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Battles of the Ancient World Screenshots

iPad

iPhone

About Battles of the Ancient World

The 'Battles of the Ancient World' game system is a tactical simulation of some of the greatest and most important battles from ancient history from 1457 B.C. to 451 A.D.. Each of the 18 scenarios available features one of these great battles and players may play as either side. Each unit in the game represents an actual unit that participated in the battle, each with an actual strength between 250 and 1,200 men. The map represents the actual terrain over which each battle was fought. The game in the series has been designed to ensure maximum playability and historical accuracy, in that order. There are over 100 different units across all the missions, ranging from elite Roman Legionaries, to Persian Scythed Chariots. Each unit has its own unique ability that you need to take advantage of in order to win each battle.

Key Features:
- 8 Mission Tutorial Campaign.
- 18 Campaign maps.
- All missions, except the tutorial, can be played as both sides.
- 3 levels of difficulty.
- Over 50 Unique Units.
- Detailed Combat Analysis.
- Flank Attacks.
- Strategic Movement.
- Hours of Gameplay.
- Detailed Reference Charts.
- Map Zoom.

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What's New in the Latest Version 3.0.2

Last updated on Nov 9, 2021

Old Versions

Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update.

Version History

3.0.2

Nov 9, 2021

Fix: Some sound effects not playing following the last update.

3.0.1

Sep 18, 2021

Fix: Some screen layout issues on some devices.
Fix: An issue that some countries flags and related images did not appear.
Change: Reduced the size of some background images.
Change: Improved repsponsiveness of some text based buttons.

3.0.0

Mar 31, 2021

Add: Support for the Metal graphics system on all Apple devices, improving graphics performance.
Change: Improved A.I. opponent.
Change: Improved game logic for advance after combat. Units will more often advance after combat if the target hex has been vacated.
Fix: An issue with the image scaling of SD images.
Fix: Some screen layout issues.
Fix: Some projectile animations not displaying.

2.4.0

Oct 28, 2020

Improved: computer player A.I.
Fix: Incorrect fonts showing for some button text.

2.3.9

Sep 8, 2020

Improved: AI has received a pass to help improve performance.
Change: Some UI updates.

2.3.8

May 29, 2020

Fix: A rare crash which could occur after charging.
Fix: Issue with the save and load game window text.

2.3.7

Apr 1, 2020

Fix: Units may sometimes have been unable to attack adjacent enemy huts or tents unless charging.
Change: When a general ends alone in a hex adjacent to an enemy, after enemy shooting, it now evades if possible, or is destroyed.
Fix: Some units were not getting their shock combat bonus in a charge combat.
Fix: Some time flank attacks provided no benefit in combat.

2.3.6

Feb 6, 2020

Fix: The melee modifiers chart was reset to a blank state in the last update we have corrected that error.
Change: Updated font on the ranged weapons chart.

2.3.3

Dec 14, 2019

Fix: Units are once again halted by streams.

2.3.2

Dec 13, 2019

Fix: Some line of sight issues from high hill hexes across lower hill hexes.
Change: Improved map zoom.
Change: Faster A.I. execution during larger missions.

2.3.0

Nov 17, 2019

Fix: The melee modifiers chart will no longer be blank.

2.2.0

Sep 14, 2019

Fix: Some UI scaling issues fixed.
Change: Added light infantry setting which allows light infantry to move through other units and other units to move through light infantry.
Fix: Issue with some units which have throwing weapons in hand it showed a ranged weapon capability in error.
Change: When a unit kills an apposing unit in melee combat it will advance into the defeated units hex.

2.0.0

Jun 13, 2019

Change: We have moved the game to our new engine.
Change: Game performance is much faster and graphical execution smoother.
Add: The ability to unlock all scenarios in the settings menu.
Add: A whole new way to play, 'Historical Mode'. This is now an option on starting a new mission.
Add: Change log for all updates in the latest edition of the game.
Add: Change log to the help menu.
Add: A Change speed option in settings. This has three options standard, slow and fast which effects how fast the game plays.
Fix: Improved hex tile Positioning accuracy.
Fix: Improved memory management.

1.0

Apr 27, 2016

This update is signed with Apple’s latest signing certificate. No new features are included.

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