We Who Are About To Die

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Macht immer mehr Spass.
Wer auf Gladiatoren und das Römische Reich steht, wird hier bedient.

Wenn man mal durchblickt wie das mit dem Gold und dem Fame zusammenhängt,
kann man sehr viel Spass haben.

Das 1. Update bringt gute Verbesserungen.

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Wow, einfach nur wow. Eine einzige Person (Jordy Lakiere) soll das Game progammiert haben?! Er muss ein Genie sein. Habe seit Son of Rome keinen besseren Arena Slasher mehr gespielt. Am Anfang dachte ich noch, boah wie unfair etc.. Aber dann begriff ich das System dahinter. Aller Anfang ist schwer und man ist zu Anfang (1-3 Kämpfe) nur Futter für die Aasgeier. Danach allerdings, wenn man weise wählt, den leichten Weg nimmt, erschliesst sich auch wie man weiter kommt. Gut durchdacht, tolles System,, vorallem muss man mitdenken^^. Wer mit Herz und Verstand aggiert ist hier erfolgreich und hat Spass. Muss sagen bin mehr als überrascht über dieses Game, habe wesentlich weniger erwartet, vorallem wegen Early Access. Aber für eine 0.1 Beta überragend. Dass einzige was mir noch fehlt ist ein Multiplayer mit Ranking System, evtl Season Ranking. Dann wäre es jetzt schon perfekt. Ich kann nur sagen, ja für ein Early 20€ ist nicht wenig aber wenn man bedenkt wer dahinter steckt (keine Firma) und was man bekommt (jetzt schon ein süchtig machendes Arena Hack & Slay) der weiss wo sein Geld bleibt. PS: Meine Unterstützung hast du! Die Idee und deine Liebe zum Detail sind jedenfalls überragend!

mfG Poo (Yes, wfG the POO)

Absolut genial!
natürlich noch einige (nicht game-breaking) Bugs hier und da und das endgame muss noch ausgebaut werden aber das Kampfsystem ist einfach einzigartig (soweit ich weiss). Einfach sensationell und mit ein wenig Übung sind echt coole Dinge möglich!
Auf Jedenfall eine Kaufempfehlung.
Ich hoffe der einzelne Entwickler kann sein Team ausbauen um das Game weiter voran zu bringen.
Gruss aus der 9gag community!

10/10 Gladiatorenkämpfe

Eine Rogue-like Zeitreise ins alte Rom. Das Spiel bietet verschiedene Waffen mit eigenen Kampfeigenschaften und wenn man das Kampfsystem beherrscht macht es richtig Spaß. Der Itemshop kann etwas frusten wenn man seine Ressourcen ausgibt um das Item zu finden das man braucht/sucht und nicht bekommt aber auch das gehört dazu. Es gibt verschiedene Kampfveranstalter die bei der Stange gehalten werden wollen und es gibt abwechslungsreiche Kampfmodi wie zum Beispiel 1vs1, many vs many, many vs 1 etc. und dazu kommen dann noch die Verschiedenen Arenen die wie das ganze restliche Spiel mit Liebe gestaltet wurden.
Wenn man möchte kann man auf seine eigenen Kämpfe wetten (Gewinne in Zeit xy, mache xy Schaden, erreiche xy Kills) um mehr Gold zu gewinnen und das beste man kann seinen Charakter skillen wie man möchte und so seinem Spielstil anpassen. Wenn man die Spielbedingungen erfüllt und gewinnt bekommt man Bonis für darauffolgende Durchläufe aber wie üblich bei Rouge-like Spielen fängt man mit einem neuen Kämpfer an.

Ive been waiting for a proper Gladiator fighting game since Shadow of Rome on ps2..

this game here is quite good for Early Access .. played for about 2,5 Hours and didnt had one bug...
Only thing that "bothers" me is that the Controller support isnt available yet.. but the dev will add this soon

The Game is Awesome but I think the punishment is way to hard. When you die you lose almost everything you acomplished. This kinda sucks, but also makes the difference to other games. The fighting System ist good balanced and Training realy makes a big difference. Good Game for everybody who is bored by to easy games.

Good Job my fellow 9GAG'er! :)

Great game. I wasn't quite sure what to expect from a single dev early access game.
But definately not this surprisingly polished and rather pretty arena brawler. It's a lot of fun and strangely addictive. Could do with some physics tweaking in futurte updates. But overall a really great game!

Ave Imperator, morituri te salutant!

Directly from the start you get that Romelike-Gladiator-Feeling. You see kneeling slaves, merchants and guards and you know, shit is going to be real.

I nearly played an hour and i have to say wow! So many things done right!
The rotation of that sliced head in slow motion, simply stunning!
And this is a One-Man Projekt...holy moly!!!

When death came for me i was sad. Crushed. Dead.
All my plans...denied, shattered, forever gone.

But now i will lead that new Aspirant Brutus to eternal glory. And gold, and
other riches.

And then i will build my own Theme-Park. With Blackjack and Hookers!

Highly recommended!!! Do it!!! Blood for the Blood-God!!!

9gag brought me here! Damn you all!

Als Gladiator zu kämpfen auf leben und tot ist eine gute Spielidee . Das Spiel ist wirklich mit liebe gestaltet worden, vor allen graphisch......aber die Steuerung ist wirklich unterirdisch. Sie ist auch noch nach längeren üben schwer oder gar nicht zu beherrschen. Ich gebe dem Spiel trotzdem einen Daumen hoch in der Hoffnung
das der Entwickler hier und da noch was verbessern wird.

I'ma write this review after roughly 10 hours of playing and i can just say, this is one of the best Roguelikes/-lites i have played so far.

First of all this is still Early Access, i bought this game the day it released and i'm just bound to my screen everytime i start playing. This Game is made by a single developer, tho updates might come somewhat slower, the work done here is nothing short of incredible. Rarely do you see so much love put into a game by bigger studios, this is a passion project, and nothing less.

To get to the gameplay. The Gameplay has a loop. 1: you being in the main screen, able to choose what to do like training, bribing hosts, repairing, healing, buying weapons and armor, choosing fights. It actually has some neat mechanics that can help you out, some options more (like training individual skills (small tip, go for your main weapon and stamina as a beginner, helps lots)) and others less (bribing for reputation, or exchanging currencies). Tho take this all with a grain of salt, i'm still trying about and am everything but good at the game.

2: the active part are the actual fights. It has a combat system that's physics based, a bit like mount and blade, but also a bit more wonky. I'm not gonna lie the combat *is* clunky, but not to a point where it's not fun. You'll need to get used to it for sure, but there is definitely fun to be had once you get it down somewhat. Nothing feels better than beating someone with spear and shield when you play without a shield (damn those spear/shield abusers). Everything is based on stats, the more stamina, the more the combat flows. More movement speed for better distance building, more weapon skill for swinging speed and so on. There are different ways, turtling works, berserking works, being fleetfooted with a sword and little armor works. All down to how well you perform, this is hardly luck-based at all.

Only thing about fighting that is very wonky to me, but i also haven't played around with alot, is throwing weapons. It works definitely, but it is something you'll have to invest time into. Tho in the newly released tutorial video the Creator does a good job of demonstrating it.

All in all i can only say this game is absolutely great and i am hyped for more to come, i might update this review in the future. This game is a blessing of an indie game on a market full of games created without passion, i will continue to recommend and support this project, this is nothing short of awesome.

And to the Dev himself, even tho highly unlikely you'll read it, kudos to you. My deepest respects in all honesty, doing all this as a solo dev? You, my man, are insane. Keep up the good work!

Come getta, Zarleys out.

To be honest, the game idea is pretty cool, but for now its way to hard to play for me. If you guys like to keep loosing for hours, no matter what you do, this is your game. The biggest problem is that any enemy just keeps bugging half way into you. No way to defend here. Also it is nearly impossible to win any fights with something else than with a shield. Also there is just one way to get good start equipment, wich is to keep skiping one charackter after another. This actually takes more time than you will stay alive. I hope those things get fixed.

Tolles Spiel, großartiges Kampfsystem. Benötigt eine hohe Frusttoleranz, mag aber an meiner Inkompetenz liegen, macht trotzdem großen Spaß und es gibt nichts besseres als einen aussichtslosen Kampf zu gewinnen.

Beat the game after 7 hours or so. It was quite fun and is definetly interesting with regards to the fight mechanics. BUT: After beating the game I do not feel the urge to play anymore. I would love to train up a group of Gladiators in a Ludus like in Domina. I hope Jordy will extend the game or implement some system that keeps me playing (achievements, unlocks of permanent perks, super weapons, super human gladiators). Also the betting system could be much more interesting. I would love just to bet on fights that I do not participate in.

Keinerlei Progress, kein Erfolgserlebnis, kein Spaß, solche Spiele quälen einen nur, was soll das hier sein, nur für Masochisten.

Durfte grade mit ner Blumenvase als Waffe starten! Was für ein beklopptes Game-Design. Nur auf Sterben getrimmt.

Die Demo hat mich überzeugt!
Richtig schönes Gameplay. Man fiebert selbst bei den Kämpfen mit.
Bisher sind mit noch keine bösen Bugs über den Weg gelaufen. Eher lustige Grafikbugs. Da hängt schon mal ein Speer im Beim und der Charakter humpelt auch noch passend dazu.
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Such a good game.
Combat similar to M&B still more versatile since it's based on physics, Weaponswingspeed, angles etc.
i like it a lot. It gets you hooked quite fast.
After around 20 hours i had it cleared more then once with all Characters,
Still looking for some more time in the Arena in the future. ;-)
Good thing is you can choose your difficulty, either Commoner, Gladiator with or without steady progression.
You can observe your own steady progression of skills with every new character.
For a "one man Dev-team" a rly good job.
+He is working with the community to get things better.
+A lot of love for the Arenas and the Environment
+Haven't encounters many bugs, possibility to report it straight away in game.
+Just one crash after a battle and everything was still at the same point, so no losses.
-Movement of the Chars is a little rough, and feels clunky sometimes.
-Would love some more playable Character options.
-Would like more item choices(Weapons, Shields, Armor, etc.)

Def. needs a possibility to invest a certain Amount of Gold into your next Character,
instead of just 1000 at a time. A lot of clicking otherwise ^^

Gibt hier und da natürlich noch Bugs, ist schließlich auch erst Version 0.1 dafür ist es stabiler als so manche Version 1.5 anderer Hersteller. Inhaltlich wird leider noch nicht so viel geboten. Wer aber gute Early Access Titel mit Potential mag ist hier genau Richtig.

Zum Spiel Selbst ohne viel zu Spoilern.
Relativ einfach erklärt, ab in die Arena und Kämpfe bis dein Gladiator stirbt, 1vs1, 1 vs many, many vs 1, pit fight und glaub 12 Arenen hab ich gezählt. Nach jedem Kampf bekommt man Gold und Ruhm den man auf diverse Art einsetzten kann. Anfangs hauptsächlich für den Heiler :D
Der Charakter kann nicht erstellt werden, was mich bisher nicht gestört hat, dieser wird nach dem Tod deines letzten Charakters per Zufall(?) erstellt, Perma Death ist hier super umgesetzt und führt nicht zum Frust Faktor!

Grafik: 8/10
Mehr braucht es nicht, Bloom und Co. braucht das Spiel nicht da es so schon grandios gestaltet ist. Für so manche Nacht Stadien könnte es aber doch noch einen Tick ausmachen.
Spiel Idee: 10/10
Es fehlt noch Feinschliff hier und da, aber ich kann darüber hinwegsehen. Die Idee des Spiels ist für mich einfach mal was anderes und bisher (ohne mich zu wiederholen) sehr Unterhaltsam.
Das Tutorial ist jetzt schon überdurchschnittlich gut gestaltet. Easy to learn, hard to master ist im ganzen Spiel umgesetzt
Umsetzung bisher: 6/10
Waffen sind nicht ganz eindeutig in ihrer Benutzung erklärt und nachvollziehbar, gerade die 2 Händigen Stangenwaffen fallen mir sehr schwer. Hier fehlt noch ein Staging der Waffen, sprich, das nicht alle Waffen von Anfang an vorkommen da diese einfach zu OP sind. Gerade Keule, Morgen Stern und Co. sollten erst später hinzukommen. Anfänger Gladiatoren hatten meist nur ein Gladius, hier kommt schon mal ein Retiarius entgegen, leider ohne Netz?, naja der Dreizack tut schon sehr weh!
Was mir persönlich sehr gefallen würde:
Jede Woche findet ein Kampf statt, leider weiß man nicht wann, ist es nun Sonntag? Samstag? Vielleicht am Freitag ein Privatkampf im einer Privat Villa? Würde natürlich viel mehr tiefe geben!
Musik: - ist bei jedem Spiel aus, somit kann ich diese nicht bewerten

Grafik Bugs: ab und zu verdreht der Torso und die die Haltung des eigenen Charakters ist nicht mehr ganz Nachvollziehbar.
Sonstige Bugs? Bisher tatsächlich noch keine gefunden.
Störendes: Bisher nur die Stangenwaffen die noch besser umgesetzt werden sollten. Im Kampf kann schon das ein oder andere Mal die Umgebung die Sicht verdecken was natürlich sehr schnell tödlich enden kann!

Introduction

Let the games begin. My Review after 15 hours of DEMO-gameplay and a lot of dead gladiators :) A solo developer creates a gladiator game that many have been waiting for. Finally the blood can flow into the sand of the arena again without having to fight fictitious monsters. The game has decent graphics, a unique physical combat system that plays well after some practice. Anything you want to invest or unlock costs fame or gold. I will now explain the contents of the game.

Arena and Battles

First one of the most important core elements. The arena and fighting. You have to learn to fight because it involves a surprisingly good working physical system. That's exactly what motivates the player and it's always fun. The weapon types give different gaming experience and good variety. The fight has a very good damage system. You can see the blood splattering and the damage done to the gladiators' bodies. When you hit metal you see sparks. When enough damage is done, the armor is destroyed. Weapons can break, helmets can be knocked off the head, body parts can be severed. Arena battles can take place during the day or at night.
The animations are well done and it brings a realistic atmosphere to the arena. You can launch attacks of different heights. This can be done from above, below and from the side. There is also the possibility to perform stitches or throw the weapon. You have to focus the enemy weapon to block attacks. The whole thing is reinforced by appropriate sound effects. The representation of the Arenas is good. There are also different variations of the arenas.
As the gladiator fights for his life, the plebs cheers him on. Weapons are thrown into the arena. The way you fight determines a popularity multiplier and can increase your fame. The crowd is watching you closely and reacting to it. Items can be thrown at all glads if the actions are not popular. It could be more spectacular arenas like the colosseum but that's just my opinion.

Backgrounds

There are different backgrounds with unique benefits and traits. Each background has different stats, abilities, gold, fame and unlocked combat options. Multiple backgrounds can be played through. There are legacies -- when you win a backstory you get a permanent impactful bonus to all characters. Other than that, you get several ways to transfer money and items to your next character after you die. This provides variety and motivation for the next run.

Shop and Equipment

In this point one can praise the developer. There are eight areas of the Gladiator that can be equipped with items. Shoulders, legs, head and body are intended for armor. The arms for shield and weapon.
The shop offers many different equipment with 3 unlockable slots to expand the offer. There is also an investable reroll and hold item option. Equipment is divided into classes with different statistics. There are gray, blue, green, purple, gold weapons and armor. You can also say from normal to legendary. There are countless ways to customize your character with different designed armor and weapons.

Career Management

An overview is well done here. You see different menus that explain themselves very well. There is a menu for stats, victories, background, training and upgrades, hire blacksmith and physican, relationships and possibility to bribes.
The training units require invested gold. Depending on the intensity of the training you have to buy more. After that you can train 2 different skills. You get the training bonus before the next fight.
You can unlock unique upgrades and just invest everything in your gladiator or in the next run. You can also invest in the type of items in the shop for the next week.
The career ends with the victory condition at some point, but only when you confirm do you get the permanent bonus. Otherwise you can keep playing as long as you survive, so until your blood and the sand become one ;)

Battle Menu

The battle menu offers a choice of different battle options. More can be unlocked. Every fight has a sponsor and you have a relationship with them. There are different conditions for each battle. Some offer advantages and others disadvantages.
Everything you could wish for is really here. For example 1 vs 1, 2 vs 2, 3 vs 3, 1 vs many, many vs 1, many vs many, or groups vs groups and so on...There is a lvl reward for the type of battle and a general one. It's a kind of ranking system specially for the different combinations and arenas. More dangerous fights are indicated with several skulls.
Information about each battle can be unlocked to act tactically or strategically.
With enough information you can also see the opponents and their class. You can also place bets in several conditions here. This must be fulfilled during the fight. In some fights you have to go unarmed and in others you can loot weapons and shields after the fight. There are other things too, but I won't list them. That's really extremely motivating. There is also a reroll option that can be used for fame.

Rank, Events, Patriarchs

Each run is accompanied by a rank system. The gladiator increases in rank after successful victories. With each rank up you can choose from 2 rewards. These can be items, gold, fame, or improvement in statistics (stamina, health...)
The game also offers events. Events can have advantages or disadvantages. When an event appears, you can usually choose an answer from several dialogs. Some events are rewards. There are also events with patriarchs and every patriarch has special characteristics. If you fight well you will get a reward or something unlocked.
The patriarchs or sponsors have a positive or negative relationship and promote the different battles in the battle menu.

Result

The game is very well made for a single developer. Almost no bugs in my 15 hours of (DEMO) play. The game motivates with the large selection of equipment and weapons, a combat system that is always fun and many opportunities to invest your gold and fame in unlockable things.

Made with Love ːBEheartː A clear buy recommendation from me 10/10