{"id":1160,"date":"2015-07-17T20:18:19","date_gmt":"2015-07-17T20:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=1160"},"modified":"2022-01-10T20:26:01","modified_gmt":"2022-01-10T20:26:01","slug":"legions-of-steel-pc-game-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gamemasters.com\/?p=1160","title":{"rendered":"LEGIONS OF STEEL PC GAME REVIEW"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Past has hit the Present with an all new way to play the classic board game, Legions of Steel.<\/p>\n

For those wanting to get familiar with the old (okay it\u2019s not old-old but it is from the early 1990\u2019s) board game, check out my review from 2013 here: Legions of Steel – Miniatures Game<\/a><\/p>\n

Now.. what\u2019s interesting about that post is.. you can take a look in the comments section and see where a loyal reader posted about a Kickstarter campaign to turn Legions of Steel into a iOS, Android, and PC title.<\/p>\n

I threw a little cash that way but I guess the world was just not ready as the funding was not successful.
\nThis is also a prime example of how wrong some people are as to how Kicksterter works.  Some assume that a product is complete and that a company only does a Kickstarter to simply get a little more cash and publicity out of the product.  Obviously, that didn\u2019t happen.  I can\u2019t say that does not ever happen, but it certainly didn\u2019t in this instance.  I mean.. This attempt was done in October of 2013, and the game is just now coming out, almost two years later..!  Okay, I could probably write up an article about Kickstarter alone (and I probably will in the future) but for now, let\u2019s talk some STEEL!<\/p>\n

\nThis game was released yesterday ( July, 16th, 2015) on the PC.  I heard about it last night, and instantly started doing research about it.  As mentioned before, I tried to help with the Kickstarter and after it didn\u2019t go through, I was bummed.  Yes, I probably could have tried to keep up with the Legions of Steel news and watched it develop, but I didn\u2019t.  Call me lazy, or busy, but for whatever reason it dropped off my radar.<\/p>\n

\nRight now I\u2019ve played about 5 hours of the game.
\nHoly crap is it fun!  I didn\u2019t even bother to run the tutorial or the rules, I wanted to approach it with the rules I learned when playing the board game all those years ago.
\nLet me tell you, while it\u2019s not identical to the board game, it\u2019s really damn close!  I mean, it would be impossible to mimic every element of the board game, but to be honest, some of those rules were thick to understand to begin with.  This PC version takes the guesswork out of it and inject pure fun into your eyes.
\nThe graphics are wicked cool, the music is haunting and exciting at the same time.<\/p>\n

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The Setting:<\/strong>
\nThe Future.  Okay, we just took the Past<\/em>, mashed it with the Present<\/em>, and now we are flinging it into the Future<\/em>!  Whhheeeeeeeeee!!!!!
\nThe League of Aliens and the United Nations of Earth (U.N.E.) have teamed up to keep at bay a new threat to the galaxy, The Machines.<\/p>\n

\nGamePlay:<\/strong>
\nLegions of Steel is a tun based game.  Each unit has it\u2019s own set of skills and characteristics.  Different weapons can be used and sometimes you have to use the map as a weapon itself!
\nYou can also choose to play singleplayer missions or go against another player in multiplayer mode.
\nIn the board game\u2019s set up, players took turns setting up snap together cardboard tiles that created the scenario you were to play in.  As best as I can tell so far, you do not do that here, all of the maps are premade.<\/p>\n

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Platforms:<\/strong>
\nRight now Legions of Steel is available for the PC and iOS.  At the time of this writing there is no release date yet for Android but I will update with one when I find out!<\/p>\n

\nThe Cost:<\/strong>
\nYou can purchase it for a measly $18.00 from Steam or from the iTunes store!  EIGHTEEN bucks!  That\u2019s dirt cheap for this wicked cool game!  Hell, the board game itself was about $60.00!<\/p>\n

\nThe Game In Action:<\/strong>
\nWanna check out the game play?  I recorded my first mission (thank goodness I won otherwise I\u2019d look silly!) and have posted it onto YouTube.  I also added some speed to some of the turns (it actually took me about 18 minutes to play the 1st mission so I wanted to speed that up for my viewers).  Check it out!<\/p>\n