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Great game for you blood thirsty people. Stealth levels ruin it!

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 2 / 4
Date: October 13, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Honestly I love a good Bloody kill them all game, and Shadow of Rome is my overall favorite.. But when it falls into the category of stealth, it SUCKS! The stealth levels are hard to beat! But, if you are a die hard Splinter Cell/Metal Gear Fan(I know I am) DO NOT BUY THIS GAME! But, if you just do the stupid stealth levels, and get to the killing levels, then THIS GAME IS RIGHT FOR YOU GOD OF WAR FANS!

It's great even the 2nd or 3rd time around!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 1
Date: December 31, 2007
Author: Amazon User

One of my favorite games ever. THe fighting seans are awsome!. There are a number a weapons you can use that can cause a world of hurt on your opponents. I like that each combo has a speciffic name (Juicy tomato when you bash your oppenets head off, Meat sculpter when you carve them up, abuse to animals when you hit the tigers...yes tigers). REally easy use of the controls and easy to master. The chariot race gives the areana a different spin. THe more earn SALVOS, you can get better armor. Some reviews that were previously given say that the stealth scenes ruined the game. I disagree!! It changed the momentum of the game that turned action into mystery and kept you wanting more.
You can alos unlock secrets and cheats by replaying the battle scenes and acheiving a rank.

Overall, I would recommend getting this game and don't delete the saves. It's a good stress reliever too.

There's a difference between challenging and difficult....

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 2 / 6
Date: September 10, 2006
Author: Amazon User

This game looks and plays great. Unfortunately, the people who made this game don't seem to realize that video games are supposed to be entertaining and not frustrating. I beat the game in "normal" difficulty but there were lots of struggles (and cursing) along the way. I would give this game a higher rating if not for the cheap diffulty level. If I wanted to test my skills by fighting hard battles, I'd choose "hard mode". That's the reason why some games allow you to choose the level of difficulty. The "normal mode" in this one, however is like "extreme" in most other games. I don't think I would want to try the "extreme mode" or even the "hard mode" on this one. Don't buy if you don't have alot of patience! The only thing that kept me trying to beat this game was the story, which I should say was pretty good.

A MASTERPIECE

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 10, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Hey, Just like to brief you Roman Empire fanatics about Shadow of Rome. The game play is really smooth and clear. The graphics are sweet and very textured. Dudes you can see the strands of hair in the wolves. Played it for 5 hours straight and not one glitch.
The characters are a little bit buff up "exaggerated"; however, still present great texture and movement throughout the screen.
I thought the double character feature would confuse the story line, but on the contrary it's very clear with in depth details. It's a cool feature to have. One second your brutally cutting limbs off...5 minutes later your in stealth mode...next thing you know, your in a chariot race. The diverse game play gives you aspects of many genres of videogames. (GTA, Resident Evil, Metal Gear).
It's true Rome wasn't built in a day, and if you enjoy playing a game that will last you a long time, you'll also see that Shadow of Rome can't be won in a day. You are getting your $$ worth with this game.
Folks, be prepared to join S.R.A. (Shadow of Rome Anonymous) because this game is addictive.

Great Game,
Highly Recommended...
Great Job Capcom!!!

One of the best games of the year so far

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: March 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I have been hearing a lot about this game for a long time and as soon as it released I picked up one. The fights are crazy, the graphics are good and the game is addictively fun. Buy it. Buy it now. The only thing lacking is a 2 player mode where you can hack each other to death or join forces and hack the other gladiators. Apart from that the game is AWESOME.

Real Fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 2
Date: February 08, 2007
Author: Amazon User

If you dont know which game to buy and you are just tired of playing the same game, buy shadow of rome an intense fighting game which is a game you dont get bored of. Great graphics and gameplay

Greatest gladiator game ever

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 3
Date: December 21, 2006
Author: Amazon User

When I first got the game I thought it would suck, plus, the price of the game was only 20 bucks. I started and I was amazed by the ways you could slaughter your opponents. I've beaten the game 10 times and I feel like it gets better everytime. Just one thing makes me mad. I can't beat all of the salvo list. I try and try but, I just can't do it.

g4techtv freak

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 1 / 4
Date: September 22, 2004
Author: Amazon User

ok i saw this game on g4tech tv it is awesome for those of you who dont know what that is. its a channel on cable that is devoted to video games. anyways this game looks like good gameplay as well as good fighting. also tons of gore which is always a plus

WHY M!?

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 4 / 71
Date: August 06, 2005
Author: Amazon User

I am fourteen years old, love ancient Rome, but am not allowed to play this game. Why M? First of all it was poor marketing not to rate it T because that would make a wider audience. Im not insulting the game itself, but rather the company who made it and you can say anything you want to, but am I not right?

There's no doubt the game is fun and challenging but...

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 0 / 3
Date: November 04, 2006
Author: Amazon User

It probably should be banned for violence.. Cutting off arms, heads, bone crushing ect.. In a strange way it is educational of Rome and the old Empire.. The game engine is very good as the characters are very well simulated.. The history lessons are good but it's a little bit twisted and one-sided but an intelligent enough person can dig a little deeper to find truths.. Interestingly these characters existed and you can look them up too.. Being Dutch I understand in that era my kind was a hated enemy of Rome so I look at the history of it from a different angle and notice the bits and pieces of history they choose to leave out completly like what really happened between Germanic and Roman tribes..
You know what happened the Roman way was to treat others like animals and reward (elitism) those that supported the Roman Empire..
With that said it does have alot of action which is interupted by journeys (sometimes boring) you have to take to get trough to the end..
I tried to complete it without getting tips but it is virturally impossible.. So there you have it a 3 star game.. See ya!

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