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Swords & Soldiers

Rewrite history as you take control of the brutal Vikings, the devious Aztecs or the crafty Chinese in their global quest to win the favour of the Gods! Swords & Soldiers is a side-scrolling strategy game that…

85 8 June 2009

Swords & Soldiers is an arcade developed by Ronimo Games, released 8 June 2009 on PlayStation 3, Wii, Android and iOS. The main story takes about 8 hrs to finish.

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What Swords & Soldiers is

Swords & Soldiers is an arcade game developed by Ronimo Games and released in 2009. It was published by Chillingo. It is available on PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).

The premise, in the publisher's words

Swords & Soldiers is a 2009 real-time strategy video game developed and published by Ronimo Games. It was released in Europe on May 15, 2009, and in North America on June 8. It is available for Windows, Mac OS X, Linux, Android, Wii, PlayStation 3, iOS, Nintendo 3DS, Wii U, and Nintendo Switch. Two Tribes released Swords & Soldiers on the Wii U eShop, which was released in North America and Europe on May 22, 2014.
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How it plays

It is played from a side view perspective. Its themes are action. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer, Single player and Split screen. There are 25 achievements to unlock.

How it was received

Swords & Soldiers holds a critic score of 85 out of 100. That places it above 88% of the 2,164 rated arcade games in our database, which average 70. Games released in 2009 averaged 67, so it scored 18 points above the year average.

How long it takes, and what that costs

The main story runs about 8 hrs.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1GHz, 256 MB RAM and 64 MB graphics card. At 0GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today.

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What it launched against

Swords & Soldiers launched on 8 June 2009, within three weeks of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3 and Prototype. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion Game of the Year Edition, Infamous, The Sims 3, Prototype.

Cheats and codes

We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Swords & Soldiers yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.

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Quick answers

Swords & Soldiers — frequently asked questions

When did Swords & Soldiers come out?
Swords & Soldiers was released on 8 June 2009 for PlayStation 3, Wii, Android, iOS, Linux, Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows).
What are the minimum PC requirements for Swords & Soldiers?
At minimum, Swords & Soldiers needs 1GHz, 256 MB RAM, 64 MB graphics card graphics, 300 MB of storage.
How long does it take to beat Swords & Soldiers?
The main story of Swords & Soldiers takes around 8 hrs.
How many GB is Swords & Soldiers?
The PC version needs about 0.3 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("300 MB"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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