Defense of Roman Britain

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Defense of Roman Britain is a single player casual strategy game. It was developed by First Games Interactive and was released on July 21, 2017. It received mostly positive reviews from players.

Tower defense Game to safeguard the land of Rome.

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Audience ScoreBased on 27 reviews

graphics3 positive mentions

gameplay3 negative mentions

The game features an attractive historical background and offers some original ideas, such as convoys and quests.
It has a user-friendly interface and a solid economic model, making it accessible for players of all ages.
The graphics are satisfactory, and the game includes a variety of enemy types and weapon upgrades, providing a decent level of challenge.

The game is criticized for its high price relative to the content offered, with many reviewers suggesting it should be significantly cheaper.
There are issues with gameplay balance, particularly in later levels where difficulty spikes and resource management becomes frustrating.
The game lacks depth in its story and presentation, with limited music tracks and some technical issues, such as lag and crashes on certain systems.

gameplay
9 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The gameplay is straightforward, focusing on tower defense mechanics where players, as a centurion, must protect their base from barbarians. While the game is accessible and suitable for children, offering opportunities for strategic thinking, the limited tower selection and unengaging mechanics may detract from the overall experience. However, various gameplay features and effects, along with enjoyable music, contribute positively to the enjoyment for casual players.
- “Thanks to easy accessibility and simple mechanics, the game is suitable for playing with kids who can learn something about history and develop their strategic thinking.”
- “I also want to note the various effects that can affect the battle; they are very helpful and add variety to the gameplay.”
- “The gameplay is pretty simple; you, as a centurion, just need to put all sorts of towers to protect your base from the so-called barbarians who want to take over.”
- “I also want to note the various effects that can affect the battle; they are very helpful and dilute the gameplay.”
- “Love this game; I have played it over and over again as I am definitely not into the really heavy-duty tower defense gameplay.”
graphics
7 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The graphics in the game are generally considered satisfactory, with some users noting their attractiveness and decent quality. However, many reviewers feel that given the game's full price, the graphics should be more impressive, highlighting a disparity between expectations and delivery. Overall, while there are positive elements, the graphics do not stand out as a strong point.
- “Decent balance, entertaining graphics.”
- “Very good game, interesting graphics.”
- “One can find some positives speaking in its favor - an attractive historical background, some original ideas like convoys, presence of quests, interesting systems of weapon upgrades, big number of enemy unit types, solid economic model, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, user-friendly interface, nice graphics.”
- “The graphics are satisfactory, but considering the full price of the game, I would expect better graphics.”
music
6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The music in the game is minimal, featuring only a few tracks, which some players find disappointing given the absence of background music during gameplay. While a few users appreciate the existing music, the overall consensus highlights a lack of variety and presence, with many noting that the soundscape is dominated by gunfire rather than a musical score.
- “Exiting music and gameplay, I love.”
- “There are only a few music tracks.”
- “The game features an attractive historical background and some original ideas, but it has only a few music tracks.”
- “There is no music here, only the sound of guns.”
- “There are only a few music tracks and the absence of dubbing.”
- “The game plays almost all its cards in the first few levels, so there is not much to discover later, low differences between enemy infantry units, unpredictability of air units' paths, and only a few music tracks.”
story
4 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's story is criticized for being uninteresting and poorly presented, with many players noting a lack of depth and engagement. While it features an attractive historical backdrop and some original gameplay elements, the narrative fails to evolve significantly after the initial levels, leaving little to discover later on. However, some players appreciate the non-linear structure and simplistic quests that facilitate upgrades and builds.
- “The game features an insanely cool non-linear storyline.”
- “The entire time, you are given simplistic quests that help in garnering the gems needed for most of the upgrades and builds outside of the actual levels.”
- “One can find some positives speaking in its favor - an attractive historical background, some original ideas like convoys, presence of quests, interesting systems of weapon upgrades, big number of enemy unit types, solid economic model, challenging yet not frustrating difficulty, user-friendly interface, nice graphics and… however, there are also many downsides - not very interesting story and its presentation, some enemies approach your convoy almost immediately, some shortcuts cut more than half of the path for enemies, special weapons and spells are not very effective, the game plays almost all its cards in the first few levels, so there is not much to discover later, low differences between enemy infantry units, unpredictability of air units’ paths, only a few music tracks and the absence of dubbing.”
- “The entire time you are given simplistic quests which help in garnering the gems needed to do most of the upgrades and builds outside of the actual levels.”
optimization
3 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The game's optimization is notably poor, with users reporting significant freezing and stuttering issues despite low CPU and memory usage during gameplay. This indicates that the game is not effectively utilizing system resources, leading to a frustrating experience.
- “Game performance overall is bad. I put it into windowed mode and watched CPU/memory usage; the game froze and stuttered with CPU load less than 15-20% and RAM usage below 50% in-game.”
- “The optimization is terrible; I experience frequent frame drops and long loading times, even on high-end hardware.”
- “Despite having a powerful system, the game runs poorly, with constant lag and unresponsive controls, indicating a lack of proper optimization.”
monetization
1 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
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The monetization of "Defense of Roman Britain" has been criticized as a lazy cash grab, with users noting that the free mobile app's transition to Steam feels poorly executed and exploitative.
- “Defense of Roman Britain is a free mobile app that's been dumped on Steam as a lazy, cheap cash grab.”

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Defense of Roman Britain is a casual strategy game.

Defense of Roman Britain is available on PC, Mac OS and Windows.

Defense of Roman Britain was released on July 21, 2017.

Defense of Roman Britain was developed by First Games Interactive.

Defense of Roman Britain has received mostly positive reviews from players. Most players liked this game for its graphics but disliked it for its gameplay.

Defense of Roman Britain is a single player game.

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