The History Channel: Great Battles of Rome

 PC
Metascore
46

Generally unfavorable reviews - based on 9 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 9
  2. Mixed: 4 out of 9
  3. Negative: 5 out of 9
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  1. PC Gamer
    48
    Rome seems rushed and poorly realized. [Apr 2008, p.70]
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  2. GameSpot
    35
    Recycled edutainment and terrible production values make this RTS survey of Roman history stale and simple.
  3. GamingExcellence
    34
    Great Battles of Rome = Epic Fail.
  5. PC Zone UK
    30
    Unexciting...Unrewarding...Uninteresting... Ungood. [Aug 2007, p.82]
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  6. Gamers' Temple
    20
    If you really want to learn more about the battles of Rome and to try your hand at recreating them, you're far, far better off simply renting a History Channel Special and picking up a copy of Rome: Total War.

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3.2

Generally unfavorable reviews- based on 6 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 0 out of 6
  2. Mixed: 2 out of 6
  3. Negative: 4 out of 6
  1. IanH.
    Aug 30, 2007
    1
    This game is a complet copy of the total war series, if you you seriously want great batlles with romans buy rome:total war.Not this poor excuse.
  2. SteeleX
    Jul 30, 2007
    0
    When I started playing this game, i continously checked the date of when this game was made. I can not believe that this game was made inWhen I started playing this game, i continously checked the date of when this game was made. I can not believe that this game was made in 2007!!
    I would give this game a 7 or 6 if it was made in 7 years ago. So the more I play this game, the more I wanted to play Medieval 2.
    EVEN IF YOU'RE GETTING THIS GAME FOR FREE I SUGGEST YOU NOT, BECAUSE I'M SURE EVEN ROMAN TIMES LOVERS WOULDN'T EVEN TOUCH THIS GAME!!!!!    … Full Review »
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