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[Die Squirrel Die]

I grabbed my dusty copy of Shadow of Rome from my pile of discarded games, determined to give it another chance before it gets consigned to the trade-in pile. And hour later it's out of the PS2 forever.

Normally this wouldn't bother me, but, and I feel this is why I held onto it as long as I did, I just really love the setting. I lapped up every preview movie I could of this, captivated not just by the choice of setting, but by the whole look they'd managed to convey. And it is a fantastic look, the art style, and in-game modelling of the characters and enviroments just exudes an unbelievable atmosphere, from the colloseum to the streets of Rome, to the Germanic forests.

I guess it just makes me sad, that in this world of 20,000 WWII games, and 456,982 research facilities overrun by mutants, that a game that so vibrantly portrayed an interesting and underused theme, couldn't deliver the game to back it up.

 

[Gantz]

So how much you think you'll get for it? 2 bucks? :lol

 

[Kobold]

Monty Python rocks! (or was it 'Not the 9 o' clock news'?)

 

[C- Warrior]

Um, what exactly did you not like about Shadow of Rome's gameplay?

From what I played, the combat system (albeit simple) was a really nice varied challenge with some pretty damn cool visceral effects. Tons of weapons, and situations during the gladitorial games...

the stealth aspect sucked, but meh--at times it was interesting enough and I skimmed through them pretty fast on the 1st/2nd try (be it luck or whatever) so that never got to me.

 

[jett]

Thought this thread was going to be about Saga Frontier II.

 

[callous]

Monty Python rocks! (or was it 'Not the 9 o' clock news'?)

It was 'Not the 9 o' clock News'.