses not to accurately portray the historical setting in which it is based, choosing instead to include elements based on mythology and anachronisms.^[7]^[3]

The player is in charge of building up and governing a city state which requires managing infrastructure, farming, industries, commerce, religion, entertainment and education, as well as wars with rival cities.^[4] Monsters from Greek mythology feature in the form of natural disasters which must be managed by the player, typically by hiring the correct hero.^[8] Sufficiently worshipping the Greek gods will cause them to bestow blessings on the player's city which provide a material benefit.^[2]

The game features 2d graphics and offers an isometric view of the game world.^[4] A side panel and a number of menus allow the player to more easily navigate the map and to micro-manage various aspects of government, such as tax rates and wages.^[2]

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Zeus: Master of Olympus Enhancment Pack. Players with the latest city-building game Zeus: Master of Olympus can, for the first time, create their own mythical tales with the new Zeus Adventure Editor. In addition, the download contains a new adventure that expands the storyline in the original game to provide even more city-building fun.

Zeus grants players the choice to play either a series of episodical, story-based adventures, in which a set of unique objectives must be attained in order to progress,^[2] or to play the so-called 'sandbox mode', in which the game's objectives are more open-ended and less objective-based.^[5]

Reception[edit]

Aggregate score
Aggregator	Score
Metacritic	87^[9]

Review scores
Publication	Score
CGW	^[13]
Eurogamer	9/10^[10]
GamePro	^[12]
IGN	9.1/10^[11]
Next Generation	^[16]
PC Gamer (UK)	83%^[14]
Computer Games Magazine	^[15]

TJason Samuel reviewed the PC version of the game for Next Generation, rating it four stars out of five, and stated that 'Overall it's simpler, the gameplay is finely tuned, and most importantly, it's fun. Do not miss.'^[16]

Impressions has been up there for quite a while with historical management games such as Pharaoh and Caesar 3 and now they've weighed in with a third title, Zeus: Master Of Olympus.
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Zeus: Master of Olympus received generally favorable reviews with a rating of 87 on Metacritic.^[9]IGN reviewer Stephen Butts stated that he 'had to tear [himself] away from [the game] to write the review.'^[11] The game received criticism for its combat and war mechanics.^[5]^[4]^[7]

In May 2012 the game was re-released on GOG.com together with its expansion as a part of the Acropolis bundle where it holds a 5-star rating.^[17]

Zeus Master Of Olympus

In 2018, Alice Bell of Rock, Paper, Shotgun included the game in the site's 'Have You Played' series, describing it as 'the perfect balance of beauty, difficulty, detail, and puns.'^[18] The same publication later listed the game in its top ten management games for the PC.^[19]

Expansion[edit]

The cover art for Poseidon: Master of Atlantis

As with Pharaoh, an expansion pack was released, named Poseidon: Master of Atlantis.^[20] The expansion includes new adventures based on the stories of Atlantis by Plato. An adventure editor was also included, although it had already been freely available on Impressions website.^[21]

Notes[edit]

^https://www.metacritic.com/game/pc/zeus-master-of-olympus/details
^ ^a^b^c^dhttps://web.archive.org/web/20051220020954/http://gamepro.com/computer/pc/games/reviews/7184.shtml
^ ^a^b^chttps://web.archive.org/web/20020601190422/http://www.pcgamer.co.uk/games/gamefile_review_page.asp?item_id=6202
^ ^a^b^c^dhttps://www.eurogamer.net/articles/r_zeus
^ ^a^b^chttps://uk.ign.com/articles/2000/11/04/zeus-master-of-olympus
^https://web.archive.org/web/20010406003947/http://www.zdnet.com/cgw/stories/main/0,11529,2669153,00.html
^ ^a^bhttps://web.archive.org/web/20040815172149/http://www.cgonline.com/reviews/zeusmaster-01-r1.html#
^https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2018/09/24/have-you-played-zeus-master-of-olympus/
^ ^a^b'Zeus: Master of Olympus (pc: 2000): Review'. Metacritic. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
^nach0king (December 21, 2000). 'Zeus : Master of Olympus Review'. Eurogamer. Retrieved June 6, 2009.
^ ^a^bButts, Stephen (November 3, 2000).