Praetorians

Your destiny awaits you on the battlefield. As a Roman General on a quest to forge an empire, you will be transported back to the dusty battlefields of Egypt, the frozen lands of the Gauls, and finally to the…

84 28 February 2003

Indie Real Time Strategy (RTS) Strategy Fantasy Historical Warfare

Praetorians is an indie developed by Pyro Studios, released 28 February 2003 on PC (Microsoft Windows).

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What Praetorians is

Praetorians is an indie game developed by Pyro Studios and released in 2003. It was published by Eidos Interactive. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

Praetorians is a 3D real-time tactics video game developed by Pyro Studios and published by Eidos Interactive in 2003, based on Julius Caesar's historical campaigns in Gaul and Britain, Crassus' battles in Parthia, and the events of Caesar's Civil War during the 1st century BC. The player controls either the Roman Republic, the Ptolemaic Kingdom, or a generic barbarian tribe based on the Helvetii, Gauls, and Celts.

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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.

How it was received

Praetorians holds a critic score of 84 out of 100. That places it above 83% of the 5,098 rated indie games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2003 averaged 69, so it scored 15 points above the year average.

What you need to run it

The minimum specification calls for 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM and 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7. 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

Praetorians launched on 28 February 2003, within three weeks of Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Final Fantasy X-2 and Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield. It reviewed better than 2 of the 4.

Released around the same time: Final Fantasy Tactics Advance, WarioWare, Inc.: Mega Microgame$!, Final Fantasy X-2, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six 3: Raven Shield.

Cheats and codes

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Official trailer

Sourced from the publisher’s YouTube channel.

Screenshots

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Dlc

Praetorians HD Remaster

24 January 2020

Quick answers

Praetorians — frequently asked questions

When did Praetorians come out?

Praetorians was released on 28 February 2003 for PC (Microsoft Windows).

What are the minimum PC requirements for Praetorians?

At minimum, Praetorians needs 1 GHz Processor, 256 MB RAM, 3D graphics card compatible with DirectX 7 graphics, 500 MB available space of storage.

How many GB is Praetorians?

The PC version needs about 0.5 GB of storage, going by the storage line in the system requirements ("500 MB available space"). Updates can add to that, and console versions have their own sizes, which are not listed here.

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