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In new open world game Lost Legions you are a Roman “rebuilding the empire” behind enemy linesIt starts with you conquering the trees
It starts with you conquering the trees
Image credit:Tarock Interactive
Image credit:Tarock Interactive
I mean no disrespect to developers Tarock Interactive - they’re not to blame for my addled imagination - but there are many open world survival games and asa weary Ed Thorn recently noted, the majority are heavily frontloaded with wilderness carpentry. I don’t think survival games should emphasise wood-chopping in their announcement footage. It’s like doing a Call of Duty montage of people getting shot three seconds from spawn. Still, if there’s no katamari mechanic, the idea of raising a small army of mostly AI-controlled Roman soldiers behind enemy lines has a certain charm. Without further ado, here’s the trailer.
Lost Legions | Official Announcement TrailerWatch on YouTube
Lost Legions | Official Announcement Trailer
You play one of the scattered legionnaires. Base construction and gear crafting aside, your objective is to recover each legion’s banner to restore Rome’s honour, but between you and that goal stand barbarian tribes, ferocious beasts and hints of supernatural activity. Is this actual supernature, though, or just the usual thing where it turns out to be dudes in paint wearing skull hats?
The game supports 1-4 person multiplayer, which doesn’t seem consistent with the press release’s promise to let you “rebuild an empire”. I’m fuzzy on the exact numerical definition of a legion, but I’m pretty sure a group of four is a squad, correct? Help me, historians. However, you can also find and recruit other computer-controlled legionnaires, training them up at your base camp. So perhaps there’s the possibility of forming a phalanx, at least. I dare to dream.
Image credit:Tarock Interactive
“From the four playable characters to the soldiers working for you and the barbarians you encounter, everyone has a story for you to uncover,“the Steam pageadds. “As you interact with them you’ll begin to see the patterns behind this world where everything is not as it seems.” The overarching plot “touches on the topics of colonialism and imperialism”, which is certainly a lot to touch upon - interested to see how that squares, or doesn’t square, with the promised empire-rebuilding above.
Lost Legions is down for release in the first half of 2025. Any shop? I did enjoyThe Eagle Of The Ninth movie, and this appears to be conjuring the same atmosphere of gathering ice and darkness. There was less tree-felling in The Eagle Of The Ninth, mind you. I’m pretty sure we never see Channing Tatum craft a leather jerkin, either.
