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Our latest review here on Total Gaming Network has staff writer Eldri visiting the great Roman Empire in Valcon Games' Nintendo DS strategy title History - Great Empires: Rome. Here's the intro to the article:
In 2002, Slitherine software released Legion, a strategy title ever so loosely based on the history of the Roman Empire, for the PC. Seven years later, Slitherine has teamed up with Valcon Games to produce a portable version for the DS, but with a new name. Undeniably, Nintendo’s portable masterpiece will not allow for some of grander aspects a Legion port, and it shows. While Legion was by no stretch a great game, the opportunity for portable strategy is certainly not one to be missed.
Nintendo’s portables have given us some of the best strategy titles of all time in the Advance Wars series and many other real-time strategy ports have also made glowing appearances on both the Game Boy and DS platforms. Is a new name and some new features enough to make Great Empires one for the books, or is the History Channel endorsing a low-quality, interactive documentary? Read more...
Nintendo’s portables have given us some of the best strategy titles of all time in the Advance Wars series and many other real-time strategy ports have also made glowing appearances on both the Game Boy and DS platforms. Is a new name and some new features enough to make Great Empires one for the books, or is the History Channel endorsing a low-quality, interactive documentary? Read more...
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All the elements of a stellar strategy game are in place, but they may overwhelm.
All the elements of a stellar strategy game are in place, but they may overwhelm.
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