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 - Yawn...This game should be in the Platinum Hits sections. No, make that the Old Copper Penny section. Paying anything over 10 bucks for this game would be a mistake. Only hardened RPGers will like this game (you know the type--the guys who sit over by themselves and even the computer nerds won't talk to them). After Sudeki, Fable & Jade Empire comes out, Gladius will be relegated to the Bargin Bin right next to Pong. Anywho...this game is about as much fun as visiting a friend's dying grandmother in an old folks home (unless of course, you enjoy that sort of thing). Rating:  - Mediocre at bestAs I said in the title, this game is mediocre at best. In the beginning it starts off fun, but once you immerse yourself into the "expansive" lands, you find that there isn't all that much you can do other than participate in these games that get outrageously repetitive. The weapons are accurate, but the shields are horrible, and there's too many attempted "twists" in the plot that just become annoying and can even screw you over, for example, losing 30 hours of gameplay in less than 5 minutes. Rating: - Good fun, but not enough choices!I was looking forward to playing this game for some time... and when I finally did, I was pleased with the graphics and the voice acting was certainly much better then in most games. But I was disappointed with how little variation there was in the game, regardless of which characters you played. SPOILER: If you happen to be "lucky" enough to obtain the Hell's Gate skill, turn it off. You can run through the end of the game using this skill once, and I mean once, on everyone and everything. No fun... Rating: - Gladius? BlahThis game started out great. During the first half of the game I thought I was playing one of the best turned based strategy games ever made. The character classes were unique, interesting, and fun. Unfortunately, that did not last. The last half of the game is an exercise in boredom. The caster classes enter the game during the last half and proceed to use the same abilities over and over. Wonderful animations such as "steal affinity" or "summon power" were used so many times the sounds and animations have been etched in to my brain. Surely, the developers and play testers found this to be rather mind number and annoying too, this would have been an easy problem to squash, and really detracts from the game. The casters are bad, but they are not the worst part of Gladius. The absolute worst part of Gladius is the totems on the arena floor. These wonderful objects get one turn per round and do the same thing each and every round. Very bad and very boring. The later tournaments have as many as 8 totems on the arena floor. You will spend more than half of your playtime watching a totem spin and spit out some form of magic. It is painfully boring and completely pointless. After playing a series of 2 vs 2 gladiator battles with 8 totems on the arena floor I completely lost interest in this horrid and extremely boring game. I would sooner scratch my own eyes out than finish this game. Rating:  - Doesn't recieve the credit it deserves...I rented Gladius by chance the first time I played it. The day I had to return it, I went and bought it. Gladius is first and foremost a strategy game, and the way it is put together -- every type of fighter can best another type (sort of Rock Paper Scissors) -- makes it challenging. The graphics, the settings, and the player depth are all wonderful. There is a great number of types of fighters, all of whose appearances and skills are customizeable. The game is very addictive, and most aspects of the game deserve thumbs up. Great game all-around. I would have liked to have seen more animation cut-scenes with more action (the character poses were always the same) and less text -- not that I'm against reading, it just takes away from the game. I do suggest that if you purchase Gladius, you also get the strategy guide... unless this is only game you own. It will take quite a while to complete even with the strategy guide. Also, the strategy guide may clue you in on things you might have otherwise missed.
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