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Summary: HORRIDLY BAD
Review: Stay away. Stay FAR AWAY.This game might (MIGHT) have been acceptable in the late 80s, but I doubt it. The graphics are ugly and primitive. The interface looks like a VGA dos strategy game like Settlers 1, and is unclear and hard to use. The game is plagued by numerous video bugs. But all that would be ignorable if the gameplay were even OK. Unfortunately, the gameplay [is bad]. It's basically Ancient Art of War for the Apple II with (slightly) updated graphics. The cover illustration is the best thing about this ..., unimaginative, rushed title. Do yourself a favor and spend your hard earned money on something good, ...
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Summary: simple, but somewhat enjoyable
Review: The game is well implemented and mostly succeeds at accomplishing its modest objectives. As you can see by the other reviews, the non-interactive combat sequences are by far the most controversial aspect of the game. I personally like the way combat is handled: it does provide you with a fair amount of control over your armies without devolving into a frantic click-fest like so many other games. Indeed, I've been impressed by the level of intelligence exhibited by my AI soldiers -- it's a big improvement over standard RTS fare, where half of the time your troops are too dumb to defend themselves when attacked unless you click on them. My main problem with the game lies in the way units and experience are handled. Each unit can contain up to about 80 soldiers (depending on the type and size of the unit) and up to 8 units are grouped together into an army. If at least one soldier from a unit survives a battle, the unit survives and retains all its experience. You can repopulate the unit pretty quickly just by having it positioned inside your borders. I find that this makes it just too easy to create powerful veteran armies. This system, along with the high frequency of battles in the game, means that very few battles have a make-or-break sense of excitement: even if your elite invading army gets wiped out, it can be replaced fairly easily. I did get a few evenings of enjoyment out of this game, but it's certainly not one of those games that will take over your life and consume every moment of your free time. (The earlier reviewer who said that the factions differ in name only is incorrect: different factions have different unit types available to them. Also, the faction's starting strength and position can dramatically alter the flavor of the game.)
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Summary: How Sad
Review: This game had soooooo much potential... it is always sad to see a game that should have been so good, turn out so poorly. They really skimped on this game, and my advice is to save your money...
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Summary: A Great Beginning Strategy Game
Review: This is the first strategy game I have played and I only bought it because I have been reading Colleen McCullough's historical novels about the Roman Republic. I got slaughtered in my first campaign (I should have read the short instruction manual first). After going back and reading the manual, I found the game just challenging enough to keep me and my victorious armies interested. It was also fascinating to compare the battle skills of the variuos Gallic tribes with those described in the historic novels. I highly recommend this game for a beginner, but it is easy to see that this game is far too simple for an experienced gamer.
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Summary: Great Beer and Pretzels Game - High on Fun, Low on History
Review: When board wargaming was in its golden age, we called easy to learn, fun-to-play games good "Beer and Pretzel" games. Legion is a good game and poor simulation of ancient Roman warfare. If you want an accurate computer simulation of ancient warfare during the heyday of the Roman Empire, keep looking. If you want an easy to learn game with an ancient flavor, Legion works fine. I was put off by the basic graphics at first and limited strategic options, but once I learned how the game worked, I found the entertainment value worth the purchase. Buy this game for fun and entertainment, not for historical simulation.
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Summary: Great Beer and Pretzels Game - High on Fun, Low on History
Review: When board wargaming was in its golden age, we called easy to learn, fun-to-play games good "Beer and Pretzel" games. Legion is a good game and poor simulation of ancient Roman warfare. If you want an accurate computer simulation of ancient warfare during the heyday of the Roman Empire, keep looking. If you want an easy to learn game with an ancient flavor, Legion works fine. I was put off by the basic graphics at first and limited strategic options, but once I learned how the game worked, I found the entertainment value worth the purchase. Buy this game for fun and entertainment, not for historical simulation.
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Summary: Great Beer and Pretzels Game - High on Fun, Low on History
Review: When board wargaming was in its golden age, we called easy to learn, fun-to-play games good "Beer and Pretzel" games. Legion is a good game and poor simulation of ancient Roman warfare. If you want an accurate computer simulation of ancient warfare during the heyday of the Roman Empire, keep looking. If you want an easy to learn game with an ancient flavor, Legion works fine. I was put off by the basic graphics at first and limited strategic options, but once I learned how the game worked, I found the entertainment value worth the purchase. Buy this game for fun and entertainment, not for historical simulation.
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Summary: warning, can be addictive!
Review: wonderful, artistic movements of hundreds if not thousands of battle action warriors! realistic strategy, planning in diplomacy, supply, planning ahead in combat! the only deficiency was the user manual. too brief in detail. it takes more losing games to get to understand how to win which may have been designed that way? i sat in front of my computer for several days playing untikl i became proficient and then i started watching the fighting scenes closer! amazingly artistic and bloody, too!
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Summary: warning, can be addictive!
Review: wonderful, artistic movements of hundreds if not thousands of battle action warriors! realistic strategy, planning in diplomacy, supply, planning ahead in combat! the only deficiency was the user manual. too brief in detail. it takes more losing games to get to understand how to win which may have been designed that way? i sat in front of my computer for several days playing untikl i became proficient and then i started watching the fighting scenes closer! amazingly artistic and bloody, too!
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