Legion Arena

by Strategy First

Product Features

• Two campaign paths - play as Romans or Gauls and get drawn into the rise of Rome
• Command vast armies in epic 3D battles, earning experience and denari for your victories
• Buy equipment and choose from over 100 new skills; personalize the appearance of each squad
• Over 20 unique unit types including Legionaries, Praetorians, Elephants and Naked Fanatics
• Deploy your troops and issue orders before battle -- then take control of the combat in real-time

Product Details

• Shipping: This item is also available for shipping to select countries outside the U.S.
• ASIN: B000BVNAE6
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: November 14, 2005
• Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #27,229 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

Product Description

Legion Arena takes the action and thrills of massive real-time startegy gaming and adds new role-playing elements. Take control of a small band of Roman or Gallic warriors, then recruit and train your troops to forge a mighty army that will march across the world. Face off against mighty rivals and use your tactical skills to overcoming them, for the glory of Rome - or for the defense of Gaul!

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

9 of 11 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Legion Arena, February 14, 2008

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K. Murphy "Fortune favors the Bold" (The thriving metropolis of Masury, OH) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Legion Arena (CD-ROM)

This is a worthy Roman-era strategy game, but it is no equal or better of Rome: Total War. The graphics are good, and, in my opinion, the appearance of the soldiers is actually slightly more accurate to history, and more visually appealing, than the Total War troops. It is hard enough to give you a few headaches, and a sense of accomplishment when you win, but not extremely difficult, and its kind of one of those games that once you beat it you rarely, or never play it again. You cannot play the Celtic campaign until you have beat it as the Romans, but the Roman campaign is longer and more challenging.

Unlike a lot of strategy games, this in one in which all troop types truly do have their own well-defined roles. In most of these games I have found that a certain type of unit, usually your archers or heavy cavalry, can beat just about anything if you have enough of them. In this game, archers and skirmishers are of limited use but it is very important that you have both experienced heavy infantry and cavalry; the former are useful for when you have to destroy an enemy army; the latter are useful for when you must accomplish a particular goal quickly.

Finances permitting you can raise new units of light militia, archers, skirmishers, elephants, light or heavy cavalry, or a variety of spearmen and legionaries (or swordsmen and naked fanatics for the Celts) at any point in the game, and can customize their names and the colors of their clothes and shields. The naked fanatics are another useful unit (and are the sole reason for this game's mature rating) but the elephants are not nearly as much fun as the total war elephants.

6 of 7 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Fun but ...It does not last very long., January 27, 2006

By 

oldfrog "ELL SID" (USA) - See all my reviews

= Fun:4.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Legion Arena (CD-ROM)

Unit graphics are outstanding. Game play (battles) are good all in 3D, but terrian is not up to par, you can only play scripted battles no quick battle set up against the AI. No siges or forts to defend. The game was designed to play as multiplayer I think.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Room for Another Roma Empire!, May 18, 2009

By 

Alan L. Wong (Inglewood, Ca United States) - See all my reviews
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= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Legion Arena (CD-ROM)

My first Roman Total War was great so when I picked Legion Arena up I thought it might be a waste. Pure fun good graphics , beer and pretzl game.
The battles are realtime setups you can release the units earlier than the preset strategy and build units based on experience and skills you assign them. It is on sale at any discount store.