Great War Nations: The Spartans

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  • Summary: Combine economic development with tactical real time battles, all fully rendered in glorious 3D in Great War Nations: The Spartans. Spanning two campaigns each with seven missions, take over control of the legendary people of Macedonia and Sparta. You will fight alongside great heroes andCombine economic development with tactical real time battles, all fully rendered in glorious 3D in Great War Nations: The Spartans. Spanning two campaigns each with seven missions, take over control of the legendary people of Macedonia and Sparta. You will fight alongside great heroes and bring peace to the city states of ancient Greece. Assemble your army and fight with your soldiers for wealth and peace, becoming more successful than even Alexander The Great. But beware: It will not be just your enemies who will envy you. [DreamCatcher Interactive]… Expand
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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
  1. CPUGamer
    65
    It was a fairly fun game for about the first three to four missions.
  2. GameZone
    61
    An average RTS game that had the potential to be more. Only get this game if you were fans of the previous game then you might enjoy this; otherwise it would be best to wait until some of the more promising RTS games come out later this year.
  3. IGN
    60
    It has a unique troop creation system that lets players build exactly the types of armies they want and it doesn't look that bad either. But the pathing problems and the lack of excitement at the tactical level don't provide a strong enough framework for the good parts of the game to really shine through.
  4. GamingExcellence
    46
    All in all, Great War Nations: The Spartans is just such a generic game that it’s hard to recommend at all.
  5. PC Gamer
    45
    GWN: Sparta offers little desides gameplay as ancient as the Spartans themselves, and should probably fall on its sword. [Aug 2008, p.72]
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  6. Game Chronicles
    45
    I really think there is a market for old school strategy games with modern graphics, but these games still have to emphasize fun over tedium. If you’re going to make a game about great historical warriors and legendary battles, make sure your players can quickly join the thick of the fight.
  7. GameShark
    25
    This is a bad RTS and a bad bargain. Not only have things not improved from Ancient Wars: Sparta, things have barely changed at all. There are a few neat ideas in this template, but none are carried far enough to count as truly interesting and all are saddled by poor technique.

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  1. VinceP
    Sep 2, 2012
    5
    Great War Nations: The Spartans is a fairly basic real time strategy game that features a couple of novel gameplay ideas, solid graphics, OKGreat War Nations: The Spartans is a fairly basic real time strategy game that features a couple of novel gameplay ideas, solid graphics, OK sound, and a thin story. Gameplay tends to be slow, with combat changing the player's fortune rather quickly. Players can design their own units using a palette of weapons and armor collected and/or researched, but the collection of the components, the number of them, and the relative lack of healing units ensure a fairly tedious cycle of build -> combat -> build again. Heroes are merely super-powered infantry without much in the way of strategic abilities nor even token personalities, which was a disappointment for me.

    All in all, it's an 'OK' budget game by a budget studio, but don't expect the few novel ideas in the game to carry the day. Experienced strategy gamers will certainly be disappointed and strategy beginners are better served by higher quality titles even if they aren't quite as cheap.    … Expand

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