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[RiZ III]

Damn this game is brutal. The first scene with Agrippa in the woods was so awsome. I wish the rest of the game was more like that. The arena fights are cool but don't compare against a full out battle like against the germanic tribes.

I had been looking forward to this game for a while since its from the creators of Onimusha. Its pretty good for the most part, but the parts with Octavianus are tedius. Also as far as I can tell theres no leveling up system or any sort of character upgrades which kinda sux.

What was the general opinion on this game? Id assume there was more hate than anything cause it seems a bit underwhelming. The fights are a hell of alot of fun tho.

 

[Gibbo]

The arena fights are pretty awesome. It's one of those games where you can really sorta 'feel' the weight of each and every weapon. The stealth missions are what really spoils the game though. They are pure and utter rubbish. Broken stealth mechanics with missions that take far too long to complete/

 

[Joseph Merrick]

Yep. Picked this up very recently aswell. Stealth missions are annoying crap, but the rest is good fun.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

The arena fights are pretty awesome. It's one of those games where you can really sorta 'feel' the weight of each and every weapon.

Exactly. Because of the real feel of the weapons I really tried to squeeze the controller hard. It made my fingers cramp as hell.


Underrated game though. Awesome fighting mechanics. Stealth was less well implemented, but not terrible.

 

[8bit]

The stealth bits aren't good, but the variety and scope of the fights make up for it. I didn't expect to find so much pleasure smashing a tiger in the face with a mace or trying to knock someone off their chariot, but it's proved a lot of fun.

 

[gogogow]

Yeah, the stealth missions in general of Octavianus were boring, but some aspects of it were kinda cool though. Like hiding stuff behind your back and when the guards suspect you they ask you questions first instead of killing you.

Agrippa's part is where the fun lies. The action is awesome. Alot of different weapons with different strengths, weaknesses and effects on different enemies.
All in all it's a very pretty game, it has much better lighting than Onimusha 3, bloom lighting/effect, is 3rd person, 60 fps and has some really awesome water effects (esp. in the sewers).

 

[The Faceless Master]

i watched my friend play thru this game last year and it looked so awesome...

the arena fights were definitely my favorites, and i liked how there was that whole feedback system with the crowd...

 

[Steeven]

The fights in the arena are awesome, to chop some arms here and some heads there . The boring parts with Octavianus made the arena fights even better, because you wanted to finish the sneaking missions asap to fight again. Too bad the voice acting really sucked, but that wasn't such a big deal in the fights.

 

[Templar Wizard]

Could this be classed as 'of Severance lineage'????

if so, i am on it.

 

[Musashi Wins!]

This game is so great. Granted it would be better without the stealth, but that's bearable. Sort of.

The voice acting is trash, but this is Capcom. You come to expect their cheese.

 

[PjotrStroganov]

The fights in the arena are awesome, to chop some arms here and some heads there .

And don't forget using those to maim your enemies even more.