Posted February 06, 2012
Star Legions was a very fun and unique game from way back in 1992. It was strategy game about planning and executing a planetary invasion. Is anyone familiar with this game and know of any other games that are similar?
Zookie
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Salmon Max
Registered: Dec 2009
From United States
Posted February 06, 2012
I just started playing Star Legions a couple days ago. It is very unique indeed. I can't think of any game that tried to copy this complete "formula"... that is, being able to scan the surface of a planet to pick your invasion sites (cities), assign each city a "zone", and then assign paratroopers and marines to each of upto 8 zones using dropships; then try to monitor each of those zones simultaneously from orbit, watching the soldiers fight in real-time, and even jumping into the action at zone-level to direct individual soldiers if they get into trouble.
There are games with some similarities to some aspects of Star Legion that I can think of! Microplay's Carrier Command was kind of a sci-fi naval version of this game, where you can command upto 4 different vehicles (amphibious or aircraft) and watch their progress in 4 different monitors simultaneously. I believe the game Hostile Waters, which was briefly sold on GOG, was a modern successor to Carrier Command.
The EA game Space Hulk lets you command upto 4 Space Marines (from the Warhammer 40K games) in a kind of "Aliens vs Marines" game. Although it's a hybrid realtime/stoptime game I think. You can watch all 4 marine's viewcams simultaneously and jump in and control one of them if you want.
But as for monitoring and controlling multiple armies simultaneously? I can't think of another. I'm probably just drawing a blank!
There are games with some similarities to some aspects of Star Legion that I can think of! Microplay's Carrier Command was kind of a sci-fi naval version of this game, where you can command upto 4 different vehicles (amphibious or aircraft) and watch their progress in 4 different monitors simultaneously. I believe the game Hostile Waters, which was briefly sold on GOG, was a modern successor to Carrier Command.
The EA game Space Hulk lets you command upto 4 Space Marines (from the Warhammer 40K games) in a kind of "Aliens vs Marines" game. Although it's a hybrid realtime/stoptime game I think. You can watch all 4 marine's viewcams simultaneously and jump in and control one of them if you want.
But as for monitoring and controlling multiple armies simultaneously? I can't think of another. I'm probably just drawing a blank!
jonfitt
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Registered: Feb 2009
From United States
Posted May 15, 2013
I was searching for this answer to this question too.
I'm looking for something related in theme more than mechanics per se. I liked the idea of attacking from orbit, it's the meeting point between space games and terran based games that is rarely explored.
Just look at this:
www.mobygames.com/game/dos/star-legions/screenshots/gameShotId,51523/
You can select from 4 different orbital types and 3 altitudes!
That's the experience I'm looking for.
I'm looking for something related in theme more than mechanics per se. I liked the idea of attacking from orbit, it's the meeting point between space games and terran based games that is rarely explored.
Just look at this:
www.mobygames.com/game/dos/star-legions/screenshots/gameShotId,51523/
You can select from 4 different orbital types and 3 altitudes!
That's the experience I'm looking for.