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I absolutely love shadow of Rome one of the best underrated gems on PS2 the sword play is so satisfying shame we will never get that sequel :( great video !

its a pitty there isnt any recent gladiator game

This MIGHT be the guy im standing in front of in outlast Trials

Oh man, I forgot about Die by the Sword. I played that quite a bit when it came out. I would say you also missed Expiditions: Rome. Main game had an arena you could fight in, then they did an update or DLC, I can't recall which, that let you just do a gladiator only campaign, skipping the rest of the game and introducing another character class.

Spartacus legends is getting a kind of remake through a game called Spartacus blood arena go check that out it’s in the making currently😁

been trying to remember Die By The Sword's name for decades. Thanks

I don't know if it counts, but there is game called Expeditions: Rome. It is a Tacti al RPG and amazing one at that. There is a DLC which you can play as part of the story or standalone. It is surprisingly very good with unique challenges, altough I would recommand to be played with the story due to exp.

Good people of the Imperial City, WELCOME TO THE ARENA!!!

Road to Freedom is such a GOATed game, god i miss it so much

The other cool thing about gladius is that they used the actual game engine for the cut scenes so you have the actual sprites talking. I think that was one of the first times that was attempted for a full game, and I wonder if it was a Lucas arts touch.

Another gladiator management game id domina. Dont know why it's no longer available on steam

Hi! Great video! are you going to make a video about other genres of games? like pirates, mercenaries, survivalists, knights, dwarves...

We Who Are About To Die is phenomenal. Best Gladiator game available now. I've retired a few of my Gladiators on all difficulties. Not easy to do as it's permadeath but it's a lot of fun trying to get your Gladiator there. Once you do that you get benefits to future playthroughs. Combat feels janky at the beginning but once you do it awhile it becomes like your mind controls the attacks and you just intuitively attack and find the soft spots, decapitations, etc..

Road to freedom is still one of my favourite games

Ryse is amazing! not perfect but i still find myself playing this hack n slash over and over again. If you have Xbox Game pass, this game is worth the play. Even a hard copy at Gamestop goes for about 5 dollars, still worth it. I hope a sequel is in the works.

Gladius is fantastic. There is still nothing else like it which is a damn shame. If anyone does know of a game like it. Please let me know!

no hentai jrpg ?!!! wow how casual can you get... also you make a terrible gladiator... you die more than you win !!!

Maybe you mention it later in the video but domina is one of my favorite gladiator games.

So glad you mentioned Spartacus: Legends! That was one I was going to comment, it was a super fun game that I’m sad had such a short life. I’m also glad Domina wasn’t mentioned in the video. That game was very fun and had a lot of potential but sadly the developer’s actions have far, far overshadowed the potential that game have rightfully led it to an early grave.

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Good stuff man. I have to say I disagree with Ryse (Ryze?) Son of Rome. It only takes maybe 8 hours to finish and doesn’t overstay its welcome. The execution mechanic has a skill floor and ceiling so it gets more interesting as you improve at it, and you can unlock different execution combos and cinematics. Also it’s beautiful, as you stated. One game you missed is the fairly recent Expeditions: Rome which features an entire side campaign where you speed run the arenas with randomized loot rewards, as well as allowing you to play as a gladiator class in the regular CRPG story campaign.

There is a game called I, Gladiator. Played the living hell out of the game 6 years ago.

I enjoyed it but it felt shallow in every aspect compared to ddda except for the open world exploration. The rest isn’t as good (vocations, abilities, armors, enemies, etc). Waiting for an expansion or updates until I replay it (endgame was a letdown as well).

I really like the game I’m happy

this game will be a 10 when we get the dlc just like last one XD

I don't really feel like this is what a fully realized Dragon's Dogma 1 would have been. If that's the case, then the fully realized DD1 was a shallow unfinished mess.

Lack of enemy variety, vocations, and biomes killed it for me.

I love the game just as much as I am disappointed. I have 120 hours in and I missed about 8 achievements when I finished true ending. I never felt the pressure of the time limit since I was a warfarer magick archer sorc thief, which is pretty damn op. A lot of the joy of exploration was removed from both a limited roster of enemies, and absolutely because chests feels worthless. I do not care for curatives, walestones, l or ferry stones. Gear I happened to find magically out of exploration luck was never impressive since the fashion choices were limited with 2 slots removed, not to mention they were way weaker than what I had, or were for a class i did not use until i got war farer. I'm happy that people love mysticwarhand, but i'm still absolutely gutted that mystic knight was removed, as it had the fun normal attacks of fighter, but a really unique kit on top of it. When it felt slow it felt satisfying, and mystic spearhand just does not feel that way for me sadly. The exploration is certainly fun, and I never run away from combat, but god i hate knackers and saurians, especially with the difficulty mod i use fighting them is a chore. I started roaming around during the day instead of night so i could see more of the map while looking for seeker's tokens, and surprisingly i missed a lot of caves of skirmishes with lots of chests, which sadly, again, has dirt loot. I absolutely love 50% of the exploration, but the other 50% is the excitement i'll get something good from a chest, and that'll never be there. I'll finish this 2nd run to see what there is I didn't see, but sadly unlike dd1 for now I don't think I can do a 3rd run and beyond

Im disappointed also. The movement feels bad compared to the first game. The first game movement felt tight and precise. The momentum and auto-climbing in this one make it feel clunky and aggravating. Also the art style lost its personality. The first game heal spell was like a floating magical oil slick, it looked so cool and unique. In 2, its just a magic orb. The enemies look dorkier too. In the 1st game enemies looked lean mean and terrifying. Take the drake or the garm. In 2 they look like something from fable or wow, just generic pop fantasy design. Also yea the story is absolutely garbage and goes nowhere. I agree also that you become powerful too quickly. After level 15-20 i never struggled with anything except drakes. Its a fun game but ive been pretty disappointed.

I was so mad when all of the stuff in Vernworth around the fake Sovran literally never ended up mattering? Like the first half of the story at least was worthless

I personally love it. Have pver 100h on it and on my second playthough

At least in DD1, we fought NPCS when we had to challenge them. Like that one knight dude or the mage dude at the end of dragons dogma 1

I can't even get a holy blessed greatsword OR get the materials for upgrades since my second upgrade requires pointed fang, the world only spawns 5 total and after they die, they dont respawn anymore. SO bullcrap >:(

thats certainly A take

What if maybe you’re depressed?

Couldnt agree with you more on this.

im happy im a simple gamer.

sorry to hear that; I feel like the main part of the game isn't what interests you which is why you're so disappointed. I'm 80 hours in and still fighting everything I see because the combat is the whole reason why I care about this series. You said you ignore most encounters and try to run past everything because it's the same enemies over and over which I get but makes me feel like the action part of the game doesn't interest you as much as it does most people that like the dragons dogma series

Im just mad they got rid of Mystic Knight

I have to agree on certain point but especially the enemy variety. They do add some when you move to newer areas, but they aren’t enough. But in my opinion, the class system being nearly the same is not great. I really want more vocations then the 1st and not just replacement or gutted down one. Where my MYSTIC KNIGHT! Overall I’m more disappointed this wasn’t a true sequel and more a redo of the first. Do I like DD2 yes and I’m enjoying it. But is this what I envision, no.

Dragons Dogma 2 can't disappoint me because I played the first one so I knew better than to waste my time on 2...

Dark Arisen was a masterpiece. Took the original game and improved on it in some major ways. However playing DD2 after Dark Arisen feels like a disapointment.....

This is a game where you have to constantly fight and fight, as if the entire region is under siege and you're just battling a sector, its ridiculous. Also, how many of you didnt use a single walkthrough? This game is impossible to not screw up with any walkthroughs

Spartan total warrior is so underrated... great levels, art design, music! Also, there IS a colosseum part, because the final level is in Rome. You have to kill every gladiator in this huge battle to get to the final boss

Nah, I'm liking 2

Wow this is crazy garbage opinion

Night skeletons,zombies, ghosts, dullahan....

I only put ~25 hours into the game before I realized the rest of the game would probably be on repeat and I had basically seen everything unique already. On top of exploration being generally unrewarding to me, I uninstalled the game. Idk, maybe mods will fix it in a few years, who knows.

Im not a big fan of this "open world" and the way it was designed. It might look beautifull when you look at it from afar. But what the "open" world boils down to is a long narrow pathways connecting points of interest. Its tunnels, canyons, mountain paths, river beds etc. Most of the map is covered by impassable mountains, wich adds to the problem that there is some suicidal goblin or bandit standing every 20 metres along the road charging you the moment they see you. Another problem this brings up is death by falling. You will fight a good portion of big monsters on these narrow paths surrounded by canyons. A griffon or a Cyclops can easaly send the player flying and falling to his doom with a single attack, oneshotting the player. DD1 had wide open plains AND mountainous areas with narrow roads and paths. Wich allowed you to circumvent encounters you didnt want or need to fight out. In DD2 you CAN run past most encounters.. but if you then get stopped by a big monster, the entire spawn trail youre dragging with you behind you gets pulled into the fight. The monster variety wasnt the only thing that got slashed together: You no longer have 2 layers for chest and leg armors, they completly removed gloves as an item slot, capes can no longer be upgraded. All classes only have 4 active skill slots now compared to max 8 in DD1 (kept for the fighter that only had 4 in DD1) wich considering theres over a dozen active skills per class including super powerfull master abilities will quickly have you find one loadout and stick with it for the rest of the game, making all the other skills completly useless. Oh and the sphinx quests? Literally fetchquests, every single one of them. Dunno whats so interesting about fetchquests with vague instructions but hey.. i guess you gotta take what you can quest wise in this game cause side quests where also slashed down. No more questboards in the city to earn some money wich means your arisen is constantly broken with how insanely expensive everything is. Dragons dogma 2 feels awfully rushed and bereft of any innovation. DD1 with the dark arisen expansion was allmost perfect in every aspect besides storytelling. So capcom cut out portions of every aspect available... and kept the garbage storytelling in place.... and messed up the release on PC to add insult to injury. The game is still "fun" but it will never reach the same evergreen status DD1 has in my games library...

I liked it. Just put 102 hours in since release having a blast, up until like hour 70. Exploration was great imo, the weakest points were the story and side quests being mostly lacking. Just got 100% conpletionist for first time in a game so i definitely got my moneys worth.