Nebuchadnezzar is a classic isometric city builder game inviting players to experience the mysterious history and culture of ancient Mesopotamia. In the campaign, players get to rule over influential historical cities filled with magnificent monuments.
The game's core focus is on constructing efficient production and distribution networks to supply your growing cities. Players must carefully plan the placement of warehouses, markets, and other distribution points to ensure resources and goods reach their residential areas without shortages.
Unlike older city-builders, this game allows you to manually set the routes your worker units will take to transport goods. This gives you granular control over your supply lines, helping mitigate common issues like unpredictable walker paths.
You'll need to set up intricate production chains, transforming raw materials into finished goods. Balancing supply and demand across these chains, while ensuring input resources are available, creates a satisfying puzzle-like challenge.
The game's small, terrain-restricted maps force you to carefully plan your city layout. Positioning residential, industrial, and commercial zones efficiently is crucial for distributing goods and services. The ability to customize key buildings adds creativity to your city-building.
Make no mistake, this game is difficult, with little room for error. Cascading failures can quickly cripple your cities if you don't manage your logistics with precision. Recent updates have further increased the strategic depth by introducing random events like fires and disease.
While not a direct sequel, the game evokes the feel of beloved Impressions Games titles like Caesar III and Pharaoh. However, its laser-focus on supply chain optimization sets it apart, providing a unique and compelling take on the city-building genre.