7th Legion

aka: Planet Siege
Moby ID: 1682
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7th Legion is a science fiction themed real-time strategy game set on future earth. Earths ecosystem began to fail after centuries of overpopulation and carless consumption. realizing the earth could no longer sustain them the governments of earth began an interstellar evacuation program. The evacuation was however not for everyone, only the upper-class was evacuated leaving commoners behind. Now after centuries of waiting the they (the Chosen) have returned to reclaim earth. Earth however is still inhabited by those left behind (the 7th legion).

The game had a few novelty features in its day like troops gaining experience and free base building. Play the commander of either the Chosen or the 7th legion fighting for control of a post-apocalyptic Earth in the distant future.

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  • 第七军团 - Simplified Chinese spelling

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Average score: 61% (based on 20 ratings)

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Average score: 2.9 out of 5 (based on 12 ratings with 1 reviews)

a bland Warhammer 40,000-inspired real-time strategy

The Good
What probably attracted people to 7th Legion is most likely the artwork behind it. It essential capitalizes on the unit designs and overall themes from the Warhammer 40,000 series. The prospect of playing a real-time strategy game set in the WH40k universe was highly appealing, especially since there had been (and up till today there still isn't) a WH40k RTS.

The little soldiers look like the Space Marines, the tanks resemble the Rhino/Whirlwind conversions, and the Assault Chassis (the mech-like robots) appear suspiciously like a cross between the Eldar Wraithlord and the Space Marine Dreadnoughts, all from Warhammer 40,000. They even sport the unit banners on their backs.

The excellent pre-rendered cutscenes also perfectly convey the feeling of WH40k. Music is well done, going along the lines of a militaristic marching theme heavy on the drums.

One departure from standard real-time strategy games is the absence of resource gathering. Rather, with every enemy unit destroyed or completed mission objective you are awarded building points. Another interesting concept are the "battle cards" that are dealt. These cards randomly give you powers such as invisibility, stealing an enemy unit's powers, etc when used.

The Bad
Sadly, the game is just not well made otherwise. The computer and friendly AIs are both fairly weak. Pathfinding is exceptionally bad, even when compared to older games with poor pathfinding such as Command and Conquer. Missions are not exciting, and the story was non-existent.

Likewise, graphics are fairly bland except during the cutscenes. The game has a washed-out pastel look.

The Bottom Line
7th Legion tried unsuccessfully to separate itself out of the deluge of real-time strategy games released during that time. Besides the well done cutscenes, there is nothing exceptional, original, nor fun about this game.

Windows · by grimbergen (433) · 2001

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This game was originally sold by Epic Megagames as shareware.

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Game added by Zhentarim7.

Additional contributors: Kasey Chang, CaesarZX, Patrick Bregger, Plok.

Game added June 20, 2000. Last modified March 7, 2024.