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Legion War

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94%Game Brain Score
Most mentioned positive aspects:graphics, gameplay
Most mentioned negative aspects:story, music
94% User Score Based on 164 reviews

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Legion War is a single player and multiplayer tactical role playing game with a anime theme. It was developed by Bear & Cat Studio and was released on July 14, 2021. It received very positive reviews from players.

"Legion War" is a 4X strategy game in a fantasy setting. You can build and expand your territory, explore unknown lands, and search for mysterious treasure, cultivate your own heroes and troops while exterminating your opponent's, and challenge the god who rules the world behind the scenes.

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94%Audience ScoreBased on 164 reviews
graphics10 positive mentions
story3 negative mentions
  • The game features deep mechanics and a variety of factions, each with unique strengths and abilities, providing a rich strategic experience.
  • The clean UI and great art style enhance the overall gameplay, making it visually appealing and easy to navigate.
  • It offers significant replayability with extensive campaigns, a strong scenario generator, and RPG-like unit progression.
  • The campaign mode is locked until players win three normal matches, which can detract from the enjoyment and exploration of the game.
  • There are translation issues and some poorly worded text that can make understanding the game mechanics challenging.
  • Some players find the game can become repetitive and lacks a compelling storyline, leading to boredom over time.

  • graphics

    40 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    25% positive mentions, 65% neutral mentions, 10% negative mentions

    The graphics of the game are characterized by a vibrant, colorful, and cartoonish art style that some players initially found off-putting, especially in a tactical context. However, many reviews highlight the graphics as aesthetically pleasing and well-executed, effectively conveying strategic information while maintaining a charming presentation. Overall, despite mixed feelings about the style, the visuals are generally praised for their quality and suitability to the game's mechanics.

    • “Graphics swirl and sing with deep living colors like the best of tabletop games of old, with a cute yet heroic and menacing cartoon art style bringing much tactical and strategic info to the forefront of the map, where guesswork is practically nil thanks to all the information before one and the excellent tutorial.”
    • “Aesthetics: let me get this straight, wonderfully laid out, simple, beautiful, colorful, and the characters are all well done and thought out.”
    • “Despite the cartoony graphics, which are pleasing to the eyes, this ranks as a serious contender for a 'game of the year' nomination.”
    • “My first impression was, how can this be worth a crap with the graphics they chose to use.”
    • “Bad graphics, but amazing game with cool ideas.”
    • “Pretty graphics though they are very CityVille or whatever phone app game they emulated.”

  • gameplay

    32 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    31% positive mentions, 60% neutral mentions, 9% negative mentions

    The gameplay is characterized by deep mechanics and a significant variety of factions, units, and tactics, offering hundreds of hours of playtime for those who enjoy the core loops. While the game features unique units and spells for each faction, it lacks building mechanics and diplomacy, focusing instead on strategic location control. Overall, it is praised for its solid mechanics, stylish graphics, and a relaxing atmosphere reminiscent of tabletop games, though some players hope for additional depth and content in future updates.

    • “Huge variety of factions, units, tactics, maps, and extensive campaigns. If you enjoy the core gameplay loops, there are hundreds of hours here.”
    • “As of this review, there are 5 playable factions with unique units, heroes, spells/abilities, and mechanics, as well as several minor factions that can be encountered in-game and whose units can be recruited.”
    • “Very well thought out game, straightforward to play, with a lot of game mechanics to try, providing great replayability.”
    • “You can't build anything on the map; you can only take over existing locations. There's no diplomacy that I remember seeing, and the tech tree is mostly just buffs to existing mechanics, buildings, and units.”
    • “I'm hoping to see a bit more content and depth added to some of the mechanics before it leaves early access. It could become something really great, but as it is, it's still a decent game.”
    • “So what if there are some typos and a lack of instructions? The gameplay is solid and not that hard to figure out.”

  • story

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    13% positive mentions, 49% neutral mentions, 38% negative mentions

    The game's story is criticized for its simplicity, lacking depth and significance, which detracts from the overall experience for players seeking a meaningful narrative. While the game is accessible and suitable for children, this ease comes at the cost of a compelling storyline, leaving many gamers feeling unengaged.

    • “Theme: easy for even children to play with, with no real traumatizing storylines or graphic violence or bloodshed.”
    • “Story: the simplicity of the game is also its weakness because it has no storyline that matters to the gamer.”
    • “Story: the simplicity of the game is also its weakness because it has no storyline that matters to the gamer.”
    • “Story: the simplicity of the game is also its weakness because it has no storyline that matters to the gamer.”

  • replayability

    8 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The game offers significant replayability, particularly for fans of turn-based strategy, thanks to its layered options and depth. Players appreciate the straightforward yet engaging combat, along with castle-building and hero-leveling mechanics that enhance the overall experience. Overall, it is described as a fun game with ample opportunities for replay.

    • “The emphasis is on combat, and the castle-building and hero-leveling dynamics, while quite straightforward, offer a surprising amount of replay value.”
    • “Great game, lots of fun, good replayability, and the combat system is simple but effective!”
    • “Tons of replayability, tons of fun.”

  • music

    6 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 50% negative mentions

    The music in the game is initially praised for its relaxing and soothing qualities, effectively setting the mood for exploration. However, some users note that it can become repetitive over time and express a desire for a greater variety of tracks.

    • “Music can get a bit repetitive, though at first it was really nice.”
    • “Can we have more than one music track?”
    • “Music is relaxing and soothing, putting one in the right mood for all that the world has to offer as its vastness is explored and discovered.”

  • grinding

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    0% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 100% negative mentions

    Reviews indicate that the game features excessive and purposeless grinding, which detracts from the overall experience, particularly for players seeking a meaningful RPG strategy game. Many recommend avoiding it if you dislike monotonous gameplay.

    • “I strongly recommend you avoid this title if you are looking for any kind of actual RPG-style strategy game, unless endless boring grinding without purpose is what you like.”
    • “I strongly recommend you avoid this title if you are looking for any kind of actual RPG-style strategy game, unless endless boring grinding without purpose is what you like.”

  • atmosphere

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    50% positive mentions, 50% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The atmosphere of the game is described as intensely relaxing, reminiscent of playing a tabletop board game that combines strategy and RPG mechanics, creating a cozy and enjoyable experience akin to a perfect Sunday afternoon.

    • “The overall atmosphere is intensely relaxing, making it feel like I'm playing a tabletop board game that combines strategy and RPG mechanics on a perfect Sunday afternoon.”

  • humor

    2 mentions Positive Neutral Negative
    100% positive mentions, 0% neutral mentions, 0% negative mentions

    The humor in the game is initially engaging, particularly in its role-playing elements, but may lose its charm over time.

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Play Times

300h Median play time
300h Average play time
300-300h Spent by most gamers
*Based on 2 analyzed playthroughs
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Legion War is a tactical role playing game with anime theme. Common tags for Legion War include turn-based, indie, 2d, magic, third person and others.

Legion War is available on PC, Phone, Windows, Tablet and others.

On average players spend around 300 hours playing Legion War.

Legion War was released on July 14, 2021.

Legion War was developed by Bear & Cat Studio.

Legion War has received very positive reviews from players. Most players liked Legion War for its graphics but disliked it for its story.

Legion War is a single player game with multiplayer and local co-op support.

Similar games include Fallen Enchantress: Legendary Heroes, Songs of Conquest, Warlock: Master of the Arcane, Age of Wonders: Planetfall, Sorcerer King and others.