Spartan: Total Warrior

[Cutty]

So I got this nice produit of software yesterday just out of the need to play a little hack and slay title to vent my inner stress...so far it works ^^

Here's a rundown of what this is all about:

It's 30 b.c. and the Roman empire invades greece, which subdued to the ever powerful legions of the enemy in no time. All of greece? No! A small city on the pelopponesus dares to resist. The brave men of Sparta act up and defend against the invading legions of the Romans.

This is where the game kicks off: as a young rookie Spartan (who's name is "The Spartan", because he's an otherwise nameless foundling) one challenges myriads of sword-foddery Italians alone.

You hack, you slay, you murder, you desecrate corpses, you collect souls to please Ares (god of war, who will from time to time comment on your actions if you slaughter good ^^!).

This not only sound historically incorrect, it IS! But in a fun way, since you proceed through slaying Medusa, undead Trojans, undead Romans, Giants (supposedly those, that warred against the Olympians) a Hydra...you name it! You power up your little Spartan to become a hero and later a legend, collect mighty weapons that hold divine power (swords of Athena, Beowulf's hammer, the spear of Achilles!) and smash and murder through even more walls of flesh even better.

Have I already mentioned this game is not to be sold to folks under 18 years in germany? Well I have now.

But with much fun comes frustration. Currently I am stuck in Athens (which looks NOTHING like the real Athens of 30 b.c.) were I have to protect mathematic, engineer and philosopher Archimedes through the city to his hideout. Warding off hundreds of 2,5m tall praetorians, roman ninja-praetorians, centurios in masses and thge occasional legionary inbetween while keeping them away from an old man's life is hard, to say it politely. As to now I already attempted this particular mission 30+ times...well...more practice needed.

So people let's discuss this fine game.

"Death to the Roman hounds!",

Cuttymedes

EDIT: Thanks for remembering me jipay! This game is available for all major consoles (GC,PS2,XBOX). I myself play the GameCube version.

[Jipay]

on what game system does this game run ?

[languages]

Im tempted to get this game and most reviews say its good, but I have one question.....Is it repetitive because its a hack'n'slash?

[Cutty]

It usually won't get repetitive since every mission forces you to deal with certain goals that are only achievable through some heavy thinking and strategy sometimes. I mean, you WILL hack and slash, always, but the more you advance in the game the more the actual missions get into focus and you stop thinking about blocking/attacking issues and concentrate on the strategy. I am myself up to now highly entertained.

Though I am still stuck in Athens (what a shame...) and try to complete this bodyguard mission.

I'd recommend anyone to at least play it until after the siege on Sparta is over to make up their mind about this game. Maybe one could give it a rent for one or two days to check it out.

Graphics wise (based on the GC version) this game is nicely accomplished. There are often myriads of singular enemies and allies on the screen and it won't press on the framerate. The models themselves look good, no matter how far you zoom in or out, the landscaping is often pure eye-candy (the badlands though...just look like badlands ^^), the special effects are pretty nice (Fire, Lightning, random aura of utter destruction... Medusa-Laser! w00t!) and the movement of the models is fluent and looks realistic most of the time. Though I still don't get why the Danes and Romans have ninjas *wacko* |-/.

Spartian greetings

Cutty

[languages]

Thanks for your review, I went out and rented the game. I liked it so much that I bought it!

Now, I to am stuck on the Athens level....... *wacko*

Thanks for your help...

[Cutty]

Glad to hear you enjoying this fine game!

But where in Athens are you now? Still trying to protect Achimedes, or further already?

After some heavy struggling, I shall now try to raid the tribun's mansion to slay him. But a buttload of praetorians and the dark sorcery of said tribun (and commander of the praetorians...) make this very hard to do!

Eating Hydras for breakfast,

Cutty

[languages]

Im now on the last boss, and I have enjoyed the game thourghly. To enyone wondering about this game, I highly recommend it.....