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Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Grug on April 20, 2005, 06:11:14 am

New game from the masters who made the Total War series.
Coming out on PS2 and Xbox this September.

http://www.totalwar.com/
http://www.1up.com/do/previewPage?cId=3138737&did=1

Video is awsome.

I for one am greatly anticipating this game.

Although it does veer away from realism and historical correctness completely, I still think its going to be a kick arse game. :D

Title: Re: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Fury on April 20, 2005, 06:15:36 am

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Originally posted by Grug
Coming out on PS2 and Xbox this September.

Let's talk again when they announce it for PC.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Grug on April 20, 2005, 06:18:13 am

Hehe, its a console only one.
Mind its not a strategy game like Rome. Hence the "Total Warrior".
So its probably going to be a better version of Dynasty Warriors or Kingdoms Under Fire.

btw, get an Xbox! :p (or wait for XB2:))

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Fury on April 20, 2005, 06:23:30 am

I'll stick with PC's.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: IPAndrews on April 20, 2005, 06:32:35 am

Well having just watched the trailer. I have to say this looks completely and utterly bonkers. Clearly something the Total War guys came up with during a late night dope smoking session. It's be interesting to see how this one pans out. Does this game want to be a hack and slash game or a Total War battle strategy game? Might end up falling between two stalls.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: aldo_14 on April 20, 2005, 07:32:11 am

It looks like they decided it'd be fun to be one of the wee blokes you send into be slaught...er, into battle in Rome:TW and ran with it.

Could be ace.  Looks nuts (flamethrower!  fat spikey bloke!  hammer!).

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Unknown Target on April 20, 2005, 10:03:55 am

A first person Total War game for the brainless amongst us. Yay.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Flipside on April 20, 2005, 02:39:25 pm

Hoplites with Flamethrowers... I wish I could command a unit of those in R:TW ;)

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Grug on April 21, 2005, 04:14:31 am

1. It has Spartans in it, what more can you want!? :p

2. They said its not supposed to be a hack and slash game. More of an action / adventure / strategy game.

3. Its made by a new group of guys within Creative Assembly, presumedly the Total War guys are still working on the next PC strategy fest installment.

4. Spartans!!!111 :p

It is a slight dissapointment that they veered from near historically correct to try outright myth and possible new concepts. But even when I first heard about the Total Warrior game in development, I could not help but think it would get boring after you kill your 10,000th Gaul.
I think that mythological monsters and magical powers can rightly entertain me for much longer. Presuming they pull it off well enough.

Read the review before you criticisize it too harshly. :)
For some, it won't be they're thing. For others (like myself) this looks very promising. :D

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Ford Prefect on April 21, 2005, 11:17:33 am

The Spartans were ogres. The Athenians were the best.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Flipside on April 21, 2005, 11:58:44 am

If the next game isn't Fantasy:Total War, I shall be most dissapointed ;)

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Knight Templar on April 21, 2005, 07:40:43 pm

Odd. I was talking to Anaz a while back about ways in which a medieval / classical / Roman era action could work. Turns out, it didn't really. Not in the epic battle sense.

If they can pull it off, I'll be suprised.

Title: Spartan: Total Warrior
Post by: Grug on April 22, 2005, 04:14:17 am

I've always loved the idea of the Spartan hopilites, and obvcourse the battle of Thermopoly story.

I think the reason they went for the mythological beasts and powers side of things, is because in reality a realistic version wouldn't of worked very well. Just hack and slash for several hours until all are dead.
I much like the idea of an action / adventure game, as a Spartan Hopilite. Much goodness. :D