Warlord: Britannia
Warlord: Britannia is the first entry in a new series of immersive strategy games created by solo developer Darkmatter Games. Step into the shoes of a Roman General given direct command of a Legion with orders from the Emperor to conquer an entire island.
Immersive-Strategy
A unique combination of first-person strategy elements places Warlord: Britannia in a genre of its own. Immersive strategy fixes the player in the first-person perspective of their character. Lead a large army, construct bases, conquer settlements, and disrupt enemy forces in the open world—entirely from this immersive strategy perspective. Turn the tide of battle by participating directly in the action, fighting alongside your own troops in real time.
Dynamic Open World
The world of Warlord: Britannia is an island more than 45 square kilometers in size, divided by latitude into three visually distinct geographic zones. Start your occupation in the densely forested Lowlands, then march north to the rolling hills and farms of the Midlands. Finally, push further north into the imposing and desolate Highlands. All three zones flow seamlessly together, never subjecting you to a loading screen.
Travel the roads cautiously and keep your eyes on the treelines, as trading convoys and roaming warbands criss-cross the open world in real time. The local population will quickly spread word of your exploits, so choose your actions carefully. Manage the population’s unrest levels and prepare for uprisings and raids on your camp. Enemies will react aggressively to repeated attacks and transgressions by your Roman invasion force.
Massive Battles
Recruit up to 15 Roman Centuries and their officers to fully staff your Legion. Hundreds of Romans and Britons will clash and die on the battlefield. Use your legionaries to attack local strongholds and towns, pillage and loot settlements, impose draconian taxes, and send the population back to Rome in chains.
Base Building
Construct a series of marching camps as you conquer the open world. Clear the forests and put up palisade walls. Set guards to patrol the perimeter, keeping watch over the camp at night. At any time, you may pack up and relocate your camp, allowing for complex strategic maneuvers. Decide where and when to set up your fort, and how long to stay before conditions become too dangerous.
Roman History
All of the weapons, armors, structures, names, and gameplay elements are inspired directly from extant literary and material archeological remains. Solo developer Darkmatter Games has painstakingly recreated these elements from scratch and by hand to bring to life the ancient world of Britain in the first century AD like never before. Historical authenticity is the core element of the Warlord franchise.
Game Discussion
Steam User 11
This game is literally Mount and Blade: Banner lord in a simple and yet VERY fun little package.
DO NOT let how the game looks fool you. It's very addicting raising your own little Roman Army and attacking settlements in first person.
Here's some tid-bits if you're on the fence of getting this game.
- The Menus are actually decent to navigate. It may look overwhelming, but it's not, you'll understand it as you play the game and how simple it's set up. (PS take the time to read the manual, it helps a lot)
- You have no "time limit" in terms of conquering Britannia, only limiting factor is your money, food and supplies which villages give ample amounts.
- Yes, your armies have formations at a push of a button and you cycle them. You can have an ordered slow marching Roman army or you can command everyone to just break fromation and attack.
- your army is broken down in terms of squads. You don't have to worry how much archers you may want or legionnares you may want because you have a max cap of certain types of units which results in a typical Roman army of legionnares, arches, cavalry and seige weapons.
-YOU don't build the base, your army builds the base for you. You just tell them what you want built, which trees to cut and bam, they do it.
- Your army grows based on their promotion. There's no "leveling up" it's more "who served the longest" and "who got the most kills" and you see that. Which will make you attached to your individual units. It's fun knowing who served the longest or wo killed the most and promote them up to a centurion.
and that's about it, Highly recommend, jump in and become a warlord. BIG shoutout to the dev who worked hard in making the game and updating it over the years. I can't wait for the next game which will be based in japan.
Steam User 7
This game is a must have for any history nerd. I bought this game with it on sale for 10.99, but it is worth the full 19.99.
The trailers of the game don't show the full experience; I truly felt transported and immersed into the game as soon as I had finished the guidebook, and had to stop myself from playing for hours just to get some sleep the first time I played.
Pros:
1. Immersive setting with historical realism, despite and perhaps because of the bare bones graphics.
2. Liberation/Conquest gameplay; if you've ever played any of the Arma Liberation mods you'll fall in love instantly.
3. Basic but extremely fluid and fun combat.
4. The game simply undersells itself; Warlord: Britannia doesn't claim to be the ultimate and beautiful Rome game, but behind the steam page's trailers and images is an amazing game that I know will keep me hooked for hours to come.
5. Probably more I haven't mentioned/haven't discovered yet.
Cons:
1. Graphics could be better, but honestly they don't detract from the gameplay.
GET. THIS. GAME.
Steam User 5
good but the fact that it renders the entire map and everything in it including characters makes it simply unplayable in all but early game
Steam User 5
Super accessible, but a lot of meat here. It has the same sort of melee craziness as Mount and Blade 2, but a better management system, and a persistent battle world, meaning combat takes the center stage. Very cool tactical scenarios can pop up. Lots of fun.
Steam User 5
As an American, my dreams of invading the Brit*sh, has finally come to fruition. Also its a strangely good tool to teach you how exactly a roman legion is structured in terms of rank, and how they received 'promotions'. The UI is a bit jank, but its still a great game. Lots of risk/ reward fights take place, I think there is a rather good balance you the player, being able to aid in combat but not being the deciding factor. You have to make a worthwhile investment in your army, and that will decide a good portion of fights. Good game and worth the money.
Steam User 4
I've only played a small portion of this game but I would recommend it to anyone in a heartbeat. With the game itself, it's great. Runs smooth, even on the highest settings on a laptop no less; interactive combat, as much as it can be in this time period; strategy; base building; it's simply exceptional how great this game is and how flexible it is with how simple it actually looks.
I love history dearly, it's my intended major, so to see someone create such an in-depth game, with so much information, wanting to make many more games like this, and in their personal life still pursuing knowledge of the past, is absolutely amazing. I believe that pre-medieval setting games are criminally underrated and have loads of potential, so I hope that Warlord: Britannia, and all of the other games in the series, hope shed light on their respective stories.
Steam User 2
Great roman game.
Combat is simple and setting up supplies to maintain your army is really fun as well.