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Finally.....a strategy game that's fun to play

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 24 / 27
Date: June 09, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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.

Buy this Game!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 12, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Reviewer "dantalian" said it all: The game is playable, replayable, graphically well done, and, most importantly, FUN! Out of the box the thing ran without a burp. The manual is actually useful (unlike so many other new games) and provides a tantalyzing tutorial that will make you want to dive into this game full time.

Buy this game. It's all about power...you know you love it!

Friends, Romans, Gamers...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 6 / 9
Date: June 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Legion is a real-time/turn-based hybrid strategy game. The turn-based mode is where you play strategically: choosing areas to invade, deciding on what buildings to construct (buildings increase resources and allow recruiting and training of military units), you know "the big picture stuff."

The real-time mode begins when you invade (or are invaded) and confront enemy military. You have the ability to deploy your legionaries,archers,cavalry,etc. and give them their battleplans but once combat begins, the battle is on automatic pilot. So you would be Julius Caesars are out-of-luck if you were hoping to display your tactical prowess.

There is no skirmish mode, so you'd better like the 4 campaigns.You can play the campaigns from different nations/tribes but the non-Romans are different in name only.

The graphics are ordinary at best, the battle graphics disappointed me because of the small, out-dated blobby units.

The game left me unsatisfied since I could not command a legion in battle and there are no historical generals (like Julius Caesar)to lead my armies. The turn-based mode was very generic and limited to only about a dozen building types.

Improved with latest patch (1.06b)

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I was somewhat disappointed with the original version of Legion because I quickly mastered it and was no longer challenged by it. However, with the latest patch (1.06b), the authors have added additional challenge since it is now more important to manage resources wisely, and the combat has become a bit more balanced as well. There are two new campaigns, which helps add variety to the game. I found the game easy to learn right out of the box, and enjoyable. It still is not a highly challenging strategy game, and the tactical battles are still mostly beyond the player's ability to control, but it is fun, although still somewhat limited.

Roman Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 9
Date: June 18, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Legion Stuff...........

Feature List, Enhancements, and Questions?

Enhancement for future could include an ability to Paint models.

Enhancement Editor scenario/campaign/unit or just like you said do free downloads from the web for support. Nice value adds.

I like the New graphics engine sprites skinny.... looks better than fat..... Nice amount of blood and gore and some body parts. Remember this was a very violent time. Future chance of some fire smoke fog or dust?

I like to pan the field after the battle and look at the carnage and destruction. You start to feel for the sprite.

What will be the resolution?
800/600 16bit.... Graphics look good....

Nice 3d/2d/isometric style with no need to rotate.
I like the idea of commanding and then watching.
Legion may use some imited ability in the battle to do things.

Nice scope and feel to Legion.

I can see by playing this game the vision and passion that whent into the product.Great job.

Nice scale. Just let machines with power be able to scale.

Style,style,style Legion has style.

Legion has a simplicity and elegance to it with complex underlines. Perfect. Perfect. Perfect.

Just a little more gore and blood and destruction on
the field of battle.

Being able to play any side will be great....20 plus wow....

Let some of the files be tweak able files for the di hard net kids.

Increase the volume and number of battle sounds and scale to power if able to.

First time in history I liked the music.

Immersion,immersion,immersion Legion has immersion.

I love the 4 scenario structure and the large to massive maps. Great idea to have random battle locations.

Difficulty levels 1-5?

I like the idea of creating a single player game with great AI. This is hard to do and shows your teams talent.

Multi play could work in a legion battle game only.

No multiplayer good. Do this later.

Nice manual and web support.

Quality,quality,quality Legion has quality

Just a little more varied sound and music?

I love the opening cut scene.

Possible open source in the future? Look what happened with Doom and Quake.

Nice marketing and hype.

Legion is a very good game so go out and buy it.

Think Legion II , Legion Books, Legion Calendars,
Legion Posters, Legion Toys, Legion Board game, Legion Movie. Think Big Dreams. Think Legion.

No one has done a Roman game the correct way and Legion is a gem.

Enough, now back to Legion.

I love this game.

Curtlegion.

You'd have more fun driving nails into your foot

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Alright, this game has graphics that look like they were inherited from Civilization 2. There's nothing to complain about in reference to the strategy portion of the game, since it's pretty standard, but the real time portion will make you lose the will to live. You deploy your soldiers and then helplessly watch as they run around the map and fight the enemy. Yes, I'm not kidding, you actually can't control the army in battle, it's reduced to you sitting there watching little soldier A throw things at little soldier B until one of them dies or runs away. The idea that you can't make real time changes during a battle is rather absurd, and as a result of the game design there's no strategy, you might as well wander off and do something interesting while the battles are running. This game hurts brain.

Legion Rocks!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 5
Date: June 23, 2002
Author: Amazon User

I have not bought the game yet, but I've played it....And its great! It gives a real sense of Roman leadership. Taking your army, and kickin the crud out of the enemy makes you feel all warm and cuddly inside. For the size of the sprites, you would be amazed by how much they bleed. The blood and gore gives it a nice touch, definently not for the faint hearted. So this game is most definently a "T" game. But the battles are so REAL.Like, if your Auxilary Archers are to close to an enemy, they drop their bows and whip out a sword,which trust me don't force them to do. You give your troops a plan, and they carry it out. But you can't command them on the feild. There are so many Units, as well. Theres cavalry, Praetorians, gladiators, spearmen, legions and much more! My friend says you can play as different sides but I have not tried that yet. Overall, Legion is a beautiful and wonderful, game and should be experienced by all teen strategy fans.

-Pat

Reviewing Legion

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 1
Date: June 30, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Nothing new here for folks that ever played Centurion of Rome. The graphics are better, and the campaigns more in depth. Command and control of armies is limited at best, which is supposed to more realistic. Had this gone farther and included some later scenarios this would be worth the price. Buffs of ancient Rome will enjoy this probably, but consider carefully before commiting your computer gaming dollars.

How Sad

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 3 / 8
Date: July 16, 2002
Author: Amazon User

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...

Good, but not Superb strategy game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: July 17, 2002
Author: Amazon User

Legion is just another good game of strategy.
Your goal is to expand your empire (whether you play with the Romans or not) at the expense of your neighbors.
The game is really easy to play if you're acquainted to strategy games (such as Civilization) and not that hard if you're not.
Like all strategy games you have to manage your resources wisely (wheat, iron, lumber) and deal carefully with the other tribes.
The biggest con I've found so far is the impossibility of selecting difficulty levels (this has been solved in the 1.06 patch). There are other minor flaws as well, such as management of cities only (no province management?!? what about all those roads that lead to Rome? who's gonna build and look after them?).
In few words the strategy looks like: "build a powerful army and garrison it inside a city with a medium/large fort and a quartermaster built in it and nobody's gonna take it away from you (unless the AI arrives with 4 huge armies)"
The overall is a fun addictive game who could get you stuck to the PC for hours...

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