Spartan: Total Warrior (PS2)

Playing this game when I was a kid, I decided to re-order it when i got my old Playstation back.First thing, first. This game is so brutal! I love it! while it may not be as gory or as scary as newer games, this game is awesome. from epic battles, to violent decapitations and incinerations, this game is so violently awesome.The plot is also fairly interesting too. Following the story of a nameless Spartan warrior fighting against the roman empire, the game kept me hooked into the plot enough to revisit this ancient greek story.The boss battles are pretty unique as well. For example, you have to fight the Hydra, a mythical 9 headed monster, and even Ares, the greek god of war. Some of these battles require a little thinking and planning, which makes it more appealing than other games that came out in the same year, well, in my opinion.All in all, this game is awesome! while im not usually a fan of level based games, and I prefer open world games, it is still worth playing. Deliciously violent, interesting plot and unique characters, i would put this game in my top 5 favorite games of all time, and highly recommend it.9.5/10

great for passing an hour or so a day to relieve some stressit has its easy bits, and it has its very difficult bits, and it has a good range of weaponary.certainly worth anyones money

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Spartan Total Warrior is a basic hack 'n' slash. A pretty tough one. Problem is every level is the same, the slaughter of umteen Romans and for the odd change Zulu types.The gameplay is frantic as you tackle waves upon waves of relentless enemies, often whilst trying to complete simple objectives. Completing them involves wading into the masses.Fun initially it starts to get repetitive after a while. Some parts of the game are extremely tough requiring a lot of repetition. To be honest, competing some objectives is down to luck as you are not really in control of your own success.

Very good

Great game, all time fav

When I first loaded up Spartan: Total Warrior, I felt that although fairly average, it was a good game to play to take a break from the more serious games out there. However, as time went on, everything became very stale and bland and there simply was not enough to make me want to keep playing.Plot: You play an unnamed warrior simple called Spartan that sets out to save his civilization from the threat of the Romans. You must battle different armies while seeking out legendary weapons to help turn the tide. Eventually, once you're prepared, you will take on the Romans themselves in Rome and defeat the Roman Emperor Tiberius.Although when playing, you can obviously see they aren't aiming to provide a realistic game, some of the ideas implemented really are terrible. For example using Medusa in a machine to suck her powers off her just doesn't fit with the setting at all. It's like they can't decide what they really want the game to be about.Graphics: Quite poor. Although most areas are huge, the camera is scaled back so much just so you only notice the size of everything rather then the lack of detail applied to just about everything.The main characters lack realism, the different enemies and allies of armies lack uniqueness and all your surrounding lack texture. Some may blame this on the console it's on but I've seen the PS2 produce much better.Sound: Awful. Not only do the characters voices lack emotion but they hardly sound different to each other either. Another thing I found particularly annoying was the accents of the characters. The good guys have an American accent while the evil Romans have a really terrible English accent. Surely they can think of better villains then that?Gameplay: Spartan: Total Warrior is a hack n slash game that lacks everything else that makes the likes of God of War great. No puzzling elements or a decent plot means that it's simply about killing everything in sight to get to the next objective to only have to do the same all over again.At points in the game, you do get the option to say open gates or set fire to tents but this is all done with one button press and you're always told exactly where to go to do it. You have a group of warriors that accompany you on your journey and while supposedly there to help you fight, I found them more there to keep telling you what to do and herding you from one checkpoint to the next. Honestly, a three year old could follow the instruction of the game it's that simple.Controls: Your usual hack n slash controls. You have buttons for stronger and weaker attacks as well as the option to use special powers for attacking too. Nothing different here that you wouldn't find elsewhere.Overall: I had high hopes for a game created by the makers of the Total War series and with this game it fell far too short of them.

Ordered this for my sons birthday arrived in plenty of time one happy boy :)