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Centurion: Defender of Rome

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PlatformGenesisYear1991
PublisherElectronic ArtsDeveloperBits of Magic
RegionNALanguageEnglish
TagsStrategy, Turn-based, Racing, Single Player
PlatformGenesis
Year1991
PublisherElectronic Arts
DeveloperBits of Magic
RegionNA
LanguageEnglish
TagsStrategy, Turn-based, Racing, Single Player

6Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game that includes real-time land and naval battle sequences. You start with one legion and use diplomacy and your military to take over the known world. Perform chariot races to raise extra money. I enjoy the aestetics and light casual nature of it's presentation however it is missing a lot of things keeping it from being a great strategy game. Triggering diplomatic options at the right time requires choices that are neither intuitive nor logical. Getting good at chariot races is vital at higher difficulty levels in order to get the money you need however that is incredibly difficult even on low difficulty levels.
6Centurion: Defender of Rome is a turn-based strategy game that includes real-time land and naval battle sequences. You start with one legion and use diplomacy and your military to take over the known world. Perform chariot races to raise extra money. I enjoy the aestetics and light casual nature of it's presentation however it is missing a lot of things keeping it from being a great strategy game. Triggering diplomatic options at the right time requires choices that are neither intuitive nor logical. Getting good at chariot races is vital at higher difficulty levels in order to get the money you need however that is incredibly difficult even on low difficulty levels.

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