A Legionary's Life

A Legionary's Life lets you play as a Roman soldier during the years of the Second Punic War and beyond. Rise up through the ranks and win prestigious awards or just focus on making it home in one piece; it's up to you.

A Legionary's Life is a rome, historical and turn-based game developed and published by Alessandro Roberti.
Released on September 25th 2019 is available only on Windows in 2 languages: English and German.

It has received 2,298 reviews of which 1,998 were positive and 300 were negative resulting in a rating of 8.3 out of 10. 😎

The game is currently priced at 6.99€ on Steam.

The Steam community has classified A Legionary's Life into these genres:

Rome Historical Turn-Based RPG Turn-Based Combat Replay Value War Perma Death Pixel Graphics Old School Text-Based Retro Rogue-lite Singleplayer Rogue-like Choices Matter Simulation Indie

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Requirements

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Windows

OS *: Windows 7 SP1+
Processor: Any CPU with SSE2 instruction set support: Intel Pentium 4+, AMD Athlon 64+
Memory: 1 GB RAM
Graphics: Any graphics card with DX10 (shader model 4.0) capabilities
Storage: 200 MB available space

Reviews

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Dec. 2024

Девушки, многие из вас не в курсе того, как часто мужчины думают о Римской империи республике. Спросите своего мужа или парня, или брата — их ответы вас удивят!

Oct. 2024

Character did so well I got put into Triarii, didn't get to fight in last battle because I was too important. Not sure whether to be flattered or angry. 11/10 best text adventure I've ever gotten my hands on.

Sept. 2024

Chances are, you will die for Rome. Many times. However, each death grants you points to make your next legionary stronger. More opportunities to lay your life down for Rome. Soon you aren't just barely surviving each battle... you are a decorated officer. An apex predator to be unleashed by the legion against their foes. You will challenge the enemy army's leaders to duels and feed them your javelin face-first. And gods-willing, when enough men have died, you will retire. A living legend in triumphant return to Rome, to live out the rest of your days in peace. 10/10 would gladly spend another 100+ hours dying to the Agema chiliarch because no true son of Mars would ever refuse a challenge.

March 2024

In short: For the price of two drinks when going out (or even less, depending on where you live) this game is absolutely worth it. It definitely has significantly more content and better replay value than most Devolver Digital titles, as a comparison. Will you like it? Depends on what you're looking for: if you want your regular "I am above mere mortals" kind of traditional RPG where you kill dozens or hundreds with little effort, then no. If you're looking for a realistic "I'm one of those low level NPC's that are in the background of Scipio Africanus, a regular joe army recruit mostly focused on trying to survive the war I've been drafted in, fighting opponents of similar or higher skill than me" then absolutely yes. The game in mechanical terms is simple, but very well designed and executed. It's very immersive and in my case somewhat addictive, it offers me a high incentive to keep replaying it. Most of the negative reviews complain about an apparent RNG element that seems to be predominant, but after 3 successful playthroughs followed by two early deaths I can safely say that is not the case, I'll explain why and how one should approach the game in general. The player should really focus on the whole idea of surviving a realistic scenario: you start off as a raw recruit who is part of a military unit, when offered chances to do risky things such as dueling enemy leaders and champions, breaking out of formation to perform a heroic action, answering the call for volunteers to keep fighting on, facing élite mercenaries who haven't been broken by the army yet, a call answered only specifically by "the most experienced veterans", remember you're *not* above the common man. Even a regular professional soldier is probably going to get themselves killed if they choose to rush up the ladders of a besieged city to help their Centurion be the first to get to the top. One last tip: you killing troops in regular battles isn't going to change the outcome of the battle itself, it is enough to just survive the engagement, earn rewards for having taken part in them, live another day and train to be better in the future. Play it safe, focus on surviving, don't do things you wouldn't do if you were in that situation in real life. That way I managed to get promoted to Optio (2nd out of 4 promotions) and survive until the end of my first playthrough, gaining me the rarest achievement (completing the game with no ehnancements). In regards to replaying: you can choose to boost your starting attributes, equipment and skills with points gained from previous playthrough scores, thus allowing you better odds at trying things such as winning duels, being the first to get to the top of the enemy walls, and in general being that "above average" warrior who goes beyond the call of duty. Finally, there's also a free demo of the first three acts of the campaign (roughly a little under a third of a playthrough). If you like it and choose to buy the full game it'll let you continue that playthrough.

Jan. 2024

This is a great and fun game. I've learnt quite a bit of history as well while playing it. Love a game that makes you imagine the life of a regular soldier living though some of the biggest events and wars of human history.

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6.99€

8.3

1,998

300

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Developer

Alessandro Roberti

Publisher

Alessandro Roberti

Release 25 Sep 2019

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