It's as promising as it tells it is, except for diplomacy which is kindof limited but more than enough (heck, it's greek city-states: Why ally with neighbours while you have your own hegemony/league?).

Also, the game allows you to play differend kinds of factions with differend kinds of gameplay (for example, the Paeonians are mainly a cavalry faction with no hoplites, the Illyrians got no cavalry while having a huge empire so they have to focus on intelligent defending, and Crete has to rely on naval raiding-conquering tactics).

This game is very original, fun and smart, what do you need more in RTS game, it introduces new concept and the feels of it fit the ancient greece period well, graphics are not so good though but since it is an indie game I give them full respect, the next title will be better in everything including the AI, I am sure the developers will become big soon since the base and the concept of the game are original and tight.

A deeply clever little game. Not for everyone, and a few (modest) historical liberties have been taken, but it models ancient warfare in a way that feels authentic -- much more so than the Total War series, which it superficially resembles. In fact, the Hegemony series' zoomable realtime map is what CA should have been doing years ago.

This is a game about operational planning as much as tactics and strategy -- army composition, march order, recon, logistics and timing are essential to victory -- and each region is almost a sort of puzzle to be solved. Approach it as a new kind of challenge, rather than a conventional 4x, and you might be pleasantly surprised.

Who likes RTS games and Ancient Greece, check this out! A chilly nice game for endless hours of relaxed fun. For me: I am postive surprissed and found this game by mistake.... ;-) Try the demo and conquer greece! But play it longer than 10mins, you need a little time to get it.

Has something a lot of strategy games are missing: supply lines. Every war campaign feels much more authentic now. You can also organize troops in cool looking battle lines with historical commanders in charge. Sometimes you don't have enough space for them though.
What I think is very awesome about the game is the quest system through which the scenario is being developed. It is like when you zoom out you see a pillar in every region which tells you about the respective history based quest line. Looks very nice and fitting. And the story is not strictly linear! RECOMMEND.

Just to be clear, Hegemony Gold: Wars of Ancient Greece is a far superior game to Hegemony: Rome.

Very good tactical/strategy game.

Though Hegemony Rome has improvements in many areas, this game feels more polished and just
'flows' much more nicely.

I would recommend this over H:Rome, unless you've played this one to death.
Though after further updates H:Rome may get better, good even.

In the meantime, anyone looking for a really good strategy game with tactical battles, logistical management,
and massive/grand scale; a game you can sink a ton of hours into, you've gotta give this game a shot.

I like the historical aspects of this game. I also like the historical accurate units and buildings and like. What I do not like is that you fit 40 slaves into a mine, and that is it, any over, you dont get any more income. I dont like that the recruiting is 1.9 or .5 a wk depending on settler size of city, now it maybe historically correct but discounting the national unity and the drive at which philp gave to drive out any invading army is also abismal at best. He recruited on loans of money and patriotism. Now with all that said, I like the mechanic that is used to simulate revolts.

I will say over all that this game is worth cosideration at a lower price due to my dislikes and the fact that there is no real "set mining material to refine" mechanism. I mean you get the locations of mines, but not the products of the mine or the actual costs for the materials. That would make the game more interesting instead of capping mines at 40 slaves to make 80 coins a turn and there is no budget really other than income vs expense so no way to really do anything beyond yearly reports.

I know I am probably being alot more critical of the games than most people but honestly I have done research, quite alot recently, and found that most games dont really want to go into how economies or military actions, etc actually affect the population nor how it affects international diplomacy. I am not knocking the developers by any means. They did a great job of the historical elements. I just hope that they have planned for the new one more units and more economy and more historical events.

A suggestion to the developers for the new game, Add Galleys... Galleys and Gladass were ships that helped most countries rule the Med region for years. I am shocked that you didnt add at least a shortened version for the greek campaigns... Unless you just coupled them with Thrimes. Then I understand.

Pausable Real-Time Strategy on a seamlessly zoomable, historically accurate map? Yes please! It's kind of like a combination of the Paradox titles and Total War, which, in my book, makes a winner. What we see here, are the very beginnings of the future of strategy games. This is a must have for all strategy fans and history buffs. Innovative and truly unique, Hegemony is developed by a small developer with limited funding, and sometimes it shows, but really, I cannot recommend this enough.

An interesting real time strategy game. You are Phillip conquering the city states of Greece to create your Hegemony. It is certainly a game that shows the trouble of directly maintaining a large empire. In the beginning, you only control a few cities which means it is easy to micromanage your troops. The map is very large, consisting of hundreds of cities, that you most likely need to capture to win.

The big issue in this game is logistics. Troops need food, cities need supply lines with other cities and farms for food. You need supply lines to mines to secure income. There is no way to conquer the map with just one army. Troops need to resupply and replenish. Philip starts out surrounded by enemies around him. Expanding too fast in one direction will leave you overstretched.

Some cities are very bothersome to invade. No farmland to sustain your armies means you need to either bring workers or sheep to resupply food. When you get there, they seem to have an army far too large for their food to accomodate, and you better hope that you win otherwise you have to assemble the troops again and march all the way across the map to try again.

You also need to watch that cities don't starve. If you conquered a city and they have no food, they will start to rebel. Ignore it too long, and you have to march troops to reconquer the city. Repeat that a couple dozen times and include a couple Greek powerhouses like Thebes and Athens that will constantly raid your cities.

And then there is the whole land of Persia which seems to take up half the map. I haven't reached there yet, so I can't see how hard it will be. It will be a huge pain to muster troops from halfway across Greece to invade though.

Buy this game if you like real time strategy games that start simple and become logistical nightmares as you progress.

This game is soooo much better than what i had expected. These guys really need some sort of marketing team because this game is legitamite but not known at aall. deffinetly buy this game if you love athens and sparta, ancient greece, RTS's and fun, 10/10

An excellent game that focuses on the life of Philip II of Macedon, Father of Alexander the Great.
Pros
-Logistics system - your soldiers have to eat and that food has to come from somewhere. it makes burning farms and raiding supply lines a viable strategy for starving out a city. it also forces you to pay attention to the edges of your empire and protect the land outside the city.
-Naval combat and landings - makes you want to murder every man, woman, and child in Athens.
-Campaigns - The main campaign follows Philip as he conquers Greece. Two other campaigns focus on the Peloponnesian war (One as Athens and the other as Sparta). There is also a sandbox mode that lets you play any faction in the game. The scripted campaigns are the most fun.
Cons
-Graphics are mediocre at best
-Sandbox is bland - You can build an empire but the AI only reacts to you and rarely takes the initiative.
Overall 8.5/10 - If the graphics don't bother you then any strategy gamer will really enjoy this game.
Note - i know it says i only have two hours played, i bought the game from the Developors site before it was on Steam and played that version.

I've played this game over 200 hours (not on steam i've also got a non drm version). This is one of the best strategy games i have ever played. It has is problems :AI only raides and not really attack you, AI armies builds are kinda strange and AI does some stupid things like not changing the home of a unit without one. But the scale, the managing of food/units/reserves etc. is extremly fun and satisfying. Zooming in and out feeling like a real commander, caputering slaves and let them carry food, fighting over flocks of sheep (to be honest that is cool :P) and the biggest plus is the campaign witch you can play on your own pace, you can follow the missions you wanted and in your own order. I just an all out great strategy game like I never seen before. It is a bit dated and part II is coming (Rome still in early acces). Just buy this game, have fun and wait for Rome to go out of early acces and have even more fun. The developpers are also great guys, listining to the community via there own forum and the steamhub, support indie devs and buy this hidden gem! I give this game a 9 out of 10.

Players who e.g. like the Total War Series should give this a try as well as a low cost alternative. Unfortunately, there hasn’t been much marketing investment for the game overtime, though the concept is quite interesting. The game does not split up into a strategic and a battle map respectively, but lets the player scroll into the action from a more abstract point of view.
The fact that the player’s army size is limited, there are revolts, supply rules and the player faces at least constant skirmishes with his neighbours constitutes a permanent challenge. However, units gain experience, including the reduction of supply needs and the possibility to provide cities with walls helps the player to control his expanding territory. Furthermore the game is great for people interested in the history of the period.
Though not overwhelming, graphics are actually lovely and it is definitely worth giving the game a try if you are a strategy gamer.

A brilliant combination of tactical and strategic decision making. I've never seen a game put such an intuitive and accessible logistics system into a game. Doing fast raids to burn farms is actually worthwhile and properly rewarded.

This game is awesome. I love it honestly. The game covers a rare era in gaming, and it has very unique gameplay that makes this so awesome.

A rich, unique grand strategy experience that manages to deliver a fair amount of tactics to boot! It's the only game, that I know of, that allows you to fight the Peloponnesian War (yay triremes!), so it's a must have for any Thucydides fans out there (you know who you are). The $20 price tag is fair considering how many hours of gameplay you can squeeze out of it; if you can manage to grab it on a sale so much the better. Overall I'm very impressed with it, especially considering it was made by four people...

Ancient Battles for the Unification Of Greece. Highly Recommend!!!! Hidden Gem!!!!

This is a fantastic strategy game. I owned it on retail before it was on steam. And it's a cut above the majority.

It is the sucessor to Philip of Macedon, a game i overlooked, but enjoyed when I tried the demo. But i always thought, this would be much better if you could play all the city states.

Guess, what, in this you can! It may not be as fancy as total war, or as intense as hearts of iron but it has a lot of intricacy and detail, it is well worth a look. Especially if you like ancient greece.

A mix between Grand Strategy and historical RTS.

And no-one's ever pulled it off so perfectly before or since.