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Rage of the Gladiator

Platform(s): Wii
Genre: Action
Developer: Ghostfire Games
Release Date: March 15, 2010

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'Rage of the Gladiator' (Wii) - New Screens & Trailer

by Rainier on Aug. 24, 2009 @ 10:36 a.m. PDT

Rage of the Gladiator is a fantasy fighting game. You control a gladiator, fighting for your life in an arena. Armed with your magical warhammer and a trusty shield, you must defeat fantastic bosses including a Chimera, Beholder, and a Dragon. The game is set in first-person perspective.

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Rage of the Gladiator is a fantasy fighting game. You control a gladiator, fighting for your life in an arena. Armed with your magical warhammer and a trusty shield, you must defeat fantastic bosses including a Chimera, Beholder, and a Dragon. The game is set in first-person perspective.

In Rage of the Gladiator, each boss has unique abilities and powers that you need to pay close attention to. Exploit the weakness of each enemy by jumping, dodging, or shield blocking with the proper timing and agility. Then unleash your rage by brutally pounding your enemy with your warhammer and bashing them with your shield, and you will triumph.

A ferocious combination of man and beast, Horlan the enraged Minotaur is a wild and untamed creature that thirsts for battle, war and blood.

Until recently, Horlan lived in the western hills of Avalance, happily devouring mountain lions and greater elks to feed his appetite.

Then, one day a group of fourty men attempted to capture him to fight in the arena. Although that group of men was successful, only fifteen of them lived, as Horlan is not one to be conquered easily.       


A few things of note in the video are:

  • WhirlWind – Horlan swings his mace around repeatedly in a circle.  The player must dodge this.
  • Ground Stomp – Horlan does a ground stomp, which creates the energy shockwave you can see on-screen.  This can only be jumped.  Sometimes he does more than one and with varying speeds.
  • Pillar of Fire – This is the player’s finishing move that you see at the end.  The player performs a series of fast hits, and finishes by jumping up the in air, and landing with the mace to summon a Pillar of Fire to scorch his enemy.  This is one of the combos in the game that you can unlock via the game’s tech-tree.

Features of the game include:

  • Insane “finishing moves.” You have 14 finishing moves that destroy your opponent in over-the-top cutscenes:
    • Leap to the skies, then plunge your warhammer into the ground, creating a pillar of fire that burns your enemy to a crisp.
    • Transform into a hulking colossus 10 times the size of your opponent, pounding him into the ground.
    • Darken the skies with a solar eclipse, sending a beam of light to fry your enemy.
  • Customize your character. As you defeat bosses, you earn skill points. You can apply those skill points to one of three skill trees: Offense, Defense, and Magic. This gives you new powers. It also provides great replay value since you can replay through the game with different skill tree decisions.
  • Fantastic 3D-graphics. Fully rendered and realistic, you do combat in a fully lit 3D arena. This polish level is rare for a downloadable title.
  • Extremely realistic animations. When you attack bosses, the impacts and hits feel “real.” Each boss has been painstakingly animated to react properly to each of your attacks.
  • Outstanding replay value. Once you’ve beaten the first 10 bosses, you must face them again in Challenge Mode, which is a completely new experience – the bosses are more difficult with new powers. There are 21 total battles.
  • Epic soundtrack. The music has been designed to be exciting and memorable, and really gets your blood pumping.

Rage of the Gladiator is slated to be released on WiiWare later this year.

 


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