Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #5435 in Computer & Video Games
• Brand: Sega
• Released on: 2005-10-07
• Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over
• Platform: PlayStation2
• Dimensions: 7.48" h x .79" w x 5.51" l,

Manufacturer's Description
Creative Assembly, the creators of the 3.5 million selling Total War PC series, make their console debut with Spartan: Total Warriors.

Spartan: Total Warrior takes the player on a heroic journey for conquest against the malevolent Roman Empire. The Romans, under the bloodthirsty Emperor Tiberius, have seized control of much of the civilised world through ruthless violence, cruelty and oppression. Sparta alone remains defiant.

Throughout the annals of history the Spartans have never bowed to an enemy, earning a fearsome reputation as unconquerable super warriors yet even they have never faced a force as awesome as the legions of Rome. A lone Spartan must rally his army to fend off the Romans while also seeking legendary weapons to aid the Spartans in their plight. Eventually the Spartan must reach Rome and confront the awesome Roman Emperor of history, Tiberius.

Spartan: Total Warrior is a 3rd person Epic Combat game. The player controls The Spartan during epic, dynamic battles in which he is just one combatant amongst legions of allies and enemies. The Spartan can turn the tide of battle using a range of weapons and skills which the player must explore and master in order to defeat a tide of historical and mythical foes. During this The Spartan will develop from novice Warrior to awe-inspiring Hero and eventually Mythical Legend.

Customer Reviews

A history lesson this is not....
Spartan Total Warrior has a mixed appeal for me that on one hand slakes my need to cause massive, bloody carnage upon a never ending enemy, and at the same time seems to go on endlessly without ever offering much in the way of choice or diversity from level to level.
However if you are indeed a fan of all out bloodshed, then this is the game for you.
The idea is reminiscent of LOTR: Two Towers, in that you have a couple of weapons (or weapon and shield) and have to run around slaughtering everything that presents itself to you as a threat. In fact, I would go so far as to say Spartan borrows quite heavily from the afore mentioned game unashamedly. (Level types, combat mechanics, weapons choices and the survival mode all smack of the LOTR games).
You are "Spartan"; a name that could cause some confusion amongst your mates, considering everyone from your city is also a Spartan. You are a dreadlocked double hard matey, with the power of the gods behind you, willed into fighting the invading Romans to the death. And that's just what you do. To call it a "history" game is stretching it a bit far, I'd prefer to call it a fantasy hack and slash involving Spartans and Romans.
As "Spartan" you take it to the invading legionnaires just about single handed, and proceed to throw bloody carnage down upon their puny heads.
It's not worth going into detail about the plot or levels, as neither are important in the slightest. Just know that you have the ability (thorough a rather small selections of moves) to bash, hack and power move your way through many ranks of legionaries. The power moves are lush to watch, and cause suitable massacres to any one standing nearby, or directly to one enemy, depending on your fancy. For those stat fetishists out there, your combos and kill frenzies are displayed on screen for you to slaver over too.
If you see this game going for under 15 quid, buy it (you can always sell it again).
Blood, decapitations, rather annoying American voiced Spartans and Cockney Romans, sumptuous wide angle shots, and button bashing madness.
Perfect for those times when you don't really know what you want to play, but its got to be in your face and frenzied.

A truly amazing game, for the first few hours....
This game gives you no tutorial when you begin, you are thrown straight in. Unless you had the sense to read the manual, all you have to rely on are constant control tips flashing up.

The opening scene involves you, and part of the spartan army, being rallied by your leader. during his speech a strange voice speaks out to you, the gods are talking... to you, a lone warrior...

defending a wall segment of the city of Sparta is your first objective, as Roman troops flow out of the siege towers, arrows and missisles rain down, you must fend off the romam hordes and continue your objectives.

From there you travel across Europe, often battling the Roman empire, sometimes taking a break for some mithology fighting. This may be a fighting game, but it is not an average hack and slash, you can plow into a crowd of 30 enemies if you wish, but getting back out is hard. There are no insane KO counts here, you must fight manually, occaisonally pulling off a powered move. This adds to the fun of the game, and keeps it fresh, and away from button bashing.

The graphics are amazing, the backdrops stretch for miles, there is no slow down even in massive fights, and the combat seems real. Like something out of a movie, not a Dynasty warriors game. The characters look a little old, but thats hardly and eye sore.

The voice acting in this game seems silly sometimes. All the romans have british accents, and for some reason one of your allies is voiced by Tony the Tiger. The music is really simple and harldy captivates.

The lifespan of this game is its biggest let down, it is over far too soon, and some of the levels just have no substance. You will get stuck, the difficulty curve is a little strange, some objectives are far too easy, other are far too hard.

Overall i really enjoyed this game, It is the ultimate title for renting, but for long term interest, I dont reccomend it.

this game is wicked but too hard
i really really liked this game and i think the total war company did very well for their first ps2 game however the controls are quite different from the average game and almost all the levels are too hard so when you complete the game you almost instantly lose intrest in it mainly because it only has 14 levels admitadly the graphics are stunning but when the spartan (the person you play as)runs, he only uses his shins and not the upper part of his legs and he can jump unnaturally high but overall the good part of the game outflanks the bad part so i do reccomend this to people who like short games which are reasonably hard and have levels the total war company must have wide imaginations to be able to think up the barbarian badlands, walls of sparta, tombs of achillies and the colleseum of rome also it has a storyline worthy of a book

written by william craig cohen

P.S the levels are so long they hardly seem like levels at all
and lastly the fighting is amazing along with the number of moves