Product Details of Gladius Xbox

Description

An epic gladiatorial saga comes to life. The darkness of the Great War has passed and the lands of Gladius are peaceful once more. Now combat takes place only in the gladiator arenas, where schools from around the world compete for the title of Imperial Champions. Follow the grand saga of two young heroes, Ursula and Valens, as they recruit and train a team of warriors and compete in the gladiator games. Battle with deadly weapons and powerful magic as you learn vital combat tactics while you enhance and customize your own characters. Strategies are nearly endless, with 16 character classes and over 100 unique character types from which to choose. But be warned. Evil is on the rise again. And a new hero must step forward to vanquish the threat. So train well, for the dark must not prevail.

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Game Genre: Action/Adventure

Summary

Product Title: Gladius Xbox

Manufacturer: LucasArts

Power Score: 4.1 | 10 Reviews

Game Information

Game Genre: Action/Adventure

Release Date: 2003-3-1

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  • 5
  By member: MaxBiaggi2 - May 3, 2005

Gladius Xbox

Strengths: Great turn-based tactical strategy game, high level of character customization, good graphics, 50+ hours of game play

Weakness: Takes some time to get into, ideal skill and weapons building may require consulting a strategy guide, bland storyline

Gladius finds you in charge of a school of gladiators, and it's your job to build your students (their skills, armor, weapons, etc.) so they may perform successfully and emerge victorious in a series of tournaments. It's almost like a sports game in this respect. Having put together your team, you'll plan your strategy to best defeat your opponents by moving and attacking within the grid-based...

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  • 4
  By member: sarma81 - Jul 31, 2006

RPG meets Rome

Strengths: In-depth RGP; Great turn-based combat system; tons of items and characters to experiment with

Weakness: Lacks some polish; Too long

Gladius is a Roman RPG by Lucas Arts. It's an RPG in the true sense of the genre in that it will chew up hours, days, weeks of your life if you choose to get really involved with it. There are plenty of characters and items to try out as you progress through the game. The combat in Gladius is turn-based which is something unique that you don't see in games a whole lot these days (think Paper...

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  • 4
  By member: wfay - Jan 26, 2006

Gladius

Strengths: Strategy RPG, Variety of items and characters, Upgrades and customization available, Long storyline

Weakness: Not the kind of game you can just pop in and play when you have 10 mins to kill, Long storyline

Surprisingly good! This is a great turn-based game with an excellent concept -- gladiator + rpg = unique and fun. And it has multiplayer turn-based team gaming, which is also unique. I've only played half of the game but it took me a good 40hrs so I figure that makes 80hrs for both campaigns.

  • 3
  By member: Otherguy676 - Jul 8, 2005

Maximus! Maximus!

Strengths: Graphics, Strategy RPG on the X-Box

Weakness: How much time do you have to play?

Do you want to be a gladiator? Do you like strategy RPGs? Then this is the game for you. A very unique effort by Lucas Arts, you are gladiator living up to your father's legacy. This game takes time, a lot of time, and is very repetive. If you can look past the major flaw of repetition, what you have is a very deep game that shows that LucasArts is better at things other than the Force. The...

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  • 4.0
  TopTenREVIEWS.com - Mar 17, 2008

Gladius

Gladius receives an overall TopTenREVIEWS rating of 3.17 out of 4.00. It is ranked the #1,855 game of all time, #55 game of 2003 for the Xbox and #254 Xbox game of all time. The rating and ranking is based on an average of 65 critic scores, awards and other criteria. To see a breakdown of the game ranking, read individual critic reviews, or see how other games ranked, click on the link below.

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  • 4.2
  GameZone - Nov 10, 2003

Gladius

LucasArts’ gladiatorial tactical RPG is finally out, and the game provides an interesting mix of RPG strategy (a la Final Fantasy Tactics) and gladiator combat. Gladius is an extremely deep RPG game that gives you a bevy of options and tweaks that you can make to your group of fighters. However, the gameplay is pretty sluggish at times, and the story is a bit poorly paced. However, if you can...

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  • 4.5
  GameSpy - Nov 7, 2003

Gladius

Gladius is a strategy/RPG with a very unusual trait: it was designed and programmed in America. I salute the suits at LucasArts for having the guts to enter a console genre dominated by Japanese developers, and the skill to deliver a game that competes with the best in the category. Would that more American game companies, with a lot less to lose than LucasArts, were as willing to experiment with...

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  • 4.2
  IGN.com - Oct 29, 2003

Gladius

Slaves, criminals, and foreigners were forced to fight for their lives on the hard packed dirt of an arena. Throngs of commoners and aristocrats perched on the edge of the tiered seating, staring down at the combatants. With each drop of blood that spilled onto the earth, the throng's clamor rose. While not directly impacting the skill of a gladiator, their support, or lack thereof, can mean the...

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  • 3.0
  GamePro.com - Oct 27, 2003

It’s a dull battle between gladiator brutes in the Gladius world.

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  • 3.9
  games.net - Jan 1, 2000

Gladius

Published by LucasArts and developed by Lucasarts, Gladius is a rpg game for the Xbox. It has an ESRB rating of TEEN.

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