A Legionary's Life
Alessandro Roberti · 2019 · Rome, Historical, RPG, Turn-Based, Turn-Based Combat
PC
Very Positive87% · 2,453
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About 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.
This is a unique single-player game with RPG elements, extensive usage of attribute and skill checks, a turn-based combat system involving many variables (including morale, reach, confined space and high ground) and a touch of roguelike features. Among them, permadeath. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it means you'll have to start over if your character dies; but don't worry: the game is designed to be replayable and you'll see only a fraction of it in each run. Also, you'll be able to spend points on your next legionary based on how well your most successful characters performed.
This game is unlike most RPGs. Your character won't be successful at everything. Challenges should be picked carefully based on your legionary's strengths and weaknesses. In general, the game is not designed to put you in a situation where the odds are against you unless you willingly step into it. At times, you may fail to perform a task and take a mild penalty in Morale and/or Opinions (a measure of your relationships with relevant entities within the game, like your superiors and your fellow soldiers). Don't get discouraged when this happens, it is nothing more than a minor setback you can easily recover from.
Most of all, I strongly recommend that you try the demo before you buy this game. It's here on Steam and it's free, there's no better way to make sure that A Legionary's Life suits your taste. The demo contains the first 3 parts out of 11.
This is a unique single-player game with RPG elements, extensive usage of attribute and skill checks, a turn-based combat system involving many variables (including morale, reach, confined space and high ground) and a touch of roguelike features. Among them, permadeath. If you are unfamiliar with the term, it means you'll have to start over if your character dies; but don't worry: the game is designed to be replayable and you'll see only a fraction of it in each run. Also, you'll be able to spend points on your next legionary based on how well your most successful characters performed.
Try the demo
This game is unlike most RPGs. Your character won't be successful at everything. Challenges should be picked carefully based on your legionary's strengths and weaknesses. In general, the game is not designed to put you in a situation where the odds are against you unless you willingly step into it. At times, you may fail to perform a task and take a mild penalty in Morale and/or Opinions (a measure of your relationships with relevant entities within the game, like your superiors and your fellow soldiers). Don't get discouraged when this happens, it is nothing more than a minor setback you can easily recover from.
Most of all, I strongly recommend that you try the demo before you buy this game. It's here on Steam and it's free, there's no better way to make sure that A Legionary's Life suits your taste. The demo contains the first 3 parts out of 11.
What Steam players say
Recent verbatim reviews from Steam — separate from playze.io community reviews below.
Even on sale I still feel ripped off, quite literally an incomplete product sold like it's a full game, there are even references to skills and weapon types in the game that don't actually exist. What's more is that after a couple of hours the gameplay loop gets real repetitive. It's fun overall, but I just feel scammed.1 found this helpful
Absolute banger
Really love this game, what a beautiful, fantastic game. The writing is amazing, the historical accuracy is immersive and appreciated and the menu music is beautiful, so beautiful it reminds me of Assassin's Creed 2's Menu Music. The best way to have fun with this game is to read and understand the stats and then keep on going over and over again until you have a character strong enough to make it to the end and win... The game dev has earned himself a new follower and as soon as it is possible for me, I will be purchasing Never Second In Rome.
I simply can't recommend this game. The RNG in combat and in camps between combats is intensely frustrating, and as with many roguelites, an early bad result cripples your run. Never Second In Rome is overwhelmingly superior, and respects your time much more.
Solid game. Some complain about the meta-like progression, but I think it fits well. You are expected to die and restart, getting better at combat and choosing better decisions. Recommend trying this game.
A solid and fun simulation of legionary life with a lot of variety
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