Never Second in Rome

i love the game honestly its the greatest text based game i have ever played

It's a quaint little game where your stats and decisions matter. You take on the role of a Centurion, leader of 40-80 men within a cohort depending on how well you lead, and follow the trials and tribulations of Caesar as he makes his way from Gaul to the Ides of March. You must take on the challenges of training and commanding your men whilst also growing yourself, and be ready for the challenges that lie ahead. Even as a Centurion, there is oppertunity to advance in rank, and the better you do the more you are rewarded. This adds a bit of replayability. There is no voice acting, and a lot of reading, but it's well worth it especially for the price--if you don't mind that kind of thing.

A great sequel to A Legionary's Life, though like it, this game has too much numbers to follow at the start. I would suggest that you don't fret the stats too much. Game is forgiving and I don't see a way to get stuck in the game. Having the right stats mostly gives you bonuses, but to get through the story stat don't really matter. This game is pretty long and I can understand why ironman and meta progression weren't in the game originally. I definetly agree with the decision to gate them from the first playtrough. Like in the first game, I feel that the highlight is the story written and how it is experienced in the gameplay. Gameplay can be little tedious, but thankfully you can skip some micro-fights. I loved how the opposing armies weren't getting harder and harder, but reflected the armies in the story. Hard fights feel unfair because the fight is unfair in the story, but on the opposite easy fights feel like power trip. I felt very proud of my century when I decimated opposing army.

Lore: good. Gameplay: Plus 54 advantage check, still fail. Progression: Extremely snow bally. (did not try iron man mode as of writing this) Graphics: Pixel. Overall I had a good time with this game over the weekend, i've yet to try the iron man mode of this game, which is only accessible after beating the game once, which I find kinda annoying especially when the campaign is long, and the possibility of ruining your character at the start of the campaign is pretty high which leads to restarting (slightly reduced by having your century reset during the campaign). The game is made by 1 person which is pretty cool he definitely passed all the INT checks IRL, Respect+.

Another great game alongside A Legionary's Life. The quality and detail that went into the story, music, artwork & ruleset is excellent. Common sense and some basic knowledge of Roman history can progress you well enough but it's worth taking the time to read the tooltips for all the different modifiers & systems. As a Centurion you are in charge of leading & managing a Century, a unit that is part of a Cohort, the basic combat maneuver formation of a Roman Legion. From training, trading, morale, random events/occurrences, historical events, camp duties, engineering projects, the game blends RPG, Roguelike & strategy elements together and also adds a new Formation battle system that brilliantly also integrates the individual combat system from the first game into these larger battles. You are not expected to be a hero & the rules strive for realism and do a great job at simulating this, everything down to fatigue, morale, cohesion, front ranks, soldiers breaking off formation in pursuit, formation degradation, armor protection/quality the push and pull of melee battle and decision making that matters which makes for alot of re-playability and different outcomes. Danger, rewards & consequences are always one tempting decision away so you should moderate your desires to be inline with your skills or do so at great risk which might seem ruthlessly unforgiving but most games lack this freedom which makes this one clearly stand out amongst the rest.

Doceniam nowe mechaniki, ale system mimo, że podobny do pierwszej części, to wydaje się w opór randomowy.

This game improves on many aspects of a legionaries life, but I wish the rougelike elements were default.

brillliant game! i was a jobless bum but after playing this game i earn 11 figures daily. must recommend.