Great War Nations: The Spartans

 PC
Metascore
52

Mixed or average reviews - based on 11 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 11
  2. Mixed: 5 out of 11
  3. Negative: 6 out of 11
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  1. GamingExcellence
    46
    All in all, Great War Nations: The Spartans is just such a generic game that it’s hard to recommend at all.
  2. 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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  3. 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.
  5. G4 TV
    40
    Great War Nations might appeal to those new to the genre, but strategy vets will want to "erase this memory of Sparta from the histories."
  6. Gamers' Temple
    40
    Been there, done that, and it's been done a lot better.
  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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#92 Most Shared PC Game of 2008

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User Score
6.0

Mixed or average reviews- based on 7 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 2 out of 7
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 7
  3. Negative: 1 out of 7
  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.    … Full Review »
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