Gladius Xbox

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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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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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.

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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