Songs of Steel: Hispania News

In Songs of Steel: Hispania we offer two narratives linked to completely distinct experiences for the player. The Celtiberians’ side and the Romans’ side.

In the Celtiberian side, the main characters Ambo, Leuco, Megara, and Rethogenes, aside from being the leaders of the Numantians, also fought in battle. This creates main characters that are more complex and functional when it comes to intervening in the decision-making process and management of resources of the city’s government, aside from being playable in battle.

On the Roman side, however, the consuls were only strategists, they didn’t participate in battle, except Scipio, and they were regularly replaced in each new campaign, so in contrast to the Celtiberians, none of them went through the full 20 years of the war. All of them are fascinating characters from a historical standpoint, and thanks to the fact that they had the historians of the time next to them, we have a great deal of documents that have survived to this day. But those chronicles talk a lot about them and very little about the Roman soldiers that were on the field. Those great unknowns are the ones involved in the battles, and we didn’t want to miss out on that point of view always forgotten by history.

For Songs of Steel: Hispania we created three fictional Roman soldiers that will experience the conflict from start to finish, fight in each battle and interact with the consuls. This meant doing extra documentation on our part, since even though these characters didn’t exist, their circumstances and evolution within the Roman army had to have the same historical accuracy as that of the real characters.
This historical accuracy will be to the liking of the Roman republic’s fans and players that just want to experience the game alike.
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Songs of Steel: Hispania is a turn-based strategy game that narrates the war between the Roman Republic and the Celtiberian people of Numancia that took place from 153 BC. C. to 133 BC. C. Twenty years of conflict that can be experienced from both sides. Conquering Hispania or defending it will be in the hands of the player. Two connected narratives with which we offer completely different gaming experiences.

There is one thing about how Numancia entered the war with Rome that has been referred to by historians as one of the greatest injustices in history. The city of Segeda (present-day Cerro Poyo de Mara, in the province of Zaragoza) reinforced its walls, and Rome interpreted this gesture as a violation of the treaty of Graco, which stated they could not fortify the city again, and declared war on them. Since they had not finished fortifying the city yet, the secedans fled from the impending Roman attack by taking refuge in Numancia, which gave them shelter and joined their fight. This act of solidarity dragged the Numantine people into a war that they had not started. And one that players will be able to experience in Songs of Steel: Hispania. Fascinating, isn't it?

This is a very personal project because it is born from the desire to spread the word about the feat of Numancia. The history and spirit of resistance of the city are an inspiration for the inhabitants of what is nowadays the province of Soria, hometown of the people who make up Combat Time, producer and publisher of the game, which is being developed by Meteorbyte Studios.

The commitment to historical accuracy in a game of this kind is always fundamental, but in this case the responsibility is even bigger because it’s about the history of our land. That’s why our first step before writing a single line of the script was to carry out a long and extensive research.

The narrative, the way the different units work in game, the weapons, or the rites and traditions, are all true to the reality of that period. The same can be said for most of the characters from both sides that appear in the game. Just to give you two examples, we have included some funeral rites of the Celtiberians that consisted of cremating warriors with their weapons so they could continue fighting in the afterlife, or details about the harsh discipline enforced within the Roman army through physical punishment.

That being said, we have had to take some small creative licenses in favor of the gameplay, or to cover certain narrative holes where not even Roman historians have reached an agreement on how things were. As an example, there’s the inclusion of the backstories of three fictional Roman soldiers, which we will tell you about in the next development diary.
Our goal with "Songs of Steel: Hispania" is to spread the word about a fascinating historical period, which ironically remains very unknown. We have taken advantage of what history offered us to create a game system that is both historically accurate and enjoyable. It’s very cliché, but also very true, to say that we've created the game we'd love to play.

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Welcome to the Numantine War in Songs of Steel: Hispania! Immerse yourself in a turbulent time in our history, where Roman expansion clashes with the resistance of the fierce Celtiberian people. This war, which lasted over two decades, is the backdrop to this strategy game where your ability to manage and lead your army will be key to winning victory.

Relive the intensity of this conflict in our official trailer at the Steam page, and discover, as the moment to jump to the battlefield approaches, all kinds of novelties about development, characters and gameplay that we will update.

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