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Spartacus Legends is now available on PSN and XBLA, and I have to admit that I completely missed this one. What is Spartacus Legends you ask? It's a free-to-play fighting game published by Ubisoft that's based on the STARZ Original Series that I've never seen...and never even heard of. Of course, I'm one of those cableless types who watches shows on Netflix 2-3 years after the final season airs. So I'm really not a good template for knowing about these things.

The press releases for the game are also filled with some particularly terrible drivel like a tag-line which reads “Kill Them All!” and calling the game the “number one destination for fans” which always drips with more hope than fact.

All this aside, the game has some good ideas going on. You raise gladiators from scratch, fight in bigger and bigger arenas as you rise in the ranks, buy new equipment with money you earn fighting and even get to keep the equipment you have if your gladiator dies. Speaking of death, gladiators gain perks as they gain levels, but these all go away once your fighter dies...adding in an almost rogue-like element to the gameplay. Plus, the fighting doesn't look half bad, and in my heart of hearts I dream of it playing like Deadliest Warrior.

Thing is...I can't tell. I'm completely in the dark and confused about this one. I'll be playing it soon, however, and then I'll be able to talk more about it in detail. But for now....have you tried it? 


Comments

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    GamerBeck
    11 years, 5 months ago

    I tried it. The combat is garbage and I dont like it.

  • Ben Avatar
    Ben
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Not enough cocks belonging to gods planets have been named after

  • Di1scR3adErr0r Avatar
    Di1scR3adErr0r
    11 years, 5 months ago

    Its okay for a free fighting game.. Online there are glitchers and people pulling the plug right before they die so you lose your guy. Even though it is still not good.

  • Travis Anderson Avatar
    Travis Anderson
    11 years, 5 months ago

    I don't know how good the metagame is but the combat seems a little complex until you dive into an online match where it resorts to a somewhat button-masher. But hey, it's free!

  • Burnzie79 Avatar
    Burnzie79
    11 years, 5 months ago

    I was hoping it was going to be like Colosseum Road to Freedom. I was sorely disappointed.

  • Revrevs Avatar
    Revrevs
    11 years, 5 months ago

    The trailer makes it sound like horseshit.

  • Accolade Avatar
    Accolade
    11 years, 5 months ago

    It's not great. The battles are repetitive and the animations are choppy. Also without the 50 gold coins ($5 value) given by PSN for being an early adopter (of the highly save-buggy pre-update version), I wouldn't have played the 15 quick battles that I did.