Swords & Soldiers

aka: Swords & Soldiers 3D, Swords and Soldiers HD
Moby ID: 50971
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Buy on Windows
$2.99 new on Steam
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Swords and Soldiers takes the classic real-time strategy formula and refurbishes it into a side-scrolling game.

The game features three scenarios: Vikings, Aztec and Chinese, each with a different difficulty level. Each "race" features its own specific units, a building and spells. Throughout the story campaign the player unlocks these for use. In skirmishes everything is available, but the player must research them in the game using a simple tech tree. There are also challenges available and multi-player.

The game mechanics are remarkably similar to a RTS game. The player harvests gold from gold mines using a non-combat unit, researches technology to build better units and spells, and uses those to gain map control. Units will automatically walk towards the enemy camp once created, so a steady flow of units will stream from both sides of the map and will clash somewhere in the middle. The aim for the player is to tilt those melees into his advantage by creating the right units to counter enemy units and cast spells to buff friendly units or maim enemy units.

There's a large variety in units per race, giving each race its own tactics. Vikings are strong, can be healed, can quickly regenerate mana, and their largest unit, the catapult, is far-ranged. Aztecs, on the other hand, have less health and regenerate mana slowly, but they can sacrifice units to regain mana, as well as poison, imprison or dominate enemy units. The Chinese use explosives which make their ranged units more powerful and in addition they have a monkey that can skip past enemy units to attack the rear guard.

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  • ソード アンド ソルジャーズ - Japanese spelling

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Average score: 80% (based on 12 ratings)

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Average score: 3.9 out of 5 (based on 18 ratings with 1 reviews)

Cartoonish take on "soldier sequencer" games.

The Good
Cool visuals

The Bad
Soldier sequencers are boring, even if slightly spiced up by addition of spellcasting.

The Bottom Line
Take Rescue Raiders. Remove helicopters. What do you get? A "soldier sequencer" game, where proper sequencing/timing of your soldiers is key. While the visuals are side-scrolling 2D, without the copters gameplay effectively becomes 1D - just dots moving along the line. Now add vulnerable "workers" that have to leave the village (even if the mine is close to it), add a research tree - and you got it!

Windows · by George Constantinoff (25) · 2014

Trivia

1001 Video Games

The Wii version of Swords & Soldiers appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.

Awards

  • 4Players
    • 2009 – #2 Best WiiWare Game of the Year

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Game added by vedder.

iPhone, Nintendo 3DS, Android, Wii U, iPad added by Kabushi. Linux added by Iggi.

Additional contributors: MAT, formercontrib, Patrick Bregger, Rik Hideto, Victor Vance, FatherJack.

Game added April 9, 2011. Last modified February 16, 2024.