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Legion Arena
Mixed or average reviews
Based on 20 critic reviews
How did we calculate this?
Based on 6 votes
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Game Info
Publisher: Strategy First Inc.
Developer: Slitherine Software
Genre(s): Turn-Based Strategy
Players: 2
ESRB Rating: M (Mature)
Release Date: October 21, 2005
Summary
Legion Arena puts you the player in charge of a Roman army and takes you up against the enemies of Rome. You must recruit & train up your troops, choosing the skills they will develop in an effort to create the most powerful army. Games will be played entirely online & all results are passed back to the server and logged and the players army ranked. And the best part is its free! The players army starts small really small! In fact to start with it only includes the players general character. The player also starts with a small treasury and can choose which units to recruit into their fledgling army. Initially you wont be able to afford too many troops & the higher quality units like Legionaries & Praetorians will be well out of reach. As the player fights and wins battles, their men gain experience & honours. These can be used to buy skills for the squad, ranging from improved weapons handling to the ability to hold a new formation. [Slitherine]
What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Loaded Inc
An exhilarating experience and the best new game I’ve played in months.
Read Full Review >Cheat Code Central
Fun, fast and refreshing. It's open to everyone that just wants to get involved with a game that isn't any more difficult to learn than Monopoly.
Read Full Review >GameZone
If you have never really been a fan of this genre I urge you to give this one a try. It’s a breeze to play and will have any armchair General screaming Charge!
Read Full Review >GamingTrend
This is definately your classic strategy game, made by a team that really likes the genre.
Read Full Review >PC Format
There's more here than meets the eye. [Dec 2005, p.97]
Worth Playing
If you need a quick sword-and-sandals fix and want to fight epic battles in real-time and on a detailed 3D landscape, then Legion Arena might just be for you.
Read Full Review >Gamers' Temple
Legion Arena is a good buy for any gamer that loves playing General. It satisfies the need for a quick bloody battle and yet still provides enough depth to keep it all interesting.
Read Full Review >Game Chronicles
Legion Arena is all about the combat, no deciding what crops to raise or whether to feed your troops or the starving peasants.
Read Full Review >3DAvenue
What makes this game worthy also makes it hard to recommend to anyone but strategy first gamers.
Read Full Review >GameSpot
This tactical combat game features battles, battles, and more battles, and it's fun, though very light on content or depth.
Read Full Review >Strategy Informer
While it’s no mega contender, it does have its charm and could easily be one of those games you find yourself visiting time and time again.
Read Full Review >GamingExcellence
The history-lesson-as-a-backdrop is somewhat interesting, and the tactical portion of the game has some depth. It’s nothing revolutionary, but if you’re a serious fan of the genre then Legion Arena might be worth a look.
Read Full Review >Digital Entertainment News
It takes something special for a game to stand out from the group, and sadly Legion Arena fails to do this.
Read Full Review >G4 TV
As a single-player game, Legion Arena is entertaining in small doses, but lacks that compelling "just one more turn" quality that the best strategy games have.
Read Full Review >PC Gameworld
A half-baked "Rome: Total War" wannabe that just fails to make the grade.
Read Full Review >PC Gamer
Huge engagements that should run several times as long feel more like football downs, and you can easily swing a half-dozen matches in less time than it takes most NFL teams to inch forward 10 yards. [Mar 2006, p.63]
Computer Games Magazine
Despite the superficial resemblance to “Rome: Total War”, Legion Arena is just the latest 3D version of the same simple wargame the developer has been peddling for a while. [Mar 2006, p.55]
Computer Gaming World
Tactical freaks won't find much here to really challenge them, but Legion Arena might serve as a good introduction for players unfamiliar with this type of strategy game. [Mar 2006, p.85]
PC Zone UK
Granted, there's potential aplenty here, but with AI this idiotic, Legion Arena can only go down as a massively missed opportunity, more fit for the glue factory than the glories of war. Shame really.
Read Full Review >GameShark
"Nothing new" is the mantra for Legion Arena. It’s fun, has good strategy, is multi-player enabled, but really nothing new. Just another solid title from Strategy First.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this game is 9.3 (out of 10) based on 6 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Matt K. gave it an8:
What it loses in poor graphics it makes up for in gameplay.. This is one of those games most people don't know about that is really good... The single player is pretty fun but the multiplayer takes the cake (when people are online).. I only got rid of 2 points from perfect because 1. the graphics arent the best and 2. there is almost no one who plays online, if you wanna play online you have to wait for someone to join the channel which could take a while. There are things to do you can add people to your friends list on xfire and see when they are on so you can play multiplayer. But its a fun game. One of the few new games that I can actually say is a fun game with good replayability.
Rab J. gave it a10:
Great single player modes that get you trained up to fight your friends on line. I love customizing the army and you can pick your own army and composition to a points value Terriffic!
