Gladius
Gladius follows the amazing adventures of two young heroes who turn the gladiator arena into the stuff of legends!
An epic gladiatorial saga comes to life in this combat/role-playing game with a sweeping narrative, stunning environments, and insanely detailed graphics. In the fantasy world of the game, 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. You 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. Strategic possibilities are nearly endless, with 16 character classes and over 100 unique character types from which to choose.
Gladius Accessories
 Gladius (Prima's Official Strategy Guide)
Fable: The Lost Chapters
Star Wars Knights of the Old Republic
Jade Empire
Star Wars Republic Commando
Time Splitters: Future Perfect
Jade Empire (Limited Edition)
Kingdom Under Fire The Crusaders
Justice League Heroes
Thief: Deadly Shadows
Gladius Reviews
When you get to a certain point in the game you can do head to head competition and we love that also. I found this game as I was wading through a huge bin of used games at a local Gamestop. My only complaint is that I wish I had known about this game when it came out in 2003. I love all aspects of this game from the funny banter between Ursula/Urlan to the ability to equip and modify your gladiators. Highly recommended for those who love games like Morrowind, Oblivion and Baldur's Gate. I had never heard about it before though I love Roleplaying games and anything having to do with swords and magic.
This game is never the same game twice mainly because there are infinite combinations of gladiators, skills, weapons and magic. Anyway - at first I wasn't sure if I would like the turn based play but I soon realized that it is extremely compelling. My husband also likes the fact that we can jump into each other's game at anytime just by hitting "start" on the other controller. This game has now turned into my favorite game to play on my xbox and I am really hoping that Lucas Arts creates a sequel.
The number of weapons, armor, misc items, skills and character classes is incredible. A campaign can easily take over 100 hours of play if you want to complete everything. If you are into turn-based combat, stat-building and item management, you really need to give this game a spin. Once you are experienced, the game can feel a bit easy, but there is a simple code to increase the level of your opponents: (Pause at a league office and press: Right, Right, Right, Up, Up, Left, Left, Left, Left, Right, Up, Up, Up, Up, Down).
It is very satisfying builing up your gladiator school and experimenting with different combinations of combatants, skills and items. There is so much to this game. This is a very deep turn-based rpg, although light on story/plot.
As the game progresses, different types of battles are introduced and conditions are placed on battles to keep things interesting. Side quests, unique items and characters can also be discovered. You can repeat this code and increase enemy levels more than once for some real challenges.
gladius was the first rpg that i have ever played this is by far the best game ever everything about this game is good you play as valens or his sister ursula as you battle and many arena to become the top gladiator i give this game a perfect 5 out of 5 its the best
THIS IS BY FAR MY FAVORITE XBOX GAME. I've had it for like a year and a half. There have been times when both me (15 yr old guy) and my sister (17 yr old girl) have litterally cried over losing a gladiator. You begin to feel on a personal level with your commrades. The graphics are WONDERFUL and the gameplay EXTREMELY in depth. I still find myself comeing back to this game. You can never Truly be finished with the game.
But it never gets old.
There are like a million cities and a billion Random Encounters.
You will attach yourself to this game like you never thought possible.
There are countless "easter-eggs" and secrets, well over 2 dozen side quests, and It is different every time.
So if you win the game and start over again, you can still re-recruit your same dudes.
You get to manage you school of gladiators each by name.
There is always a higher goal, ie get all dudes to highest rank; complete every city ; etc.
I bought this soon after I got my Xbox, and even after buying best sellers(such as Tony hawk Underground; Halo 2; Splinter Cell; Jedi Academy; 2 James bond games; Rainbow six; SW Battlefront etc.).
This is a timeless classic and ANYONE WHO RATES IT LOWER THAN FOUR STARS IS A CRAZY LUNITIC.
Then to boot, you find to get past a number of the arenas, you almost have to remake your gladiator school at times, requiring hours more playing to bring new characters up to speed. Great RPG game, but it gets a bit repetitive, and you have to be in for the long haul if you want to finish the game, especially if you hope to get through every "arena." The game starts off great (and continues to play great- if you like turn based RPG's), with plenty of weapons and "spells" to use with the characters. And again, it's great initally, but after awhile it gets to be the same thing over and over. I am not into giving a detailed review of every element of a game, so here's the short and sweet:. But after awhile the incessant whining by some of the characters, combined with a sloooowww progression of the plotline, leave it to the gameplay to carry the game. Definitely for the in-depth/long-game palyer, not the "I'm looking for 20-30 hours of fun" gamer.
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