Story of a Gladiator is a fun fighting game, as you’ll be able to live your dream of being a gladiator. The arena experience is mostly hacking and slashing but it’s fun nonetheless.
The animations are not the smoothest you’ll ever see but they don’t get in the way of entertainment. The AI is generally decent but sometimes you’ll see them wander into areas that are nowhere near you or you’ll suddenly have 4/5 surround you. During the latter levels there can be a lot of enemies on screen so you need to manoeuvre yourself efficiently and effectively around the arena. Some of your skills allow you to decapitate, jump attack, run faster etc, when some of these skills are utilised alongside the killing of gladiators then the audience get happier and start to help you out by throwing rocks that stun opponents, extra gold and food to nourish you back to health. There’s a good variety of enemies to dispose of, there are variations of gladiators who can throw spears, carry shields and are good at hand to hand combat. The next arena includes animals, so you have lions and tigers who enter alongside other combatants. The initial arena has you competing against a small number of gladiators, as you progress you will have to defeat more powerful opponents and the end stage has a champion that must be overcome. The actual fighting is the main part Story of a Gladiator, you will have to take part in many a battle to gain enough gold to purchase better equipment and level up. There’s a surprisingly reasonable depth of management required to do well in Story of a Gladiator, it means you can put some preparation in before you go off to fight. There are amulets to wear that when levelled up improve your attributes even more. There’s the usual weaponry shop where you can buy upgraded weapons, training area where you can use skill points to improve or unlock certain attributes, you can even purchase an animal to help you in the arena, this doesn’t appear until after you complete the first area, i actually felt bad going back to the first arena and unleashing my new pet against weak opponents. The Temple gives you the opportunity to pray to an assortment of gods who can help you in battle. The Butcher provides you with food you can eat should your health get low. There are a variety of shops and building to use that will help you on your way. Whilst you hack and slash your way to the top you will begin to gain access to the market shops that were inaccessible before your successes. There is a depth to Story of a Gladiator which you won’t realise at the start. Better weapons means more damage can be dished out, better armour means you gain more health whilst better shields add to your health and also provides you with a defence against the incoming onslaught. You start off in a loin cloth and basic weaponry, as you keep winning then the greater the spoils you will be able to collect. You enter the arena, then your opponents enter, when you have killed the enemies then the next wave enters, this carries on until you have cleared the relevant number of waves. Story of a Gladiator can be best described as an arena beat-em-up. You can replay previously completed levels, which you’ll want to do as winning means more gold, the currency you need to buy better armor, weapons or shields. There are three arena’s to choose from which act like campaigns, you need to complete a stage within each arena to progress to the next one, once you have beaten the champion within an arena you can move onto the next. You can play as a Greek, a Carthaginian or as an Egyptian, then the fun begins. Story of a Gladiator starts off simply enough, you get to choose from three difficulty levels then pick from one of three backgrounds each with their own benefits. You spend your days wandering the streets of Rome wondering why the gods in their wisdom have spared you, then it finally dawns on you…….you will enter the Gladiator Arena! You are a common man who has lost everyone and everything in the war with the Roman Empire. Hopefully you’ll remember the film Gladiator staring Russell Crowe, well if you ever fancied donning up the gladiatorial attire then your chance may have finally come along under the guise of Story of a Gladiator.
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