Strategy First has released the first patch for
Slitherine's romanic strategy game,
Legion. The
patch (v1.0.6) fixes minor bug issues and adds new features to the game, including 2 new campaigns ? "one based in Hispania and the other in a surprise setting with new never-before-seen units and buildings." Size: 3.3 MB.
Augustus, Julius Caesar, Mark Antony, Hannibal, leaders that became legend during this chaotic time of Roman history. Now's your chance to join the ranks of these great strategists and conquer Europe during the time of the Roman Empire.
Legion is a revolutionary, high-level strategy game, which unfolds during the rich history that was the Roman Empire.
The game features both strategic and tactical elements. At the strategic level, you control vast armies and attempt to carve an Empire from the assortment of tribes and city-states that occupied ancient Italy, France and Britain. At the tactical level, you must position your armies to take advantage of terrain and make use of the best formations, in order to achieve victory.
The battles are a spectacle as well as a game play feature and players will enjoy them purely for the fun of watching hundreds of men fighting a bloody engagement.
Features:
Epic gameplay - huge game areas with accurately mapped real world locations. All maps are based on real atlases of the ancient world.
Huge realistic battles - based on historical data, the combat model gives the most realistic look and feel as hundreds of men are displayed in epic battles.
20+ sides - each game can have up to 20 AI opponents, each with their own strengths and weaknesses, based on the nations of the time period.
3D battlefields - the battlefield is made up of 3D rendered terrain. Height is modeled and affects combat.
Detailed economy - control your cities, allocate workers to collect resources, control city growth and increase production by constructing new buildings, build fortresses for protection and train new regiments.
Historical Accuracy - all maps, scenarios, and soldier's uniforms and weapons are accurately modeled to capture the flavor of the ancient world and its warfare.
Diplomacy - with so many nations, careful use of diplomacy will be required if you're going to succeed.
Replayability - play each map a number of times in a completely different setting. Fight over Italy to unify the tribes into the powerful nation of Rome and then later fight over the same map as the Romans when they are invaded by the fearsome Gauls.