Hegemonia: Legions Of Iron

by Dreamcatcher

Product Features

• Play as 4 different races in full 3D, as you pilot 40 different battleships
• It's 2104, and mankind is engaged in a fratricidal civil war between Earth and Mars. But when the deadly alien invaders come, the races will have to put their differences aside and unite to face a common threat
• Non-linear gameplay lets you explore the universe in thrilling scenarios
• Use your strategic skills to make technology your greatest asset -- work with over 200 new inventions, a spying system, and full management system
• Two unique single-player campaigns with different goals as you fight in massive battles that span solar systems

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B00006HCJ0
• Item Weight: 12.3 ounces
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (28 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #21,264 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)

Product Description

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Set at the beginning of the 22nd century, Hegemonia places you in the centre of a war between Earth and Mars, which soon takes a twist as these two races have to form an allegiance to battle a vicious mutual alien foe. Developed by Digital Reality, of Imperium Galactica fame, Hegemonia is an epic space real-time strategy game, which sees you commanding fleets of spaceships as you battle to control planets and resources while repelling the alien hordes.

The initial conflict between Earth and Mars amounts to little more than training scenarios that enable you to get to grips with the game's interface. It all works relatively smoothly, with quick commands issued via the mouse, supplemented by keyboard commands for launching different maps, tactical views, etc. There's plenty of information to get your head round as the game advances, but fortunately, you can pause the game and still issue orders, which take effect when you release the pause button. This enables you to keep up when managing several squadrons of spacecraft.

Graphically, there is much to enjoy, and you'll find yourself getting wiped out a few times early on, as your focus drifts to admiring the solar flares and planets. After the initial pleasures, you get to grips with the meat of the game, which involves some basic resource management on planets--with defending and capturing planets a critical part of the game--plus the all-important epic space battles. In addition to your standard forces, heroes are available and can be assigned to one of your space squads as a commander, or designated as governors of planets. These heroes add a real sense of involvement, as they develop skills and experience as you progress.

Hegemonia has a well-thought-out single player campaign which is complemented by extensive multiplayer options. If you've been struggling to find a decent space RTS to occupy your time since playing Homeworld, then Hegemonia could be exactly what you have been waiting for. --Jason Weston

Product Description

Product InformationHegemonia takes you into a powerful space opera where the solar system mustunite to fight the deadly Legions of Iron! Play against friends in co-op modeor try out multiple game modes in multiple LAN or Internet play The latest ingaming technology brings the experience of massive space battles to yourcomputer in Hegemonia!Product Features Play as 4 different races in full 3D as you pilot 40 different battleships It's 2104 and mankind is engaged in a fratricidal civil war between Earth and Mars. But when the deadly alien invaders come the races will have to put their differences aside and unite to face a common threat Non-linear gameplay lets you explore the universe in thrilling scenarios Use your strategic skills to make technology your greatest asset -- work with over 200 new inventions a spying system and full management system Two unique single-player campaigns with different goals as you fight in massive battles that span solar systems Minimum Requirements Windows 98/2000/ME/XP 600 MHz Intel Pentium III or AMD Athlon processor RAM:  128 MB 4X CD/DVD Rom 550MB available hard drive space 16MB Direct 3D compatible video card DirectX 8.0a compatible sound card Keyboard Mouse All NVIDIA GeForce cards ATI Radeon Matrox MGA-G550 Matrox Parhelia Kyro II CardsRecommended Requirments 1GHz or faster CPU 256 MB RAM 16x or faster CD/DVD-Rom drive 32 MB or greater Direct 3D compatible video card EAX-compatible sound card Required for Mulitplayer: 1 Disc per player per computer Internet (2-8 players)  TCP/IP compliant network connection Internet service required for Internet Play

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27 of 29 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars It's not Homeworld 2, January 19, 2003

By 

Waqas Ahmed (Bellevue) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Hegemonia: Legions Of Iron (CD-ROM)

It may not be Homeworld 2 but it's a great way for 3D space RTS fans to get their regular 'fix'. The game may lack polish, but makes up for it in sheer fun.

The pace is slower than Homeworld, and the combat system is much better than O.R.B. But it's different enough from both to stand on its own. Some of the other reviewers here do not seem to have have read the help/manual or they'd have found the very functional starmap built in.

The graphics are better than functional. Ship detail may not be as good as Homeworld, but the space field effects are spectacular. The voice acting is very weak, and the plot seems makeshift. The research tree is as detailed as you would want it to be.

Strategic placement of units, use of spies and the combat system is where this game shines. The mobile bases are devastating in their power. The unit population limits are set fairly low for each mission, but each ship comes with enough firepower to make that irrelevant.

Definitely recommended for sci-fi RTS fans. Users new to this genre should start with Homeworld.

19 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars This is what I have been waiting for!, December 3, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Hegemonia: Legions Of Iron (CD-ROM)

I don't agree with the negative remarks about the game.

It works fine on a P3-550, GF3-64mb, 256mb ram -and- works fine
on a Duron-1.2, GF3-64mb, 128mb ram.

Here's what you have in the game: You can build BIG ships with great looking movie-like texture graphics. That's right: "movie-like". The detail/effects during contruction and actual use of the ships is the best I have seen to date. It is -not- the same as the "colorful" lego-like ships of Homeworld. You can research technologies, and build on the planets you colonize. Reminds me of the old days of "Masters of Orion". The graphics on the planets, asteroids, gas clouds are all very nice. The universe here is vast enough.

Gameplay isn't bad at all. The interface took me about 15 min to figure out.

If you like space games like Homeworld, then check it out for yourself.

7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Get Patch 1.07 or Later for XP and Nvidia, March 16, 2003

By 

W. L Lutts "wilebill" (Columbus, Ohio) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Hegemonia: Legions Of Iron (CD-ROM)

Bought the game March 15, 2003. Out of the box it was patch level 1.05. Appeared at first to run fine on Windows XP Home Edition on high end machine with nVidia graphics card. But I could not move the ships nor do much of anything else, at least not very often and not very consistently. It appeared to be an expensive screen saver.

Thought the problem was me. But after six hours of pure frustration I finally realized the game simply was not working properly and decided to look for help. Discovered there is a patch 1.07 that seems to have cured my problems. This is a large patch, 17.9 MB download. The descriptor for this patch at the Hegemonia web site says that installation of patch 1.07 will allow both mouse buttons to work, and my experience with the game out of the box was that the right mouse button was simply not doing anything at all most of the time. If running the game on Windows XP, the Hegemonia web site support info says that an alternative fix might be to try running it in an emulation mode for Windows 98 or ME. I note that DreamCatcher does not list Hegemonia in its list of XP compatible games. Caveat emptor.

Five stars for graphics alone. One reviewer said it did not have a starmap, but it does! Just hit the spacebar to toggle it on and off. This is a complex game and you will discover the manual is not in there just to make the box weigh more. You will need to know what the keyboard commands do to make it work. While on the Hegemonia web site pick up a copy of the campaign walkthru, a .pdf file that has printing locked out, so you will have to download the walkthru .pdf file for offline consultation, which you will feel the need of sooner rather than later.

This game has gotten excellent reviews from the professional reviewers at the major gaming web sites.