![]() ![]() Speaking of the Spartan's strength and undeniable righteousness, the game lets players further extend his coolness by upgrading his health, power and strength. Finally, he's approximately 400 times stronger than anyone else in the game is, so he's the only one capable of knocking down various soldiers with a single blow. In addition to his appearance though, juggling the various tasks required to beat down the Romans makes the hero of the game really stand out. He looks different, to start, boasting no armor at first but graduating to a full-suit of gold plated awesomeness by the end of the game. The Spartan himself never gets lost amongst the dozens of soldiers running around the screen. This initial battle illustrates what Total Warrior does best, namely, capturing the feel of epic war while still keeping things personal. Successfully managing time and resources results in several burned engineers, dozens of butchered legionnaires and one dead walking statue. This portion of the mission requires the juggling of three tasks: firing volleys at the mechanical man by firing three catapults, pouring hot oil on the engineers attacking the city gates and finally slicing through whatever Roman soldier stands in the way of completing the first two tasks. Once the towers crash down in front of the city wall, focus shifts to the advancing mechanical man. Afterward, the mission switches to defense as our hero works to protect three allies as they place explosives on the enemy towers. The first objective is to kill several centurions, all of whom benefit from the defense of their subordinates. The action starts when the first wave of enemy soldiers pour out of the three towers and over the city wall. In front of the towers, and just below the Spartan archer placements, come groups of engineers working to dismantle Sparta's mammoth wooden gates. In front of the advancing statue come three giant towers, each of which contain a bunch of bloodthirsty Romans within its walls. Think of it as a living, 500-foot tall statue hell-bent on crushing the city and everyone in it. In addition to legions of soldiers, Rome unleashes a behemoth mechanical man on Sparta. Since the city stands between Rome and ultimate conquest, the Roman army decides to send everything it has to bring down the city walls. The game begins with the Roman Army laying siege to Sparta, which stands as the only city that hasn't fallen under Roman rule. Players will proceed through the game in linear fashion, completing ever-changing mission objectives along the way. Spoken narrative precedes each chapter, with a series of cutscenes furthering the story mid-mission. The story blends the coolest aspects of history, ancient lore and science-fiction to weave an altogether unique take on epic warfare. The action in Total Warrior splits between three main acts (Warrior, Hero and Legend) each of which contain four chapters. As it stands, Total Warrior looks to succeed in its mission of delivering an epic struggle filled with all the action, gore and ancient lore a gamer could want. We toured through a substantial portion of the game, including the initial assault on Sparta to the destruction of Roman strongholds later in the game. The build, while unfinished, contained a majority of the game, including a decent level of graphical polish. Recently, we had chance to see the latest build of Total Warrior in action. Still, the game still includes several sections where the focus is the unrelenting massacre of Roman soldiers, so there's a good mix of everything. Instead of just slicing through countless legionnaires to proceed, Total Warrior blends puzzle elements and varied mission objectives to keep things interesting. Total Warrior refrains from making the mass of units on-screen the only highlight of the experience. What makes the game unique, apart from the scope of each encounter, is the manner in which each encounter plays out. All in a days work for a warrior in the Spartan army. And by cutting, we mean decapitation, dismemberment, burning, electrocution and death by internal explosion. Keeping the invaders from breaching Sparta's walls requires the Spartan, along with hundreds of his brothers-in-arms, to cut through waves of Roman soldiers. Set in ancient Greece, Total Warrior pits gamers as "The Spartan," a rookie in the Spartan army charged with protecting Sparta from the advancing Roman army. The upcoming Spartan: Total Warrior, coming from Sega and Creative Assembly, sets out to capture the look and feel of full-scale battles. Having said that, there's another epic rarity on the horizon. ![]()
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