Legion

by Strategy First

Product Details

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• ASIN: B000065SQ5
• Media: CD-ROM
• Release Date: June 5, 2002
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (25 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #13,681 in Video Games (See Top 100 in Video Games)
• Discontinued by manufacturer: Yes

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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Finally.....a strategy game that's fun to play, June 8, 2002

By 

iago18335 - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legion (CD-ROM)

I'll admit right from the start that I'm partial to virtually all things Roman and was looking forward to this game coming out for quite a while. I was getting tired of traditional 'Real Time Simulations' as I find micro-managing to be a bit boring. That being said, Legion is a great deal of fun to play.

Legion has some great merits to it:
1) a short, easy to understand rule book and tutorial. There's nothing as frustrating as getting a new computer game only to have to wade through hundreds of pages of details before you can play it with any hope of success.
2) system requirements are so low that virtually any PC will be able to play it. It's nice not to have to upgrade your entire system just to play a new game.
3) There's a nice mix of game styles here. Enough 'RTS' to feel that you can actually incluence the course of your empire without making you feel like your a mid level paper pusher obsessing over insignificant details. At the same time there's enough tactical play to keep the game interesting overall.
4) Replayability of this game is high. In each campaign there are up to 20 competing nations and you have the ability to play every one.
5) The battlefield graphics. Some 'professional' reviewers are remarking that the graphics in Legion leave something to be desired. I, however, like them. The attention to detail on the battlefields is amazing and a great deal of fun to watch. Yes, the game may not have the latest in 3D technology but it really isn't needed here.

In short, Legion is a fun, solid game in a market that has lacked a good ancient world strategy game.

9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Lots of Strategy, fun., May 7, 2003

By 

Maxim - See all my reviews

This review is from: Legion (CD-ROM)

First off, this game will not win game of the year awards or anything like that.

But it is a good game. Management of your economy, army, and diplomacy is simple and doesn't take very long to learn. The best thing about the game is that there is lots of strategy... Keeping it challenging and interesting.

One of my favorite things about the game is how battles are played out. You give your troops their orders BEFORE the battle, and then you have no control once it starts. It adds to the strategy as it is not a clickfest-- you can think about what your unit formations/orders should be, the position, and the terrain you want them to fight in.
It is also very realistic-- in Roman times, once a battle had begun, orders could not be efficiently relayed to the troops.

The economy interface is simple. There are 3 resources; food, lumber, and iron. You will need them to raise armies and build buildings. Some buildings provide the resources directly. Others improve your worker's productivity. And others add town defenses or military improvements. If you leave workers idle, the population will rise faster.

There are many types of soldiers you can buy. Different tribes can build different soldiers (Rome builds legions, and Celts can build fanatics), and there are building requirements to get certain units. Every unit has its own specialties. Some fight well in rough terrain, whereas others (such as legions), fight well in the open. Some fall easily to cavalry-- but hopilites will tear them up. In the back of the manual it lists the abilities of the units, and all this adds to the battle strategy.

The game is turn based. Each turn is a season, and each turn you can move your armies a certain number of spaces. In the spring, buildings you ordered are built and units produced.

The diplomacy is fine. You can declare war, offer tribute, offer an alliance, and check a tribe's standing with others. They can make you an offer, such as: "We will agree to the alliance if you give us 100 food and 200 lumber." Or they might beg for peace, and offer tribute if you will accept.

The graphics are NOT cutting edge. Rather, they are acceptable-- and this makes it so that the game will run on low-end computers. It runs perfectly on my G3 400 MHz iMac... And I am sure it would also work on even older computers.
There is no multiplayer either-- but as the game is turn based, multiplayer probably wouldn't work very well anyway.

This won't be the best game you buy, but I would recommend it.

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A Great Beginning Strategy Game, August 6, 2002

By A Customer

This review is from: Legion (CD-ROM)

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.