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Great game ruined by censorship and dumbing down.

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 44 / 48
Date: July 30, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Colosseum WAS a great game in the Japanese version, you could fight many great battles and save up for very expensive but powerful armor. You could also hack the limbs of people including decapitaion.

All of this has gone now.

The American version has incredibly cheap armor and items ruining the point of saving up to get that high level armor or weapon. You cannot inflict limb severing damage even if you hit someones bare neck with a huge attack.

A dreadful shame that this game has been so literally butchered. Get the Japanese version if you can.

Good but flawed

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 16 / 21
Date: July 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have to agree with the previous review in that this is a badly censored game, although it's still highly playable. You can take a few paths in the games and fight literally hundreds of battles, there is alot of different weapons and armour to collect, although it is really cheap, you can get mostly any weapon/armour on your second day.

I've never played the Japanese version but I imagine it would be much more satifying without the changes. Still worth playing though, but it does feel as if things have been changed when they shoud't have. Just my opinion.

Great Game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 10 / 11
Date: September 06, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I couldn't disagree more with the first two reviews. This is one of my favorite games. If you're looking for characters that look like they're on mega steroids and use superhuman weapons, this is not your game. If that's what you're looking for there are tons like that on the market. Aside from the censorship on extreme gore, the game has incredible depth and historical accuracy; especially the mock battles within the colosseum of rome. If you liked Gladitor, appreciate ancient history, and like a combo of hack and slash and strategy, this game is for you.

one of my favorites

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 14 / 23
Date: July 29, 2005
Author: Amazon User

(just for the record I'm actually 14 years old and I am a member of amazon but my computer wouldn't log in) This game is one of the best I've played. It has a very fun and exciting story with twists and turns you would never expect. You are a slave and you are bought by a roman trader named magerius. You are taken to his training camp to elevate your skills. after a few days of training, you go to the arena to fight and earn money, although most of it goes straight into magerius's pocket (you have to repay the amount he spent on you to gain your freedom) before you get to spend it. I found it rather neat that you can attack each part of the body, feet, left arm, right arm, and the head. you can take and keep the stuff your fallen enemies drop and even sell it too. the gameplay can be kinda clunky at times but it doesn't take long to get used to it. overall, I would HIGHLY RECOMMEND this game to anyone who likes fighting and rpg games.

My favorite PS2 game

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 2 / 2
Date: October 19, 2007
Author: Amazon User

I am not a gamer, so my opinion is more from a guy who plays video games once a month for a few hours after work. This game had me hooked form the beginning. It isn't endless battles without any real strategy. You decide which battles to fight, you decide how many to fight and you pay down your debt. Sure being able to decapitate would have been a nice touch for it's realism factor, but otherwise this game rocks.

one of ps2 underated games

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 3
Date: August 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

This game on Amazon only got an average of 3 stars that is an insult to this terrific game. When I rented this game I thought it wouldn't be that great because the front and back cover did not really impress me, but after about 30 mins into the game I was totally addicted to it for about 2 weeks. Sure the game might be somewhat repetitive but what game isn't?

Boring

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 9
Date: July 16, 2006
Author: Amazon User

I didn't care for this game at all. The fighting was tedious, and grew old after one minute. i didn't care if I could get better armor or weapons. It was like a bad boxing game with gladiators instead. If you want fun, check out God of War or Shadow of the Colossus.

Colosseum is fun, but not great

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 0 / 0
Date: May 17, 2008
Author: Amazon User

Colosseum is a game i picked up at blockbuster for 7 bucks. when i played it, i fell in love with the game,but noticed some flaws. it had great combat, good voilence effects, great weapon variety, but that is about it. you play as a glatiator who fights for his freedom. as you win fights, you become more popular and gain better living conditions. you need to train every other day and hone your abilities, then the next day,fight. the game is highly repetitive, but nevertheless, fun

-willh09

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